The Flaming Island

From the moment George Heritage entered Cuban waters he was in trouble. First the Spanish coast guard shelled his vessel, then he learned his shipmates had deceived him, and finally he found himself standing against a stone wall awaiting the firing squad!After a fiery rebel señorita had snatched him from the jaws of death, the American engineer knew he couldn't return to peaceful civilization. For with a price on his head placed by both sides, he had to quit being just George Heritage, and instead assume the daredevil identity of Captain Ratonero -- the Dynamite Man!Full of peril, sputtering excitement and authentic color, "The Flaming Island" is one of the most engrossing novels ever written by that master of historical adventure, Donald Barr Chidsey.