The Plotters - Tapa blanda

A whirlwind novel of chase and daring about a down-at-the-heels newspaperman who gets caught in the crossfire of a South American revolution. A high government official falls ill with a terrible and dreaded disease. An American citizen vanishes without a trace from a lonely railroad station. A parachutist drops through the silent night into the shelter of a dense forest. Only the plotters know that these isolated happenings are all part of a master plana daring attempt to overthrow a cut-throat dictator who does not hesitate to maim or murder anyone who makes a try for freedom. For Michael Benasque terror began with the stroke of midnight. He was an American newspaperman bumming around Caracas, out of a job, out of money, out of luck. The revolutionaries with a fantastic scheme apprised him of the scheme and dangers, but Benasque found himself agreeing to become the central vital figure in a plot to overthrow a dictator a plot that was daring and desperate, that could bring wealth or sudden death.

Alan Caillou is an author with a thirst for adventure. During World War II he served with the British Intelligence Corps behind enemy lines in North Africa, was captured by the Italians, and escaped just before his scheduled execution. He then joined the guerillas to fight in Yugoslavia and Italy. After the War, he returned to Africa to become a safari guide. Mr. Caillou now makes his home in Arizona.