Dangerous Garden

Daniel Mathews was strong, industrious and honest. He was a niceguy. He was also a drug dealer. He cultivated marijuana for a living. Duringthe course of one fateful year in the mid 1980s, Daniel would have the metalof his character tested to its limits. His illegal lifestyle was rife withtreacherous pitfalls. Was it possible for him to retain his integrity andcontinue his dangerous business?The tranquil and beautiful valleys of British Columbia are the settingfor this story of intrigue and betrayal where Daniel Matthews resides. Hefarms and ranches there, his main crop consisting of the illegal plantmarijuana. He has several partners, other local residents. This novel takesplace over the course of one year in four parts, from summer to springwherein Daniel questions his dangerous lifestyle - the growing and selling ofmarijuana. His son is sixteen, and at the age when he is exposed tomarijuana and other drugs- a fact which greatly concerns Daniel. Daniel andhis friends Tommy and Brian cultivate large plots of the crop and spend mostof their time tending to them, and worrying about them. Numerous otherneighbours in the rural area also grow the illegal herb. An unexpected visitor, Cheyenne, arrives at Daniel's farm. He is an oldfriend whom they suspect has become a narcotics agent. This complicates analready dangerous situation. Through the harrowing and dangerous summer and autumn months of growingand harvesting Daniel grows increasingly unhappy with his lifestyle. Hebegins to question what he does, who his friends are, and what he reallywants in his life. The climax sees Daniel discovering evidence of betrayal and perhaps evenmurder. His life-altering decision can no longer be postponed.