Flights of silence

 Aged thirteen, David believes his mother no longer loves him. A shameful family secret is revealed, a suicide attempt fails, and he leaves his beautiful home on the Island of Margarita, to live on the streets of Caracas, Venezuela. Yet David has a dream, a heart full of love, a sense of fair play and most of all, compassion for others. Aged fifteen, his first encounter of love with the opposite sex is of sweet innocence with a prostitute he names, Princess Jasmine. Love begins to triumph over his earlier feelings of abandonment only to end in heartbreak.  

No stone is left unturned in David™s candid account of his adventures, from cleaning cars to save for flying lessons, to becoming one of the youngest and most skilful pilots ever to land a plane where even angels would fear to tread. Yet along the way, he meets once more with love and true friendship. He gives back unstintingly the loyalty he receives, not only from the extraordinary friends in high places, but to the ordinary and misfortunates he meets on the streets of Caracus.

David™s story is not only a breath-taking flight through the jungles of drugs and politics, but the human condition of tragedy, love and friendship.