Set on the eve of the Spanish-American War. Elmore Leonard's new novel is an explosive mix of high adventure, history brought to life. and delightful romance - with all the dead-on dialogue and unforgettable characters that mark Elmore Leonard as an American original Just three days after the sinking of the battleshin Maine in Havana harbour, Ben Tyler arrives with a string of horses to sell - cover for a boatload of guns he's running to Cuban insurgents, risking a firing squad if he's caught., His first day ashore sets the pace for a wild ride to come. He sells the horses to an American planter, Roland Boudreaux, who's making a killing in Cuba. Meets the man's sparky New Orleans-born mistress, Amelia Brown, and falls in love. Makes an enemy of a terrorizing Guardia Civil officer named Tavalera, and a friend of a mysterious old Cuban, Victor Fuentes. Is forced into a gunfight and thrown into prison.
Tyler has done time in the past for robbing banks, but never in a place like Morro Castle. America is about to declare war on Spain, and if Tvler doesn't manage to get out very soon he's a dead man. How his escape comes about, with surprising help, is a high point from which the plot takes off on a train ride across Cuba. with Tyler and Amelia looking for more than love, a lot more - the chance to snatch a bundle of Boudreaux's cash, if they can pull it off. But who can you trust? Everyone's a schemer in thís one,
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