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The Plantain King
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 15 2025
Pages: 72
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.17 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the late 1950s, the Dominican Republic bends beneath the iron grip of Rafael Trujillo. Soldiers march through villages, governors demand impossible quotas, and whispers of rebellion carry on the wind.
On a quiet farm in the Cibao Valley, the Peralta brothers struggle to keep their family alive. Domingo, steady and dutiful, bears the weight of survival. Elvio, sharp and restless, carries the scars of his soldiering days and the dangerous instincts of a strategist. Their sister Teresa dreams of a future beyond the valley, one she fears will never come.
When an American attaché, Captain Jack Collins, arrives to investigate stolen weapons, the fragile balance of the valley shatters. Rumors ignite: a Plantain King has risen among the peasants, arming rebels against the regime. As soldiers close in, loyalties fray, love collides with duty, and the truth becomes more dangerous than any lie.
What unfolds is part thriller, part tragedy, and part myth - a story of family, betrayal, and survival in one of the darkest chapters of Dominican history.
The truth of the Plantain King may be buried in silence, but the legend lives on.
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