Butcher of Chamé - A Max Springer Novel
ACTION ADVENTURE CRIME DRAMA HISTORICAL FICTION SUSPENSE/THRILLER
Contemporary
D. Wayne Bird
Logline
A former CIA agent retires to Panamá, as many Americans do. When Max Springer hears a voice from his past, the voice of Noreiga's most brutal interrogator, the fugitive known as the Butcher of Chamé, Max gets drawn back into a world of crime, murder and interational intrigue.
Genre
Action,Adventure,Crime,Drama,Historical Fiction,Suspense/Thriller
Short Summary
Panama 1988 - Max Jameson, suspected of being an American intelligence agent, is being interrogated by members of Manuel Noreiga's regime. He is actually Max Springer, a CIA agent who was working with anti-Noreiga forces inside Panamá. Max knows his time is short, so he plans a daring escape.
Panama 2017 - With Max, the CIA storm the Butcher's estate; gathering documentation of a global crime cartel. The Butcher dies. The person who pulls the trigger will have audiences cheering -- and it's not Max but Maria del Rosa, the young woman who watched the Butcher kill her family and village
Setting
Panamá, Washington DC
Based on a True Story
No
Plot - Premise
Overcoming Monster/Villain
Plot - Other Elements
Happy Ending,Twist
Mature Audience Themes
Information not completed
Main Character Details
Name: Max Springer
Age: early or mid 50's
Gender: Male
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Masculine,Empathetic,Skillful,Gracious,Honorable,Strong Moral Code
Additional Character Details
Name: Butcher of Chamé
Age: 70s
Gender: Male
Role: Antagonist
Key Traits: Villainous,Confident,Criminal,Unapologetic
Additional Character Details
Name: Rutger
Age: 50's
Gender: Male
Role: sidekick
Key Traits: Aggressive,Criminal,Unapologetic
Additional Character Details
Name: Kat Simms
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Role: sidekick
Key Traits: Charming,Gracious
Development Pitch
The Max Springer series of novels will adapt easily to the big screen; think Bourne, Jack Reacher, Fast and Furious. The were written specifically to be made into a series of action movies. Action takes place in both the USA and Panamá, a place where many Americans and Canadians have chosen to retire. In future books, action will take place in other South American countries as well as Panamá and the US. Each book in the series furthers the story line. The author lived in Panamá for more than a year; and has received postive input from Panamanians and ex-pats alike about the accuracy. Although the story is fictional, it is well-researched vis a vis Noreiga's regime, the US's role in ousting Noriega, etc. The hero is a retired CIA agent. He befriends ex-pat Stan Burrows (African American, former Special Forces) and his beautiful wife Liz. Max has a love interest, ex-pat Kat Simms. Although women are not leading characters in the Max Springer trilogy, they are strong women. Maria will kill the Butcher who killed her entire village; Kat will shoot a hired assassin in book two, saving Max's life; and a female Mossad agent will storm a compound with CIA agents in book three.