A Coup in Manila

An immersive thriller based on real events as westerners were perilously trapped in the Philippines during an attempted coup.
Behind the adventure is a deep and powerful examination of the exploitation of the Philippines and its people, particularly those in the sex trade, by westerners. A condition made possible by massive economic imbalance.
In the Philippines in 1989, a group of westerners get trapped in a hotel while a coup against the President of the Philippines, Corazon Aquino is taking place. With their lives on the line, they plan their escape. Amid the action, however, there is also a love story between a young American expat caught up in the turmoil and the local bar girl that he loves.
The main events are historically accurate and the reader will find themselves immersed in a world where vast economic inequalities condition the interactions of people of very different backgrounds.