Buccaneer: The Provocative Odyssey of Jack Reed, Adventurer, Drug Smuggler and Pilot Extraordinaire

#1 AMAZON BEST-SELLER rank in multiple categories including biographies/memoirs, true crime, criminals, historical, South America, Latin America explorers, travelers, and adventurers.

WINNER 2016 Hollywood Book Festival Wild Card category; SILVER MEDALIST 2016 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards True Crime category; Honorable Mention 2016 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards Non-Fiction Drama;
Award-Winning Finalist in the Biography: Non-Fiction category of the 2015 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards, and in the True Crime: Non-Fiction category of the 2014 USA Best Book Awards.

Think all associates of Pablo Escobar were violent? Then you don't know Jack!

"Buccaneer" is the surprising, true account of the life and times of Jack Carlton Reed, an all-American boy turned drug smuggler; turned Robinson Crusoe, then infamous prison inmate.

For the first time, Reed discloses his extraordinary, tabooed journey as a high flying international cocaine smuggler and personal pilot for Carlos Lehder, associate of Pablo Escobar of the Medellin Cartel. Reed flew drug runs through Lehder's cocaine transport empire based at Norman's Cay, an out island in the Bahamas. Having gained notoriety in the late 70s as a staging point for drug smuggling, Norman's Cay was immortalized in "Blow," a 2001 motion picture starring Johnny Depp.

Reed lands in court as Lehder’s co-defendant in the longest running drug trial in U.S. history. A non-violent offender, he becomes the victim of a tragic judicial sentencing mistake.

Tired of being hounded by media, Reed had denied all interviews until MayCay Beeler came into his life. His story has never been given to any other journalist. In doing research for the book, MayCay would stumble upon a piece of information that would change everything. This book is the stunning true account of Reed’s provocative life with a twist of fate surprise ending that will make you believe in destiny. Fans of Netflix Narcos and Cocaine Cowboy movies may be surprised by this raw honest personal account. Not what media has led us to believe.