A savage novel of love and terror on an island of hate THE HOSTAGE O’Brien had been against taking the girl as hostage. But Vilar had insisted. The girl had fallen into a trap – an unexpected prize for the bitter, woman-hungry rebels who prowled the savage Cuban wilderness. O’Brien knew the kind of hell in store for her. Vilar had a lust for killing and torture. He was a madman. And Vilar was in command. The thought of what the rebel leader would do to this innocent and lovely young girl was horrifying even to a terror-seasoned renegade like O’Brien. No. He could not let Vilar have his way with this one. He would have to hide her. O’Brien knew it would be an act of treason, but he did not care. Something in the girl had spoken to him in a way he had never known. He had to save her life – even if it cost him his own.
