Fierce Freedom:
Stories Craving Wisdom
The Last Frontier
A novel
The Last Frontier is a tapestry-like portrait of the complexities of contemporary power structures and how those trapped in the talons of greed and violence are pushed to defend dignity despite the injustices that surround them. Told by multiple narrators, this novel weaves together the lives of a war veteran turned Hindu monk, an injured professional athlete with plenty of swag to mask his heartache, and a saucy farmhand who uses her bad reputation to do good by her family. Though they share a common past, they've yet to discover that they'll cooperate in a united future--an honorable tomorrow for generations to come.
Give me a kiss to build a dream on,
and my imagination will thrive upon that kiss.
Sweetheart, I ask no more than this:
a kiss to build a dream on.
-Louis Armstrong
The Castañeda family helps a betrayed war veteran back on his feet. Meanwhile, Arjun protects them from dangerous secrets and pays the price of knowing too much.
Ten years later, Commander Cifuentes, now known as Hari Bhakti, prepares to take lifelong vows of service, but there are mercenaries in the highlands and Indi is coming home to reconcile his past.
Melimi lets everyone on the coffee plantation think she's still a pastehead to conceal her intentions of undermining her boss and saving the Hualco tribe from total annihilation.
4 / Crossings (coming soon)
After a brush with death, Indi returns to Torinoco to probe the past that haunts him.
