Kilometer 99: A Novel

Malia needs to leave El Salvador. A surfer and aspiring engineer she came to Central America as a Peace Corps volunteer and fell in love with Ben. Malias past year has been perfect: her weeks spent building a much-needed aqueduct in the countryside and her weekends spent with Ben surfing point-breaks in the nearby port city of La Libertad. Suddenly a major earthquake devastates the country and brings an abrupt end to her work. Ben and Malia decide to move on. . Now free of obligations they have an old car a wad of cash surfboards and rough plans for an epic trip through South America. Just as theyre about to say goodbye to their gritty and beloved Salvadoran beach town a mysterious American surfer known only as Pelochucho shows up―spouting grandiose plans and persuading them to stay.. Days become weeks; documents go missing; money gets tight. Suddenly Ben and Malia cant leave. Caught between bizarre real estate offers suspect drug deals and internal jealousies this unlikely band of surfers aid-workers and opportunists all struggle to find their way through a fallen world in Kilometer 99 by Tyler McMahon.