Bøger af Robert J. Alvarado

This award winning saga is set primarily in the American Southwest Territories where Americans settlers are coming after the Mexican-American War. The territories are undergoing unique and savage change as they shed 300 years of Spanish rule and move toward American statehood. The saga is told through the life of a young peasant, a fugitive on the run from Mexico riding a stolen Appaloosa stallion. He enters Texas in 1866 to find life on this side of the border holds new dangers along with the promise of a new life.The gritty saga begins when a young peasant, Rafael Ortega de Estrada, shoots the landowner who raped his younger sister. He is seventeen years old and on the run riding a stolen horse. Heading north, young Rafael enters into the United States to immediately be faced with a life-changing dilemma. The path he chooses controls his destiny in ways he cannot fathom.A Spanish aristocrat, Benicío Zuniga, of an old Spanish New Mexican family, now deposed of his land and wealth, turns to the outlaw life for revenge. He'll kill anybody in his rage, even his own brother. From the opposite sides of the old Spanish caste system, Rafael and Benicío seek to find new lives in the changing American Southwest, but only one will survive.From the author of Elfego Baca, Destined to Survive, Robert J. Alvarado brings this gritty tale to life with a passion for the history of the southwest and his love of writing stories from the Hispanic perspective. Spending most of his career in the computer software business, traveling throughout the U.S. Southwest and Latin America, he brings a unique vision to this tale where history and fiction collide.The material in this book is for mature audiences only and contains graphic content and language. It is intended for readers aged 18 and older.Award Winning Series: Selected a finalist in Edward James Olmos' 2018 Books to Movie Awards in Drama TV Series. The judges for these awards are screenwriters, directors, producers, and others from the entertainment industry. The Young Pistolero Series is also an award winning saga, voted number #1 best fiction series by the Latino Authors association.Verified Reviews: I know this series will earn many more awards. A wonderful contribution to Southwest Hispano history and culture. - Rudolfo Anaya, Professor Emeritus, acclaimed novelist, poet, playwright#1 Best Fiction Book by a Latino Author 2015 Mr. Alvarado weaves a plausible plot and his setting descriptions and actions are right on. His characters were exactly what you might expect of people living in the rough west trying to survive the elements and mayhem of that time. The author manages to bring the reader into the story with action built into every chapter that you can't escape feeling anxious wondering as to what will happen next.- Corina Martinez Chaudhry, Latino AuthorMr. Alvarado vividly illustrates many rugged times after the Civil and Mexican American Wars through the eyes of a 17 year old peon who comes to the U.S. and adapts and grows into a hero. The Young Pistolero is a great new historical western series! -Richard Golenda, post Secondary and College History Teacher and post Chairman of the Pueblo Economic Development CorporationI'm impressed by the historical detail and fast-moving plot. My father was a screenwriter for television and wrote many westerns for Wagon Train and Gunsmoke. Alvarado's novel could be the basis for one of those television westerns because of its engrossing plot and it clear depiction of heroes and villains.- Jennie Nelson PHD, Post-Graduate Professor of Writing, University of Idaho

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.

From the author of the Young Pistolero Series, this true tale of an American Hispanic hero is woven with the fantastic history of the American Southwest and the people who settled this vast expanse of land. In the early 1880s the peaceful villages along the San Francisco River, in western Socorro County of the New Mexico Territory, were invaded by Texas cowboys and their large herds of cattle. Conflict between the Spanish settlers and the rowdy Texas cowboys was escalating into intimidation and violence. Often after consuming forty-rod whiskey from Milligan's liquor store, the cowboys delighted in terrorizing the settlements along the river called the Frisco Plazas. In early October of 1884 the violence escalated into a gruesome incident, which left the local settlers in shock and fear of the Texas cowboys. The villagers were in dire need of a miracle. Young Elfego Baca answered the call. Elfego's efforts to bring law to the San Francisco valley resulted in a gunfight lasting over 36 hours. The well-armed cowboys shot approximately 4,000 bullets and dynamited the wood and mud shack, a jacal, in which Elfego took refuge and defended himself. In the longest gunfight of the old west, Elfego prevailed over the cowboys, unharmed. The intimidation and violence against the Spanish settlers stopped. Where does this kind of bravery originate and why did Elfego take it upon himself to protect and defend the settlers of the San Francisco valley? Was it Elfego Baca's distinct genealogy, his DNA, the life blood of centuries that flowed through him? Was Elfego destined to go to Frisco Plaza and confront the Texans, and was he destined to survive?

