The Unreliable Narrator

Father Daniel journeys deep into the harsh forest, with romantic notions of converting the fierce Oquanato cannibals to Christianity, but his heroic sense of mission clashes with the farcical antics of sophisticated savages, whose beliefs originate from a peculiar source-a source that rattles Daniel into an introspective, yet dubious narrative.

Ara 13 is an IPPY "Outstanding Book of the Year" winner, a recipient of an Eric Hoffer Book Award, and a Marine Corps journalist awarded medals from four branches of the U.S. military.