A disillusioned young drifter, Ben Morris, washes ashore in a steamy South American port looking for a new start in life and finds himself entangled in a web of murder, corruption and greed. The remote and mysterious ‘Snake Water’ is rumoured to hold a fortune in raw diamonds, but to reach it the would-be treasure hunters have to cross the volcanic mountain, desert and primeval swamp which defeated the Conquistadores. Morris finds himself braving snakes, carnivorous crabs, swarms of mosquitoes, rival gangsters and a feared tribe of native Indians, but it could be his travelling companions – a footloose divorcee, a psychopathic German and a totally amoral Rhodesian desperado – who provide the greatest danger.
Snake Water
Author: Alan Williams