About the Books
Innocence Slain
Beginning in the 1950’s at Ramey AFB in Puerto Rico, a family group of U.S. Army dependents lands in New Orleans and despairingly discovers that the rules of segregated America are totally different than what they had anticipated. They then embark on a suspenseful journey to their posting at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, to join their husbands and fathers in their quest to become multi-racial Americans within a segregated society. Only the least amongst them make it through to the explosive end in subsequent postings at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, Fort Riley, Kansas, Kitzingen, Germany, and Ft. Eustis, Virginia. This is a haunting story that episodically describes the subtle nuances of adapting to regional cultures and the plot includes two known and recorded UFO incidents worked in as an integral part of the story. A provoking tale with definitive subtleties that become as clear as the question:
What is life with the constant specter of death as their companion? Does the light know?
Affinity For Trouble
Affinity for Trouble, A Puerto Rican Story, written by Héctor Varela, was released in New York City on November 1st, 2006.
Why is Affinity for Trouble — a Puerto Rican story?
Because it takes place in Puerto Rico during the decisive years when the Puerto Rican culture was most affected by its compulsory association with America. It was during this period that the form of autonomous government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico grasped fully the power to rule. America was successful in helping to establish a democratic autonomous government that has stood for over half of a century.
Is Affinity for Trouble then a historical or political novel?
No, it is neither. Although all of the historical data is fully accurate it is not a historical story. It involves very saucy characters in an intricate plot that illustrates history and culture. It is a story that encompasses coming of age in a ghetto shanty-town and the human repercussions that the new association with America brought and how that impacted the lives of the main characters. It is not a political story. The politics reflected in the story are described by a coming of age urchin and his black stepsister, Paula, as they see them. It is a story where the catalyst for every action is love. Boricuas love fiercely and they profoundly believe that as a people they love more than any other group. The novel accurately portraits significant Puerto Rican historical events and clearly explains cultural beliefs of the era of the 1940s to the 1950s.
How can you substantiate that Puerto Ricans love so fiercely?
¡Ay bendito! Just ask any Puerto Rican and he or she will readily tell you! It is part of our tri-racial genetic make-up.
Don’t forget to refer your friends to www.hectorvarela.com so they can purchase and enjoy their autographed copies of Affinity for Trouble, A Puerto Rican Story.
If you enjoy Affinity for Trouble, please call your local bookstores and ask them to stock it! Talk it up and buzz, buzz, buzz. We depend on you. Our second title, Innocence Slain, is tentatively due out in November 2007. Refer friends and neighbors to the Website for purchases of Affinity for Trouble, A Puerto Rican Story, autographed by the author, Héctor Varela.
Florida-Boricua Publishing, LLC
Carmen L. Varela
President
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