Hello friends and fellow corruption fighters,
Once Upon a Blue Dot is now available at the following sites. Thank you for your encouraging words. Please post your reviews at the sites where you ordered your book. Amazon : http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=9781504959124 Barnesandnoble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/once-upon-a-blue-dot-cesar-fernando-lumba/1122943767?ean=9781504959124 AuthorHouse: http://bookstore.authorhouse.com/AdvancedSearch/Default.aspx?SearchTerm=9781504959124 *Cesar Fernando Lumba releases ‘Once upon a Blue Dot’* *New book sheds light on Philippines’ plight during Marcos’ Martial Law* LAS VEGAS – Author Cesar Fernando Lumba creates an alternate universe where karma and cosmic justice rule in his third novel, “Once upon a Blue Dot” (published by AuthorHouse <http://www.authorhouse.com/>). His fictional account, based on some real events, explores the inner workings of the torture and kleptocratic machine of the martial law regime of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. The book is a combination epic thriller-historical fiction that will keep readers glued to their e-book or softcover editions. This is the story of two friends who grew up in Manila, one of whom, Gus Liloan, went to the United States for graduate studies and to learn the American way so he could apply his learning to the nation-building that was going on in his country. But he ended up stranded in the U.S. because he did not want to live in a police state. The other friend, Vic Lucero, stayed in Manila and became a brutal enforcer of the martial law regime, leading a military unit that incarcerated, tortured, raped and murdered suspected communists and subversives. After martial law, Vic Lucero spent decades avoiding capture by a secret posse that hunted him down, along with some members of his military unit. Gus Liloan agonized over his decision to stay in America, a decision that led to many life-altering changes in his personal life and circumstances. “My book for the most part is the fantasy of accountability,” Lumba says. “Would the country be farther along in its development if the officials who succeeded the dictator Marcos had insisted on accountability so that the plunder, the human rights abuses, the rapes, tortures, murders, etc. could never again be inflicted by officials on the Filipino people? I read the book ‘Cry, the Beloved Country,’ written by a South African author, Alan Paton, and I feel that Filipinos are, sadly, still crying because all the egregious forces and habits of thought and behavior are still very much present in the Philippines.” “Filipinos cannot take their freedoms for granted. They have to keep reminding themselves that they must remain vigilant in defending their freedoms. The Jews keep reminding themselves about the Holocaust so it will never happen again,” Lumba concluded. “Once upon a Blue Dot” By Cesar Fernando Lumba Softcover | 6 x 9in | 402 pages | ISBN 9781504959124 E-Book | 402 pages | ISBN 9781504959117 Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble *About the Author* Cesar Fernando Lumba was born in Manila, Philippines at the onset of the Second World War. Those war years would haunt him in his childhood nightmares. He grew up with an intuitive understanding that life and enjoyment of it are fleeting moments, based on what he saw as a child during the brutal Japanese occupation. And growing up in the Philippines, where “life is cheap,” the author has an existentialist streak that shows up in his works. He devours stories related to him by friends and family that illustrate the failed nature of the human condition. Already in his early 70s – where did that Sweet Bird of Youth go? (Tennessee Williams) – the author knows that there is so much in his mind’s i-cloud that must be retrieved and revealed to readers all over the world, and he cannot wait to relate them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Center for Good Governance" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/center-for-good-governance. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
