Val Verde

The war-torn Mexico of Maximilian and Carlota serves as the exciting backdrop for this novel of passion and revenge. Antoinette Dubec, a young Frenchwoman, is determined to bring to justice the mysterious rebel leader El Padrino, whom she believes is responsible for her father's death. She vows, even at the risk of her own life, to see the bandit hang for robbing her of the one she loved most in the world. Antoinette is assisted in her search by the brooding and defiant Loyalist Mexican officer Ramon Chavez, whose love of country comes before family or morality. His tactics are often ruthless …