Roberto to the Dark Tower Came

South American journalist Roberto has been chronicling the massacres in jungle villages and the complicity of the ruling government in many deaths. For his honesty, he is warned that he must leave the country within ten days or be killed. Taking the threat seriously, he says goodbye to his family and friends and prepares to head to Santa Lucia where his girlfriend is living. He gets rid of his apartment and car, then suddenly he is offered the scoop of a lifetime and returns to the jungle to write his last great story before the end of the ten days. Epperson (The Kind One; Sailor) is no stranger to blood and violence in his works. His graphic depiction of the unmitigated brutality of the militias in the jungle is heart-stopping. While readers can't help admiring Roberto's investigative persistence, they will probably be shouting, "Get out before the ten days are up!"