Reds on the Run

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The author John Sandham uses his personal knowledge and experiences from working in Central America during the 'Cold War' to create this fast moving action suspense novel for adults. The story starts just before the Falklands War in April 1982 with Margaret Thatcher requesting support from Ronald Reagan to enable victory in the South Atlantic. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The story soon moves on to the civil war raging in Guatemala Central America. It was the height of the 'Cold War'. Reagan's US Administration was secretly working with President Ríos Montt to eradicate communism while the USSR backed Cuban government militarily and financially supported the communist rebels known locally as 'the reds'. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Danny Sinclaire was a tough resilient but ordinary Royal Air Force engineer based at Airport Camp in Belize where he looked after ground support equipment as part of the British protection force. He is soon plunged into a dangerous situation on the border not of his making which leaves him and his team in grave danger with very few options. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Carlos Cruz a lieutenant in the Guatemalan army is intent on clearing all communist rebels known to him as 'the reds' from his patch of the Guatemalan Jungle. He has a highly trained platoon of 40 soldiers under his command whose job is to find and destroy all the rebel held villages in Northern Guatemala. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Sisasi a brave and determined Guatemalan schoolteacher finds herself unintentionally caught up in the civil war. A terrifying life or death ordeal starts and escape is her only option. The British Guatemalan and rebel forces clash in no-mans-land on the border.</span></p><p><br></p>