George Barclay

Where Man Became God George Barclay

This is fifth of sequels August Winter, On Standby, Warmed and Dead, and Das Kannibals. Houston is recovering from a 52-day continuous freeze, thaw, and flood. Mexico erupts in revolution and violence. Colonel Hugo Chavez of Venezuela leads an expeditionary force to burn and sack Mexico City and Guadalajara. Hugo announces to the world that he is going to anoint himself god atop the Temple of the Sun in Teotihuacan. Mexican Nationalists establish a line of defense along the twenty-second parallel and select Monterrey as their new capitol. The United States masses troops along the Rio Grande and sends a carrier group to the Caribbean. Dirk, Maggie, and Rafael Caro Quinterra lead a team behind enemy lines to decapitate Hugo and bring his head back iced down in an Igloo. Bob Burrell and wife Joy honeymoon up the Irrawaddy to Bhamo Basin to search for the old Batson Field left by the British in 1941. Their cruise ship is sunk. They are captured for ransom and disappear along the Silk Road toward Afghanistan. Maria, Sandra, Ilysa, and Christy fly to Bhamo and Peshawar. "Al-Lah Akbar! Al-Lah Akbar! There is no Al-Lah but AL-LAH and Muhammad was his prophet." WARNING: Violence, profanity, and sexual erotica. NOT FOR DUMMIES.