Jalapeño Republic

From the author of the award winning series Young Pistolero, Robert J. Alvarado brings his love of writing stories from a Hispanic perspective to this action-adventure thriller set in the future. Spending most of his career in the computer software business, traveling throughout the U.S. and Latin America, the auther brings his unique perspective and writing style to this futuristic story.The morning after returning from the domes of the Mars colony to his home in the Jalapeño Republic, Francisco Salaz woke from a recurring nightmare. In the dream, an Indian warrior chased him to a river and trapped him from retreat. Cisco knew it was a dream, but it shook him to the core.Twenty-four hours later his entire life was turned upside down as his godfather, the president of the Jalapeño Republic, entrusted him with an impossible task. He was neither trained nor ready to take on the mission, one which could easily get him killed, but the security of the country he loved was in jeopardy.With the help of Gus, an InfoAgent, Cisco goes undercover. His mission was to find the president's kidnapped great-granddaughter, Maya. She is the future of the Republic and the president believes he is the only one who can find her and bring her home.