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The Last Machaca
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9781546602101
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Jun 12 2017
Pages: 382
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.85 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Last Machaca by Aleks Lyons is a densely plotted novel with surprising moments that will take the reader's breath away. Had me entertained more than I could have imagined. - Readers' Favorite Review
Hard to put down. - Amazon Reader Reminiscent of a Hemingway adventure with South American mythical folklore. - Amazon Reader______________________________________________________________________________________
Michael Waites has built his life around control.
A respected Los Angeles psychologist, he spends his days guiding others through trauma while quietly concealing the fractures within himself-an unresolved childhood wound and a loneliness he can no longer explain.
Then he meets his patient, Lydia Phillips - beautiful, intelligent, and married.
What begins as professional concern slowly transforms into dangerous emotional fixation. Terrified of crossing ethical boundaries and unraveling the life he has carefully constructed, Michael abandons his practice and retreats to his aunt's estate in Ecuador, hoping distance will restore clarity.
Instead, he finds himself drawn into a centuries-old legend.
In the villages bordering the Amazon, a sudden death in the jungle revives fear and whispers surrounding the legend of the Machaca-a mysterious force said to appear differently depending on the soul of the observer.
Michael becomes obsessed with discovering whether the Machaca is merely folklore-or something far more real.
Guided by a local shaman and haunted by visions he cannot explain, Michael ventures deep into the Amazon where the boundary between myth and reality begins to dissolve. As the jungle closes in around him, he must confront not only the possibility that the legend is real, but the terrifying truth about himself and the woman he cannot forget.
Part psychological descent, part mythic adventure, The Last Machaca blends literary suspense, magical realism, erotic tension, and South American folklore into a haunting exploration of fear, love, repression, and redemption.
Fans of atmospheric literary thrillers, mystical adventure fiction, and psychologically layered journeys into the unknown will find themselves immersed in a world where desire becomes dangerous and myth may be the only path to healing.
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