Phil A. Davis

The illusion of paradise is only in my mind.“There is a disease that lives among us. It’s not a virus, a microbe, or a germ. Yet, it is a deadly sickness nonetheless. It’s a sickness known as greed.”Imagine a small community infiltrated by illicit drugs. The local youth become involved in drug use and trafficking. Boys turn into thieves and gangsters, while girls resort to prostitution. They become outcasts and criminals—scars on the community.Now, envision that this community is located on a small atoll in the Pacific Ocean, with the nearest help one hundred miles of open ocean away.Maya is an investigator, a Spanish transplant living in French Polynesia. Her quiet life is disrupt...