The son of an assassinated Latin American president, Carlos Fuertes found his calling kidnapping children for parents who have lost them in divorce settlements, until he is called to help kidnap an American embezzler from a South American country, and Carlos rediscovers his true self.

On the day he finishes the final volume of his hugely popular science fiction tetralogy, Carmichael, a writer possessed by demons, falls in love with a dog.

Chronicles the rise and fall of Panama's dictators, from Omar Torrijos to Manuel Noriega

Chronicles the rise and fall of Panama's dictators, from Omar Torrijos to Manuel Noriega

Product Description: To fulfill his Ph.D. requirement at an American university, Camilo Fuertes decides to write about his father, Leon Fuertes, the martyred president of Tinieblas. To complete this task, he descends into trances, raises his ancestors from the dead, and proceeds to question them about the risque family history...read more