In this sequel to Jack and Jill, Dr. Jack Stark, A Fellow at the prestigious Hoover Institute, and beautiful, wealthy Jillian Spencer Tang seek to recuperate from their harrowing adventure in northern Mexico by booking passage on a cargo vessel bound for Hawaii and ports of call in the South China Sea. Their hopes for a peaceful respite implode into a vortex of geo-economic and political conflict which has them running for their lives. In the game of hide and seek which ensues, their unique relationship must endure a gauntlet of deception, treachery, coercion, and betrayal. ALSO BY ROBERT M. BERSI: "JACK AND JILL" "SILVER MOUNTAIN" "ARMED AND ABANDONED" "MOUNT PERNASSUS" "RAISING MARGARET ANN" "THUS ENTWINED" "SHAPING OUR ENVIRONMENT" "RESTRUCTURING THE BACCALAUREATE" "A SHORT HISTORY OF PHILANTHROPY IN AMERICA
It is spring, 1963. Only six months earlier the world breathed a sigh of relief at the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Yet Soviet and United States agents are already positioned for a confrontation in northwestern Mexico. Jack Stark and beautiful Maria Salizar, heir to the Salizar dynasty, are thrown into each others arms during a wildly turbulent plane ride to Mazatlan. What follows is a classic tale of passion, intrigue, and mortal danger played out in the shadow of the historic Avino, the great mountain of silver mined by the Spanish for more than 300 years.
In the summer of 1951 sixty-five young U.S. Marine recruit volunteers are discreetly transported to and inserted into the mountainous tropical forests of Southwestern Luzon, Philippines. There, they are trained in jungle combat and deployed into their unique, low profile mission on the fringe of the battle raging between the Philippine Army and communist Hukbalahap forces. This book is a modest effort to memorialize rather than judge the persistent storytelling of a few very old men recalling the indelible experiences they shared halfway around the world more than six decades ago. The writer gladly stipulates to the absence of official evidence to support their collective myth. In other words, it never really happened. It is pure fiction, and you may therefore safely believe every word of it.
What really goes on behind the ivy-covered walls of American colleges and universities? The author draws upon nearly fifty years of experience and observation to offer the reader an eye-opening glimpse of the human comedy of modern campus life. Be a fly on the wall as top administrators wrestle with a range of issues which span from sex for grades to brazen NCAA violations. Hear the real dialogue. Observe side-splitting, clumsy, and often ingenious machinations to avoid personal and professional calamity. Be prepared to take sides as the book's characters navigate through raucous fraternity wars to serious political plays for hundreds of millions of dollars. Be ready to smile, to laugh, and most of all, be willing to understand and forgive.
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