Mirador

Mirador: a novel

Nate Hunter has no desire to visit Chiapas, Mexico. It's 1993, dawn of the Internet Age, and his star as a brilliant computer engineer is on the rise. He wants to stay put, focus on work. But his wife, Sarah, a dedicated nurse, wants to save the world. Invited to join a mission trip to the village of Mirador, deep in the Lacandon Jungle, she decides she's going, and Nate won't let her go alone. He knows the looming enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is causing unrest among the campesinos and the government is cracking down on protests. The pastor leading the trip insists it's safe, but beneath the surface calm, rebellion is brewing, and an army of peasants calling themselves Zapatistas is preparing for war.

By the time the group reaches Mirador, Nate realizes the trip is a mistake. That evening, Sarah tangles with the leader of a paramilitary group, triggering events that lead Nate deeper into the jungle, to a secret rebel camp, where unforgiving tests and a newfound sense of purpose challenge everything he believes about himself as a husband, lover, fighter, and man.

Honoring the spirit of the ancient Maya and the "war against forgetting" still being waged by los ind genas today, Mirador tells the story of one man's reckoning with love and loss, friendship and betrayal, courage and cowardice, death and rebirth, as he helps a group of rebels prepare for the Zapatista uprising of January 1, 1994: the first war fought on the ground and the World Wide Web.

"Suspense, appealing characters and interesting historical events create a compelling story that is an engrossing page-turner." -- Sara Orwig, USA Today bestselling romance author of The Forbidden Texan and The Rancher's Heir

"An exquisitely written, gripping tale of love, obsession and revenge. James Jennings has created memorable characters who pop off the page. You can taste, feel and see the rural Mexican locations where a class war rages, evil thrives and brutal acts are a daily event. Once you pick this book up you'll have a tough time putting it down." -- Charles Salzberg, author of the award-winning Second Story Man and the Shamus Award-nominated Henry Swann series

"Great tale Jennings has a terrific feel for how ordinary Americans get in over their heads and how good intentions can lead to bad outcomes. The mountains, the jungles, the people of Chiapas are all beautifully rendered in a captivating saga that makes the little-known story of Mexico's Zapatista uprising come alive. This one will stay with you." -- Ross Klavan, author of Schmuck and the Independent Spirit Award-nominated screenplay for Tigerland

"Mirador, the remarkable new novel from James Jennings, traces the development of the first 'internet revolution' in Chiapas through the intersection of a group of American missionaries and EZLN insurgents. It's a big story with the narrative dynamics of Robert Stone's A Flag for Sunrise, the historical complications of Gina Apostol's Insurrecto, and the persuasive local detail of Netflix's Narcos: Mexico. Jennings adds a significant voice to American letters." -- Tim Tomlinson, author most recently of This Is Not Happening to You, a collection of short stories

Author: James Jennings
Publisher: Greenpoint Press
Published: 08/01/2019
Pages: 484
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.25d
ISBN: 9780990619451

About the Author
Jennings, James: - James Jennings is a writer and trial lawyer who lives with his wife, Vicky, in Edmond, Oklahoma. He is a fifth-generation Oklahoman and citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, descended from tribal chiefs, warriors, horse breeders, scholars, judges, and men of the cloth. He studied Latin American history and politics at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City as an undergraduate and fell in love with Mexico's people and history. He has traveled throughout the country and seen the poverty in Chiapas, the site of the Zapatista uprising and the setting for Mirador.Gin, Kopecky-Wallace B.: - Award winning editor and authorRobert, Lascaro L.: - Robert Lascaro is the design director of Greenpoint Press, where some of his book designs include: The House on Crash Corner, We're Not Leaving -featured on CBS 60 Minutes, and Starfish. He has worked as an art director at Scholastic, Ziff Davis, Thompson and the Wall Street Journal. Before his career in publishing he worked as a financial analyst on Wall Street, a newspaper reporter and the manager of The Center for Public Cinema which operated the repertory Bleecker Street and Carnegie Hall Cinemas. He has also worked as a life guard on the Jersey shore, a Fuller Brush salesman and a street magician on 42nd Street. He is an Eagle Scout.

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