"A cat-and-mouse game between a police colonel and a guerrilla chief in an unnamed country in South America. It is told in the form of an interview given by the colonel to a British journalist. For 10 painstaking years, Col. Rejas stalked the elusive Maoist leader Ezequiel to one day capture him without a shot. By the author of The Vision of Elena."@en
"A cat-and-mouse game between a police colonel and a guerrilla chief in an unnamed country in South America. It is told in the form of an interview given by the colonel to a British journalist. For 10 painstaking years, Col. Rejas stalked the elusive Maoist leader Ezequiel to one day capture him without a shot. By the author of The Vision of Elena."
"The pace of a thriller and the intrigue of a detective novel - with a very human heart This novel explores one of the most astonishing stories in the whole history of twentieth-century terrorism. It is the confession of a military intelligence chief and the most haunting portrait of a broken heart. A chance encounter with Colonel Rejas Peru provides the key to a story that Latin America correspondent John Dyer has been following for 12 years, a story which details the progress of a manhunt alive with terror and longing. Colonel Rejas was sworn to silence. But the burden is heavy, and he is moved to tell his story for the first time to an English stranger."@en