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- Title
- Mama Lona's Man
- Author
- Brett Davis
- Publisher
- Brett Davis
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- PAP
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798231186648
- Item weight
- 308 grams
"Mama Lona's Man" is a fast-moving, funny, sometimes bittersweet tale about a young woman who meets the love of her life, only there's one hitch: He's lost his life and become a zombie. As Rolling Stone once said about Jim Morrison, the title character of this novel is hot, sexy, and dead.
Abigail Callisto is a brilliant, troubled college student living in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. When her father's shadowy government employer sends him to the Caribbean to tamp down a pending coup attempt on the small island nation of Petit Royale, she goes along so he can also keep an eye on her and keep her out of trouble. She thinks it's a lark; she has no idea her life is about to change forever.
Petit Royale is governed by the jovial but corrupt Marcos Verriera, whose brother, Abraham, has long sought to replace him as president. Abigail's father has operatives on the island; they tell him that Marcos has gone around the bend and is kidnapping children, possibly for sex trafficking. What the operatives don't tell him is that they are actually working for Abraham and they are the ones actually doing the kidnapping. The children aren't harmed, but are held so Abraham can pretend to release them and be a hero.
To try to sway Abigail's father to their side, the operatives decide to kidnap Abigail. They drug her in the night and carry her to the gates of the presidential mansion, where they set her down. They know that Abraham's militia is moving in that night and they want Abigail to be among those rescued. It doesn't quite work out that way.
Petit Royale has its own special version of the bogeyman: A spectral figure known only as Mama Lona's man. He's a ghost who has been known to deal murderous vengeance on those who abuse children. The plan is for Abraham's men to dispense with Marcos Verriera and blame his disappearance on Mama Lona's Man.
Abigail is discovered by the presidential guards and brought into the mansion, where President Marcos Verriera himself questions her. He knows what his brother is up to, and he knows that having a kidnapped American girl in his house is not a good thing for him. Suddenly shooting erupts and he runs away, leaving Abigail to fend for herself. She crawls into the interior of the mansion, trying to get away, only to find herself in the middle of a gun battle between Marcos' men and Abraham's men.
She's trying to figure a way out of it when something amazing happens. A man walks right through the fight, as if it's not happening, and begins looking for Marcos Verriera. Abigail watches as he gets shot several times and not only survives but barely seems to notice. He's a good-looking young white man, not much older than her own 20 years.
He sees Abigail, and, recognizing a damsel in distress, takes her along as he searches the mansion. Abigail is amazed to see him shot a couple more times as he makes his way in pursuit of Marcos Verriera, who has fled down a secret hallway that leads to the ocean. The man manages to catch his boat just before it leaves, and he quickly blows something in the president's face that knocks him out cold. He does the same to Abigail, only she doesn't inhale and only pretends to be unconscious so she can study him. He leaves her on a public beach and takes the president away.
She makes her way back to her hotel where her father is angry that she has been out, suspecting her of partying. When she tells him her story, they realize she has seen the mysterious Mama Lona's man, something akin to spotting Bigfoot. He wants to find the shadowy Mama Lona and discover if her man really did kill the president. Abigail just wants to see him again.
To see what happens, read on!
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About the Author
Brett Davis is the author of Mama Lona's Man, as well as The Faery Convention, Hair of the Dog, Bone Wars and Two Tiny Claws.
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