Although Sin Perdón is the author’s first book to go to publication, there are about six works “waiting in the wings,” at various stages of completion. All books, to include Sin Perdón, deal loosely with that most devastating, critical period in American History when over 600,000 men, women, and children perished in the multi-faceted conflict, many issues of which were never resolved and still haunt and plague our nation’s politics, today. The author’s total civil war knowledge (from the public school system) could be summed-up in approximately three phrases: the South had slaves; the North didn’t like it; the North invaded the South and forced the issue (resulting in the freeing of 3 million enslaved people). Equally, all the peripheral connections with the American conflict were virtually unknown. It was only when the author attended the US Army’s Warrant Officer School in 1995, where he was required to conduct research about a contending general, that his appetite was insatiably whetted. During the following years, all things “Civil War” became a consuming passion. During his subsequent research, the author discovered the stunning “facts” about the European invasion of Mexico, during the same 1860 time-frame as our nation’s armed hostilities. Sin Perdón is the author’s first installment portraying the events occurring “behind the scenes,” as vast armed forces senselessly slaughtered each other on battlefields across America. The author has spent considerable time traveling in Mexico, is fluent in the Spanish language, thereby uniquely qualified in researching antiquated yet venerable original material. During the author’s twenty-plus years in the military, many were spent writing military reports – hence the military “bent.” The author holds a BA in Education and is currently pursuing his Masters in Military History. He resides in Manassas, VA with his wife, two children, one son-in-law, and one grand-daughter.
