"Harvey Shoals, environmentalist and experienced field biologist, reveals the details of his disastrous assignment to the Caribbean island of Tavira where his job was to discover ways to stamp out the world's second most deadly parasitic tropical disease.
At the time, those of us on the outside looking in could only guess what had gone wrong." William Rowan
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Page 83 -- "... from behind him, I heard someone open the breach of a rifle and then slam a round into the chamber. It was the same alert that Emilia and I heard that day at the meadow high above Juncos. ... Abruptly Marcos melted into the darkness without another word."
Page 144 -- "I couldn't stay out of it. The situation was too dangerous. Palma's approach was not right, and Marcelo's machete was only inches from his face."
Six straight men in the cast plus free Tex-Mex food? My friend Lida Rose sure knew how to persuade me. I signed on the dotted line and dusted off my dance shoes. I knew Bad Business on the Brazos would have them rolling in the aisles and standing up