Pipe Dreams

Philip Westman's entire life has been predictable and uneventful up until now.Suddenly aged 49 and single he finds himself without a job lots of money and nowhere to go.He returns to Brazil and at the invitation of Cesar Santos a former colleague he agrees to become a consultant for him and persuade the Presidents of Brazil and Argentina to join forces with the President of Venezuela to construct oil and gas pipelines from Caracas to Tierra del Fuego.Unknown to Philip one of Cesar's partners a Ukrainian billionaire Sergei Petrov is wanted by the FBI.Philip unwittingly becomes a mole for the CIA and matters are further complicated when he and Cesar's wife the beautiful Gabriella fall in love and have an affair...