Decaf-A-Nation

<p class=ql-align-center>Life would be very different without coffee.</p><p><br></p><p>This page-turner will make you smile - or maybe even laugh a bit. <em>Decaf-A-Nation</em> is about a massive shortage in the nation's coffee supply that disrupts the <em>status quo</em> with respect to offshore drilling plans for the Atlantic. Caffeine withdrawal leads to erratic behavior and surprisingly positive outcomes.  </p><p>The story begins when former ATF agent Marie Alpern working for Surfers of the Sea moves to Charleston South Carolina to represent non-profit interests in protecting the South Atlantic from oil and gas extraction. She is soon sucked into investigating a suspicious contamination of the coffee supply and the kidnapping of an Italian tennis player.  </p><p>Her efforts become intertwined with the lives of many others - a New Jersey attorney who starts off clueless about the environment a Charleston native who feels displaced by the rising cost of living a budding young scientist working on tobacco mold among others. Unbeknownst to Marie caffeine shortage leads to personal awakening and catalyzes change.  </p>