Tujunga is a chilling and heartbreaking murder mystery; drawn from a compelling conspiracy that proposes a government/military cover up of a secret mission to the moon in 1972. At the center of this scientific thriller are two very different love stories that tragically evolve to reveal the full scope of a young scientist's mysterious death.
What transpires between the central characters of Tujunga in their quest for answers will surprise you at every turn. It's a novel full of shocking revelations about the world of space and science, but that also documents the societal constraints some American heroes faced in the 20th century. Astronaut Curt McKillon will impress you and break your heart, all at the same time.
 What readers have said about Tujunga: "...a really bold novel...so much heart and imagination...reminds me of Dan Brown or John Grisham...brimming with romance, intrigue and tension..." "...Original plot. Not once during the reading did I feel any portion was similar to anything else I have read..." "...amazing ... absolutely amazing ...(the) development not only of the story of Xochi's murder, but also of the sub-stories… each one worthy in its own right of publication, and when all worked together the way you so masterfully did..."Author Carlos Alvarado spent 32 years working as an emergency room doctor. Now retired, he used his medical expertise to conjure up a believable conspiracy that is equal parts science fiction, thriller and romance. Tujunga has the feel of a Robert Ludlum, Clive Cussler novel

Tujunga

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Alvarado, Carlos

Thrillers & Suspense

Determined2 Publishing

A BookFest Award Winner: **Women's Historical Fiction + **Literary-Adventure & Journey 
An adventurous and inspiring story of a courageous woman who struggles against social injustice: as a saboteur during the Costa Rican revolution, and later, as wife to an abusive husband. To protect her children, she immigrates to the US. 
Never To Forget is based on a true story of a woman's adventurous struggle to fulfill the promise of love, even from the margins of mid-20th century Costa Rican society and as an immigrant in the US. 
Spurned at age five by her mother's admonition that girls can't be soldiers, Bertelina sets out in an adventurous struggle for personal fulfillment to eventually become embroiled in the 1948 Costa Rican revolutionary quest for social justice, and ultimately with women's struggle for self-determination. With the inner strength of a soldier, she grapples to balance the traditional feminine role with her eventual urgency to protect her children after a divorce from an abusive husband. In overcoming social and religious roadblocks, she immigrates to the United States. 
After finally fulfilling her aspirations, everything about herself is threatened to be decimated by the devastation of Alzheimer's dementia.

Never To Forget

Literature & Fiction

Literary

The passion between Mark and Emilia keeps him from burying his emotions in his writing. But when his sickness is found to be more than just middle age, the pair must deal with the consequences of love and life.

Cry Watercolors

Llumina Pr

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