Dolph and Erasmus

Fictional characters Tom Alford and D. J. Kaercher aren't cut out for the world of gainful employment. They resolve to quit their entry-level jobs to become explorationers each embarking on his own solitary quest valiantly traversing the globe in search of...well...whatever comes next. The first becomes Dolph Blackburn a mercenary commissioned to stop an Eastern European dictator from training house pets to destroy Russia. And the latter Erasmus Tesserman a highly decorated inventor/innovator investigating a series of phenomena resulting in a Hypercolor Great Barrier Reef. Through their correspondence they inspire and entertain each other with tales of adventures heroic accomplishments paramount and rendezvous titillating. Their courses collide when a mysterious yet familiar villain conspires to do the inconceivable--poison the world's supply of a popular high-end brand of bottled water. Obviously this is a fate worse than death.