Leaves in the Wind

Julia Medrano is a tenacious young Latin American woman who is committed to championing the oppressed. She sets out to act on her principles. She ends up "disappeared." In the Dirty Wars of Latin America, Julia is yet another casualty of craven politics that exact incalculable suffering among its countrymen. Can her mother trace the fate of a beloved only daughter?

"Leaves in the Wind: A Novel of the Dirty Wars" is Ian T. King's harrowing work of fiction that paints a painful portrait of Latin America during its political upheaval from the 1970s through the 1990s. When Julia emerges from an impoverished childhood and traumatic past to join the ranks of left-wing guerilla activists, she lands on the perilously wrong side of a punishing government's torture facility, which is run by a psychotic military officer.

As her mother Helena and former paramour Angelo piece together Julia's sudden disappearance, this gripping tale lifts the shroud on one of the most chaotic and chilling eras in the twentieth century. At the same time, "Leaves in the Wind" offers crucial insight to a dirty wartime tactic that remains all too common throughout the world today.