​Jonathan M. Bryant

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1938

Sent to Peru to solve a “conundrum” for the Coca-Cola company, Mark Morgan investigates the disappearance of hundreds of kilos of cocaine from a factory that produces Coca-Cola’s Merchandise No. 5. Morgan soon runs afoul of a powerful local gangster, with catastrophic results.

This introductory short story to The Consulting Agent series bristles with excitement and dread. In this dark beginning to the Mark Morgan saga, he must fight for his life, surviving events that will haunt him the rest of his life.