A tense, dangerous thriller of
CIA operations in Latin America, guerrilla wars, drug
flights, environmental catastrophes and genocides. Shot down
over the Guatemalan jungle with a planeload of marijuana,
Vietnam veteran Joe Murphy gets caught up in the country's
brutal Civil War, and in an attack on a Mayan village by the
Guatemalan Army and its CIA "advisors".
Badly injured, he escapes on a nightmare trek through the
jungle, hunted by the Army, the CIA, and death squads. He is
healed by guerrilla doctor Dona Villalobos, falls in love
with her and tries to save her from the War's widening
horror of insanity, tragedy, and death.
Based on the author's personal experience as a human rights
and war journalist in Guatemala.