America Libre

"Thematically similar to T.C. Boyle's enormously popular "The Tortilla Curtain (1995)," Ramos's "America Libre" is a story of what we all struggle with when we decide where we stand on the issue of immigration."
"Professor Edward J. Mullen
University of Missouri-Columbia" "A window into the despair, brought about by racism, faced by many of our Hispanic neighbors."
"Miguel De La Torre, Ph.D.
Director of the Justice and Peace Institute, Illif School of Theology"

How will today's immigration crisis shape our nation? This provocative novel set in the not-so-distant future poses a chillingly credible nightmare scenario.a Hispanic liberation movement seeking to redraw the borders of the United States.

The tale begins as the backlash against immigration is reaching the boiling point. Once-peaceful Latino protests have erupted into riots. Cities across the nation are in flames. Anglo vigilantes strike back with drive-by shootings, wantonly killing young and old. Exploiting the turmoil, a congressional demagogue succeeds in passing legislation that transforms the nation's inner-city barrios into walled-off Quarantine Zones. In this chaotic landscape, Manolo Suarez is struggling to provide for his family. Under the spell of a beautiful Latina radical, the former U.S. Army Ranger eventually finds himself questioning his loyalty to his country-and his wife.

Fast-paced and action-packed, "America Libre" is a wake-up call to the dangers of extremism-on both sides of this explosive issue.

Cuban-born Raul Ramos y Sanchez is a founding partner of B/R/C Marketing, with offices in Ohio and California.immigrants. He is currently working on part two of the America Libre trilogy.