A Rendezvous in Haiti - Becker Stephen

The year was 1919, and for a platoon of battle-hardened US Marines the war to end wars led only to war of a different kind. Pursued by the ceaseless beating of voodoo drums, Lieutenant Robert McAllister faced an unseen enemy: the guerilla army commanded by Martel, the revolutionary leader seen as a successor to Toussaint L Ouverture by the oppressed Cacos.And when his fiancee - a Colonel s daughter - was kidnapped as a bribe and mobile hostage, McAllister embarked on a hazardous mission into the island s foetid hinterland to free her. Accompanied only by Father Scarron, a black priest, McAllister fought his way towards Martel s village - and discovered to his cost the tactical genius of a mysterious rebel leader known as the white Caco ... A Rendezvous in Haiti is a gripping adventure that vividly evokes the terrors of jungle warfare and the men who fight it - by a master of exotic storytelling.