Richard S. Hillman has traveled around the world on the Semester-at-Sea faculty, served as a Fulbright Scholar in Venezuela, participated in a People-to-People delegation in Cuba, and consulted at the U.S. State Department. An avid reader, his lifelong love of books has resulted in a voluminous personal library and inspiration to write.
He has published non-fiction works, but finds crafting a novel more creative. Born in New York City, he has lived in Long Island, Maine, Scotland, Spain, Brazil, and Venezuela. He and his Jamaican wife reside in Florida.
Professor Manny Vidal and his black-op friend Jack Case learn that Rafael is alive and in grave danger. Rafael is put in jail, later becomes a revolutionary and is subsequently kidnapped by a drug cartel. Manny and Jack undertake a mission to save Rafael
When Manny Vidal hears his long-dead cousin may be alive in Guarida, he’s shocked. And the State Department wants him to spend two years in this island nation, where he thought his cousin died long ago. What Manny finds there is far more than a lost cousin. Drawn into Guarida’s political intrigue, lured by a sexy call girl, and accused of spying, Manny’s island adventure may cost him his life.