House of Jaguar

Murphy was a helicopter evac medic in Vietnam but now does drug runs to Guatemala. On what was going to be his last flight he is ambushed, and his plane destroyed. He runs through the jungle barefoot and wounded before passing out. When he wakes up, he is in a village being cared for by a family. He becomes part of the village and begins a relationship with the doctor caring for him. What becomes clear to him is that his presence in the village is a danger to them all. The government officials are looking for him and will stop at nothing to find him.

This was the first book by this author I have read outside of the Pono Hawkins series. It was definitely more intense and grittier. It shows the underbelly of cartels and underhanded governments. The story moves at a steady pace and the characters are developed. I enjoy reading books by Mike Bond, but this was a little too graphic for me. There was a lot of violence, rape and murder. If you enjoy guerilla warfare type stories, you will like this one.