Antonia's Island

ISBN: 1561642215

Author: Maginnis, Nick P

Condition: Used

Product DescriptionIn 1914, after three years of civil war, the corrupt Mexican government collapsed, and the revolutionary armies seized Mexico City. In fear of peasant revolt, the Mexican aristocracy fled the country. Hoping to start a new life in a new land, the Vallerdas familyRodrigo, Antonia, and their small son, Nikiset sail for California. But the war they tried to escape follows them.Forced to flee from the burning, sinking ship, a small group of castaways from every social class land on a desert island. As the desperation of their situation becomes clear, they begin the war anew: master against servant, wife against husband, love against trust. Antonia finds herself thrust into new roles as the fight for survival reduces them all to the basic issues of food, shelter, and, most importantly, water in a landscape as stark and merciless as it is beautiful.But they are soon aware of a further and possibly more immediate danger as they discover that before their arrival the island was the scene of a massacre with only one survivor. They must decide whether this man is a hero who will help save them or a villain so treacherous that he will murder them one by one. Antonia seems to find her own answer, but each twist of their fate on the island calls it into question. Emboldened by her new role as revolutionary leader of this small and desolate place, she risks everything on her decision about this mysterious and charismatic loner known as El Diablo de Chiapas.Inspired by actual events, Antonias Island is the story of one womans struggle against a society that has cast her out and against a fate she must conquer to survive.About the AuthorNick P. Maginnis has lived in Topanga Canyon, California, for over twenty years, happily enduring disasters of all sortsfires, floods, landslides, and earthquakes. He graduated from UCLA and, before becoming a full-time writer, was a paralegal for many years. He is an avid sailor and saltwater sports fisherman. Antonias Island is his first novel.