This award winning saga is set primarily in the American Southwest Territories where Americans settlers are coming after the Mexican-American War. The territories are undergoing unique and savage change as they shed 300 years of Spanish rule and move toward American statehood. The saga is told through the life of a young peasant, a fugitive on the run from Mexico riding a stolen Appaloosa stallion. He enters Texas in 1866 to find life on this side of the border holds new dangers along with the promise of a new life. As the saga continues, the author brings his unique Hispanic perspective and his stories transport the reader to a time and place where history and fiction collide.Having accepted his legacy as Rafael Reyes de Estrada, Rafe wants to reestablish his life and business in Santa Fe with Ana Teresa by his side, but the vigilantes in Los Angeles have other ideas after they spot the young Mexicano with an enviable Appaloosa. It seems trouble finds them everywhere, including a run in with an Army deserter named Desperate Billy.Finally back in Santa Fe, he finds the Spanish aristocrats are out to insure he hangs for the death of Diego de la Torre. Though the Spanish caste system holds no legal power in the American territory, the aristocrats will not give up. No half-blooded Mexican would get away with murdering a full-blooded Spaniard.Stripped of his guns, Rafe sits in a cold jail cell anxiously waiting to learn what fate has in store for him. His trust in the American justice system to clear his name is weakening as each day of his incarceration passes and the Spanish aristocrats continue plotting against him.The material in this book is for mature audiences only and contains graphic content and language. It is intended for readers aged 18 and older.Award Winning Series: Selected a finalist in Edward James Olmos' 2018 Books to Movie Awards in Drama TV Series. The judges for these awards are screenwriters, directors, producers, and others from the entertainment industry. The Young Pistolero Series is also an award winning saga, voted number #1 best fiction series by the Latino Authors association.Verified Reviews: I know this series will earn many more awards. A wonderful contribution to Southwest Hispano history and culture. - Rudolfo Anaya, Professor Emeritus, acclaimed novelist, poet, playwright#1 Best Fiction Book by a Latino Author 2015 Mr. Alvarado weaves a plausible plot and his setting descriptions and actions are right on. His characters were exactly what you might expect of people living in the rough west trying to survive the elements and mayhem of that time. The author manages to bring the reader into the story with action built into every chapter that you can't escape feeling anxious wondering as to what will happen next.- Corina Martinez Chaudhry, Latino AuthorMr. Alvarado vividly illustrates many rugged times after the Civil and Mexican American Wars through the eyes of a 17 year old peon who comes to the U.S. and adapts and grows into a hero. The Young Pistolero is a great new historical western series! -Richard Golenda, post Secondary and College History Teacher and post Chairman of the Pueblo Economic Development CorporationI'm impressed by the historical detail and fast-moving plot. My father was a screenwriter for television and wrote many westerns for Wagon Train and Gunsmoke. Alvarado's novel could be the basis for one of those television westerns because of its engrossing plot and it clear depiction of heroes and villains.- Jennie Nelson PHD, Post-Graduate Professor of Writing, University of Idah

This award winning saga is set primarily in the American Southwest Territories where Americans settlers are coming after the Mexican-American War. The territories are undergoing unique and savage change as they shed 300 years of Spanish rule and move toward American statehood. The saga is told through the life of a young peasant, a fugitive on the run from Mexico riding a stolen Appaloosa stallion. He enters Texas in 1866 to find life on this side of the border holds new dangers along with the promise of a new life. As the saga continues, the author brings his unique Hispanic perspective and his stories transport the reader to a time and place where history and fiction collide.After the gun battle at the Anaya hacienda in Corrales, New Mexico, the fight where Rafe's beloved Chiwiwi was killed, the saga of Rafael Ortega de Estrada continues. Rafe must risk returning to Torreón, Mexico, to rescue his mother and sister from the hacienda owned by don Bernardo Reyes. It was his duty to protect his family, but he ran when he shot don Bernardo for raping his younger sister, and they suffered. The guilt in his heart burns with rage - a rage that will see his mother and sister safe, but an unbearable surprise awaits him at the hacienda.American expansion pushes westward from Texas to New Mexico after the territory is incorporated into the United States, but the newcomers are bringing their prejudices. They perceive Native Americans as savages and Hispanics as inferior. Cattle rancher, John B. Sutton, heads for New Mexico after Texas begins charging for free grazing, settling in San Marcial, New Mexico. The peaceful residents of San Marcial are no match for Sutton's well-heeled cowboys. Rafe finds himself in the center, between the newcomers and the Spanish settlers, and only guns and courage can bring peace to the valley.The material in this book is for mature audiences only and contains graphic content and language. It is intended for readers aged 18 and older.Award Winning Series: Selected a finalist in Edward James Olmos' 2018 Books to Movie Awards in Drama TV Series. The judges for these awards are screenwriters, directors, producers, and others from the entertainment industry. The Young Pistolero Series is also an award winning saga, voted number #1 best fiction series by the Latino Authors association.Verified Reviews: I know this series will earn many more awards. A wonderful contribution to Southwest Hispano history and culture. - Rudolfo Anaya, Professor Emeritus, acclaimed novelist, poet, playwright#1 Best Fiction Book by a Latino Author 2015 Mr. Alvarado weaves a plausible plot and his setting descriptions and actions are right on. His characters were exactly what you might expect of people living in the rough west trying to survive the elements and mayhem of that time. The author manages to bring the reader into the story with action built into every chapter that you can't escape feeling anxious wondering as to what will happen next.- Corina Martinez Chaudhry, Latino AuthorMr. Alvarado vividly illustrates many rugged times after the Civil and Mexican American Wars through the eyes of a 17 year old peon who comes to the U.S. and adapts and grows into a hero. The Young Pistolero is a great new historical western series! -Richard Golenda, post Secondary and College History Teacher and post Chairman of the Pueblo Economic Development CorporationI'm impressed by the historical detail and fast-moving plot. My father was a screenwriter for television and wrote many westerns for Wagon Train and Gunsmoke. Alvarado's novel could be the basis for one of those television westerns because of its engrossing plot and it clear depiction of heroes and villains.- Jennie Nelson PHD, Post-Graduate Professor of Writing, University of Idaho

