In The AMBASSADOR, Rafael
Alvarez, a young Spanish soldier marries and inherits a hacienda in Mexico. After encountering
storms and pirates in route to their new country, he and his bride, Maria, arrive
in Mexico
where they survive an attack by bandits only to find rogue soldiers in possession
of their property. After successfully evicting the squatters, Porfirio Diaz befriends
Rafael and when Diaz becomes president, he appoints Rafael as Mexico’s ambassador to the United States. Between
further attacks, fire and the loss of family members, Rafael is influential in
obtaining financing for Diaz’s plans to modernize Mexico and he gains power and wealth. The AMBASSADOR, a completed novel, is the first book in a series followed by THAT DAMNED IRISHMAN, then MERC, and The SACRED LANDS. Three more books are in outline form: SOLDADO, TEJANO, and WARRIORS of AZTLAND. |
