A stolen million. A gangster who wants it back. A reclusive writer who doesn't give a damn. Mapping the Glades is a fast paced thriller set in the Everglades. Harrison Park, an ex-DEA agent is pitted against a desperate California gangster. Harrison, now a successful writer, has lived in virtual seclusion on the edge of the Everglades for three years since the suspicious death of his wife. Trouble arrives with his step-son, Pauly, who Harrison believes was involved in his wife's death. With Pauly is his girlfriend, Tracy, who has stolen money from, Raul Geoshay who needs it back to save his own life. As Raul's actions and Harrison's search for him become more intense, Harrison learns the awful secret of his wife's family and how she really died.

David Burton is an American writer living in sunny Southern California. He traveled by motorcycle through Mexico, US, Canada and Alaska. From motorcycles he turned to the ocean, building and sailing his own boats to Mexico, Tahiti, Hawaii, and through the Panama Canal to Florida. He spent a lot of time reading while on the water, so he decided to write books he would have wanted to read at sea.

Having swallowed the anchor he now mops floors and collects trash for money, writes for a living, and has become a (temporarily?) unrequited sailor.