SIDNEY, British Columbia, September 19, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- On a dark night in the streets of Colombia, three teenagers' paths collide. In that moment, cold, calculated plots take root that escalate into violence and political turmoil. In "The Bogota Connection," now available through AuthorHouse, Peter W. Rainier grips readers from the first page and draws them into a deadly world of passion and bloody convictions.
Richard Bannerman, the son of the Canadian Ambassador to Colombia, has high ambitions that begin with joining the Royal Canadian Air Force. By the end of World War II, he is a famous fighter ace. Athletically handsome, brilliant and charming, he manages to hide a cruel and ruthless nature. Consumed by his drive to become Canada's prime minister, he is willing to kill to achieve his goal.
Florentino Chavez is the illegitimate son of a notorious bandit who flees to Bogota when he is 12. Alone in the streets, he scratches out a living by sheer grit and cunning, eventually becoming the feared leader of the Colombian drug cartel. His first murderous assignment, a job paid for by Richard, seals his connection with this political youth, but it is soon Florentino who has the upper hand.
Craig Fox, the son of the manager of an emerald mine, is forced by circumstances beyond his control to oppose Richard's killing ways. The moment he overhears an incriminating conversation between Florentino and Richard, he becomes the target of calculated wrath.
The story unfolds at a heart-pounding pace, taking readers from the Colombian wilderness to the skies over Italy during World War II to the inner circle of international politics. Years after the men make their fateful connection, a final confrontation takes place, and only an assassin's bullet can prevent the collapse of the Canadian government.
Rainier grew up in the Andes Mountains of Colombia on a remote emerald mine. As a child, he played with Chibcha Indian boys and learned to beware of local bandits. When he was 12, he moved with his family to Egypt, where he attended school for the first time. The family fled to South Africa when Italians attacked the country in 1940. At the age of 16, he lied about his age, joined the Royal Air Force and was posted to Italy as a fighter pilot with a Spitfire squadron. After World War II ended, Rainier served as station adjutant at RAF Ramleh in former Palestine. He graduated as a geologist from the University of Manitoba and pursued a career in petroleum geology, working in western Canada, Australia, Africa, South America and the United States. Many of the locations and scenes in "The Bogota Connection," his first novel, are so vivid because of his actual worldwide experiences.
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