They fought America's wars, now they're fighting for their own freedom.
The Mutiny of the American Foreign Legion
Rebels of the American Hemisphere Book 1
by Neal Alexander
Genre: Thriller
Hugo Ayala has burned his bridges with the Colombian military by
denouncing murders committed by his former officers. After surviving
a bloody assignment in Yemen with an American security company, he
completes U.S. Army basic training. But he's blocked from becoming a
green card soldier by new anti-immigration laws. He stays on as an
illegal, and joins the American Foreign Legion, an immigration rights
group whose members have fought for the USA.
Meanwhile,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is detaining and deporting
thousands of people a day, without due process. But now the
communities being targeted include Hugo and others who know how to
fight back. The leader of the AFL has his own political backers and
doubtful motives. As each side ratchets up the violence, American
political unity starts to crack.
This gripping thriller
which draws on current events and little-known facts:
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Many non-citizens serve in the US armed forces and as employees of
American security contractors. For example, the second US Marine
killed in action in the Iraq War was Guatemalan. A recent MIT study
of these green card soldiers is subtitled “Between Model Immigrant
and Security Threat”.
- Border Patrol agents “have
gone from having one of the most obscure jobs in law enforcement to
one of the most hated,” according to the New York Times.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deport people without due
process, including US Citizens.
- A recent Chicago Tribune
op-ed describes how current how the current “struggles over
immigration echo the conflict over slavery”. Confrontations in
Texas over immigration have been described as “civil war” in the
New York Times.
Neal Alexander was born in Newcastle, England, and lived and worked in Nigeria and Papua New Guinea before moving to Colombia in 2004. His is a founder member of Extraliminal Producciones and took part in the 2006 Cali Festival of Performance Art. He has co-written and produced short films with Extraliminal including two in Ecuador as part of a Wellcome Trust Public Engagement award: El Shupa and Kepa Pajta. In 2024 he published his first novel, The Mutiny of the American Foreign Legion.
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This looks very different and intriguing. Thanks for sharing and hosting this tour.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the positive comment, Michael. I like to think that it works as a thriller partly by drawing on current real-life issues that people may not know much about.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a book that I would like to read.
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