This award winning saga is set primarily in the American Southwest Territories where Americans settlers are coming after the Mexican-American War. The territories are undergoing unique and savage change as they shed 300 years of Spanish rule and move toward American statehood. The saga is told through the life of a young peasant, a fugitive on the run from Mexico riding a stolen Appaloosa stallion. He enters Texas in 1866 to find life on this side of the border holds new dangers along with the promise of a new life. As the saga continues, the author brings his unique Hispanic perspective and his stories transport the reader to a time and place where history and fiction collide.After Rafe's acquittal for the murder of Diego de la Torre, life for Rafe and Ana Teresa is as pleasant as the Santa Fe weather in early summer. They make plans to attend his mother's wedding and Ana Teresa is anxious to learn more about Rafe's past. Then a dark cloud forms on the horizon of their life when Ana Teresa receives word her parents are coming to Santa Fe from Spain. She believes her father will never accept her decision to marry a mestizo and might even try to kill Rafael.Jed Clements makes plans to rustle Cynthia's herd located south of San Marcial. He and his Texas henchmen believe the herd an easy mark because Cynthia hired local vaqueros. Between the weather, sparse plains of New Mexico, and Big Ed's posse, they find out rustling is not as easy as they planned.Life is changing in Santa Fe for both Rafe and the Spanish Aristocrats. New Mexico faces political upheaval as the American laws begin to tear at the Spanish traditions. The Spanish landowners are required to prove their land rights or lose them to squatters. An all out war is brewing over land in New Mexico.The material in this book is for mature audiences only and contains graphic content and language. It is intended for readers aged 18 and older.Award Winning Series: Selected a finalist in Edward James Olmos' 2018 Books to Movie Awards in Drama TV Series. The judges for these awards are screenwriters, directors, producers, and others from the entertainment industry. The Young Pistolero Series is also an award winning saga, voted number #1 best fiction series by the Latino Authors association.Verified Reviews: I know this series will earn many more awards. A wonderful contribution to Southwest Hispano history and culture. - Rudolfo Anaya, Professor Emeritus, acclaimed novelist, poet, playwright#1 Best Fiction Book by a Latino Author 2015 Mr. Alvarado weaves a plausible plot and his setting descriptions and actions are right on. His characters were exactly what you might expect of people living in the rough west trying to survive the elements and mayhem of that time. The author manages to bring the reader into the story with action built into every chapter that you can't escape feeling anxious wondering as to what will happen next.- Corina Martinez Chaudhry, Latino AuthorMr. Alvarado vividly illustrates many rugged times after the Civil and Mexican American Wars through the eyes of a 17 year old peon who comes to the U.S. and adapts and grows into a hero. The Young Pistolero is a great new historical western series! -Richard Golenda, post Secondary and College History Teacher and post Chairman of the Pueblo Economic Development CorporationI'm impressed by the historical detail and fast-moving plot. My father was a screenwriter for television and wrote many westerns for Wagon Train and Gunsmoke. Alvarado's novel could be the basis for one of those television westerns because of its engrossing plot and it clear depiction of heroes and villains.- Jennie Nelson PHD, Post-Graduate Professor of Writing, University of Idah