A Rendezvous in Haiti

✍ Scribed by Becker, Stephen

• Book ID: 108880761
• Publisher: Open Road Media
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 609 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781504026932

✦ Synopsis

Two veterans of World War I fight for love and honor in a Caribbean country torn apart by rebellion
Lt. Robert McAllister of the US Marines first encounters Paul Blanchard on a parade ground in Belgium in 1918. Awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Victoria Cross for his service at Ypres and Passchendaele, the British sergeant coughs blood onto his commanding officer's boots and curses the war.

A year later, McAllister commands a platoon of marines in occupied Haiti, where a peasant uprising threatens to topple the American-backed regime. Led by a charismatic revolutionary named Martel, the rebels, known as the Cacos, have a secret weapon: a white Caco who fights with a terrifying combination of cunning and courage.

When the mysterious mercenary abducts a marine colonel's daughter, McAllister rushes to save her. It is more than his duty—he and Caroline Barbour are in love. The deeper he journeys into enemy territory, however, the more...