THE
ROAD TO PICHILINQUE Enthralling and wise, The Road To Pichilinque by Lou Cruz is unlike
most narrative fictions in that the message to readers comes in a series of
flashbacks to a childhood that was tumultuous and unsettling, to say the least.
Wildly extravagant prose moves this dramatic tale of high seas adventure along
at a frenetic pace with an insatiable wit and a good dose of literary charm. Roger is sixty-five and should be thinking about hanging up
his sails, compass, and mast forever But a friend in need is a
friend in deed so when one of Roger's oldest comrades asks him
to sail south of Mexico, Roger agrees. The thing is, it all
sounds pretty good, His friend, Stan, has uncovered the sunken
remains of a pirate's tresure. The booty includes four intricate, much sought-after sold gold
ceremonial masks. Roger and Stan decide to sell the masks to
drug dealers who plan to barter with an isolated tribe in the
Andes who they hope will grow and harvest cocaine for their
drug ring operations. In a rush of action, a lively seas and
land voyage explodes, which leads Roger to consider his life up
until now. He learns that just as all that glitters is not
gold, so, too, is his past which proves to have its own
tresures - sunken, but not forgotten. Soon enough, Roger realizes that what he learned as a child,
those gemes and jewels of his youth,is powerful, neccessary and
true. Author Biography
My story, my explanation was another failure. As much a failure as the
law made to control them…it doesn’t seem to matter where the law is said to
come from. Here on this plane of existence, there is a law that controls us,
with its hard edges and strict limits. Yet, there seems to be another place
where there is another law…
A retired sailor, Lou Cruz works as an aerospace engineering consultant. He
lives in the San Francisco Bay area and is the author of Cut
Flowers.