This is the sequel to the exciting politico-military thriller Uncertain Paradise: 1973 [Part One]. The Commonwealth of St. Margaret's, now independent, faces all out aggression from Communist Cuba, beginning with a germ warfare factory operating at a secret guerilla base on the island's uninhabited south coast. The CIA has trained and equipped an elite unit, the St. Margaret's Rangers, to attack and destroy the base. As Part Two opens, they are moving through the jungle amid heavy storms to accomplish their mission. Prime Minister Colgate navigates a treacherous political and military landscape as the new nation struggles with poverty, hurricanes and Communist aggression. The building Watergate crisis in the United States effectively prevents the United States from giving further assistance.Inspector Pereya has succeeded in identifying two of the three high-ranking Communists who have infiltrated the highest levels of Government and it falls to Cassell, Killebrew and some of their fellow Ranger veterans to try to root them out before it is too late. Action, suspense and romance all compete for the reader's attention as the new nation fights for its very survival in the year 1973.
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