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Can Just One Dance Change Destiny? As Corvette Nightfire approaches
the casino in Las Vegas, the doors burst open to the sound of
gunfire. A beautiful woman rushes to him and thrusts a heavy bag
into his arms. Instructing him in Spanish, which he doesn't
understand, she runs past him to a waiting car. A professional
poker player in town to play in the Final Nine in the World Series
of Poker, Corvette soon discovers that he is inexorably connected
to Valentina, this exotic woman who has just put his life into a
tailspin. He disappears into an international vortex of intrigues,
a complex world or ordinary heroes and heinous cartel thugs, in a
desperate race to find and save her. They cannot speak each other's
languages, but on the romantic evening on which they meet,
Valentina tells her story through dance images. She becomes an
animal spirit, an amber-eyed black jaguar that Corvette must ride
to find the woman he inexplicably loves. His heart reveals that the
millions of dollars in prize money in the tournament mean nothing
compared to Valentina's life. Not understanding what is guiding him
through the vortex, Corvette comes to an unexpected destiny, one of
reconciliation to generations of family sins. A suspense-thriller,
Corvette Nightfire takes up where The Z Redemption leaves off and
straps the reader into another bumpy, exhilarating ride
Is passionate love the transforming force that forges heroes? David
Wilson James, informal adviser to the President of the United
States about Latin American drug wars, faces certain death from
AK-47 automatic weapons pointing at him by three assailants who
have tracked him to the roof of a six-story office building in
downtown Monterrey, Mexico. Unarmed, David has precious seconds to
save the life of the woman he adores, who is standing to his side.
In the streets below, demonstrators pack the vicinity of the
Macroplaza to urge peace and restraint on the part of the Mexican
Armed Forces who have staged a military coup against the democratic
government of Mexico. David's lover, Ana Valdez, has had much to do
with the unrest that led to the coup. On the roof, will David be
able to pull off the trick that will save Ana's life? David, ex-CIA
agent and co-founder with Ana of a youth-resistance group called
the Zs, had never anticipated finding passionate love in Mexico
with married business woman, Ana Valdez. Ana herself had surprises
in life: She unintentionally became a living symbol, a national
icon for the Mexican people sick to death of the corrupt government
leaders who could not protect them from the bloody excesses of the
drug cartels. While trying to hide their affair, Ana and David get
sucked into the violent world that they are trying to upend. In
addition to the American President, their friends in high places
include the generals of the Mexican Armed Forces who shockingly
orchestrate the military coup. When they sequester the President of
Mexico and most members of the Federal and State governments, David
and Ana feverishly work with the help of the Zs to manage the chaos
which ensues in Mexico. Things quickly take a desperate turn when
El Gato, a capo in Mexico's most powerful drug cartel, personally
targets David and Ana for his own self-serving purposes: He wants
to exploit them in his mission to build a "narco-continent of North
America." The bedlam of civil disturbance in Mexico and in the
United States as a result of the coup provides the perfect
environment for him to accomplish his goals. Redemption can only be
achieved through blood and high purpose. Are the personal
sacrifices of David and Ana sufficient to pay the ransom that will
halt the advance of unconscionable evil? The Z Redemption cuts into
the deep entrenchment of organized crime in the world we think we
know. It shows the kind of courage ordinary people will be forced
to muster in order to stop its cancerous growth. The cast of
characters includes leaders of international drug cartels; military
commanders; young Zs like Enrique Santos who will fight for freedom
and public safety; and Eduardo Ortiz, the crafty "king maker"
behind the scenes of Mexican politics. In the center is David
Wilson James, a man whose life of intrigue is book-ended by two
passionate affairs with Mexican women who shape his extraordinary
life. These are Annie Ortiz, Eduardo's daughter, who is the ardent
flame of David's youth, and Ana Valdez, the younger woman of
David's older years, for whom David would give his life. Read The Z
Redemption for an intensely personal experience of daily life in a
world where public safety does not exist. Although you will
encounter this through the eyes of characters in the novel, you
will not forget that this is very much like the experience of
millions of people in the real world. The Z Redemption flashes back
fifty years to events impacting the present. It will transport you
to places in Mexico and the USA: Monterrey, Mazatlan, Mexico City,
Nuevo Leon, Houston, and Richmond. You will meet passionate
characters committed to diametrically opposed world views,
characters who sacrifice everything for the people they love, and
characters who give their lives pursuing justice for victims of
crime and senseless brutality."
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