This is the third published novel of Rogelio (Roger) P. Olivares. His first two are historical novels, Teresa of Avila and How Granada Was Won,and are on sale in Spain. A fourth novel, Odyssey in Crete, is awaiting publication.

He is well remembered for writing the first travel guidebook in the Philippines, "Roger's Do-It-Yourself Tours".

Roger is a graduate of the Ateneo de Manila University (AB-Economics) and the University of Illinois (Fulbright scholar, MS in Communications). He lived in New York, San Francisco, Guam, Spain, and in the island of Crete in Greece. He now lives in Atlanta, Georgia, but spends most of his time writing about his beloved Philippines.