Nathan Lucius has a problem. Every time he thinks he's got life by the scruff of the neck it just wriggles free. There are so many rules. So many things that should be said and done to keep everyone happy. And no one is happy. But Nathan is a problem solver. And if he just tries hard enough, he will maybe, somehow, make someone, just one person happy. And then his friend Madge is diagnosed with cancer. She is dying. And she wants him to help her end it all . . . "Wasted" is a pop culture "Crime and Punishment" set in a dark and twisted version of Cape Town – a novel that takes the reader into the very heart of what it is to be human.