There's a belief around the poor Chorrillo neighborhood of Panama that Sebastian Zuniga knows things. Big things. Some think he's prophetic. True, he knew about the invasion in 1989. And before that, Noriega's double-cross. To Sebastian, there was nothing to it. All he did was listen to what his customers said while he made their favorite snow cones just a few blocks from the Presidential Palace. But now, he's come to the attention of the most powerful man in Panama-- General Herrera. Out of the blue, an assassin suddenly appears at Sebastian's stand. The encounter sets in motion a game of wits. Sebastian, the old warrior, must use everything he's learned during his lifetime to stop Panama from spiraling into anarchy, while saving his family and himself. The time is set. The World Series has started. Before it ends, only one will remain alive--Sebastian or the General. Is it possible for the books to be closed on a very nasty piece of Panamanian history and for peace to return to The Lost Paradise?
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Timothy G. Davis served worldwide while assigned to elite units in the US Army teaching tactics, weapons and combatives. He has lived in Central America as both a soldier and a civilian. He is the author of the political intrigue/suspense novels Day of the Ranger and The Southern Cross.
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Timothy G, Davis was born in 1958 to Welsh and Norwegian parents in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. After graduating from High School, he passed on several athletic scholarships in order to join the 2/75th Airborne Ranger Battalion at Fort Lewis, Washington. He served in the Americas and Europe teaching weapons and tactics. He met his future wife while in Panamá. After his military career he started in business working for various sales and marketing companies. He began focusing more on his writing and in 2000 his first suspense novel, The Southern Cross, was published. This was followed in 2002 with Day of the Ranger, and in 2003, Copper Penny. In the fall of 2009, Davis's latest novel, Danger Elite, was published.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Suspenseful Story set in Panama,
By W. H. McDonald Jr. "The American Author Assoc... (Elk Grove, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Copper Penny (Paperback)
Acclaimed novelist of political intrigue and Army veteran, Timothy G. Davis gives us another suspense thriller; this time it is set in the Central American country of Panama. It is written against the back drop both real and imaginative situations created by the writer. In his newest book "Copper Penny" he takes a poor street vendor who has the uncanny knack for reading people and situations. His skills become rather well know in the neighborhood he lives and works in. This comes to the worried attention of some unsavory military people.
This story unwinds and unfolds almost poetically as we get to know our main character Sebastian Zuniga; an old man who sells snow cones not far from the presidential residence. Things begin to unravel for Sebastian when he is visited by a man named Bruce Lee who works for a General Herrera. Bruce tells him that he will be watching him and that sets up a chain of events. Sebastian begins to think about all the odd events that have been going on around him and develops real some concerns and feelings that things are not right. When he gets his regular drive-by visit from the president for a snow cone, Sebastian advices him that it might be good for him and his entire family to take a vacation--out of country. The president takes the suggestion seriously; it seems he is gone the next day on an unscheduled family vacation. The plot gets thicker and as a reader you get anxious and impatient to find out what happens on the next page. Soon, Sebastian is picked-up and taken by car by Bruce to the see the General at the Presidential residence. Readers will begin to realize that there are more devious things going on; and Sebastian finds himself on the short list of someone's hit list. Davis has written kind of a cultural and social portrait of life in Panama as well as great thriller novel. It is an enjoyable reading experience full of suspense and some surprises and twists. It makes use a good narrative and dialog but it the characters in this story that make it work. He fleshes them out so he can almost feel them standing next to you while you are reading his story. This book receives the MWSA's top rating of FIVE STARS
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Unforgettable characters and great story!,
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This review is from: Copper Penny (Paperback)
Copper Penny is a great read by Tim Davis, author of Day of the Ranger and The Southern Cross. Sebastian, the main character, is unforgettable. Long after you've closed the book, you'll be thinking about him, his family, and the country of Panama.
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