**This Second Edition has undergone significant editorial changes** Marco, Karl, and Michel have been partners in "investment planning and security" for more than thirty years. Karl is the investment banker, Michel is the idea man, and Marco-well, Marco is what can best be described as a very efficient mercenary. When Karl calls Marco for help in retrieving an investment of millions of dollars in gold, Marco isn't really sure he wants to take on this big a problem at his age. However, things change when one of the investors who stand to lose is Marco's own daughter. In order to retrieve the stolen gold, Marco and Michel must dive into the horrors and war of the DRC - the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where life is cheap and death hangs in the air like smoke. They must enter Hell. And with any luck, they will survive. A beautiful French agent, attempts against Marco's life before the companions even leave France, and questions of who the actual enemy is assure that this novel grabs your attention and never lets go. Author Erich Penhoff writes a vivid and graphic novel, depicting the harsh realities and politics that occur across borders and among mercenaries, as only one who has been there knows.