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The Cuban Affair

Nelson DeMille

697 pages

A sun-drenched, high-stakes maritime thriller where a battle-scarred veteran gambles his quiet life for a dangerous treasure hunt.

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What it feels like

Reading this novel feels like stepping onto a sun-baked Key West dock where the salty breeze carries a distinct edge of danger. It is a propulsive, high-stakes maritime thriller that balances the weary, pragmatic reality of a combat veteran's aftermath with the adrenaline-fueled allure of a multimillion-dollar treasure hunt. The mood shifts seamlessly from the laid-back atmosphere of a local bar to the tense, claustrophobic reality of undercover operations in politically volatile waters. The prose is sharp and action-driven, grounding the reader in authentic nautical details and the gritty realities of war scars that refuse to fade. It will thoroughly delight readers who crave blistering, sun-drenched adventure stories featuring capable, reluctant heroes drawn into dangerous international gambles.

Mood
  • sun-drenched
  • tense
  • high-stakes
  • nautical
Tone
  • suspenseful
  • gritty
  • adventurous
  • pragmatic
Pace
propulsive
Themes
veteran aftermath · financial desperation · hidden legacies · high-stakes gambles
The writing
Sharp, action-driven, and grounded in gritty realism and nautical detail.
The arc
Moves from weary, sun-soaked stagnation to high-adrenaline, high-stakes purpose.
Who it's for
Readers who love sun-drenched, high-stakes thrillers featuring capable, battle-scarred veterans taking on dangerous maritime missions.
Content notes
  • war trauma
  • combat scars
  • undercover danger

About the book

"From the legendary author of Plum Island and Night Fall, Nelson DeMille's blistering new novel features an exciting new character--US Army combat veteran Daniel "Mac" MacCormick, now a charter boat captain, who is about to set sail on his most dangerous cruise. Daniel Graham MacCormick--Mac for short--seems to have a pretty good life. At age thirty-five he's living in Key West, owner of a forty-two-foot charter fishing boat, The Maine. Mac served five years in the Army as an infantry officer with two tours in Afghanistan. He returned with the Silver Star, two Purple Hearts, scars that don't tan, and a boat with a big bank loan. Truth be told, Mac's finances are more than a little shaky. One day, Mac is sitting in the famous Green Parrot Bar in Key West, contemplating his life, and waiting for Carlos, a hotshot Miami lawyer heavily involved with anti-Castro groups. Carlos wants to hire Mac and The Maine for a ten-day fishing tournament to Cuba at the standard rate, but Mac suspects there is more to this and turns it down. The price then goes up to two million dollars, and Mac agrees to hear the deal, and meet Carlos's clients--a beautiful Cuban-American woman named Sara Ortega, and a mysterious older Cuban exile, Eduardo Valazquez. What Mac learns is that there is sixty million American dollars hidden in Cuba by Sara's grandfather when he fled Castro's revolution. With the "Cuban Thaw" underway between Havana and Washington, Carlos, Eduardo, and Sara know it's only a matter of time before someone finds the stash--by accident or on purpose. And Mac knows if he accepts this job, he'll walk away rich"--

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