Second Sunrise

By Robert S. Velves

For over thirty years, Carlos "Tigre" Guevarra lived in the mountains, fighting for a revolution that seemed destined to fail. When the government offered a ceasefire and pardon, his division laid down arms-but peace came at a price. Alone, with no family and haunted by the memory of the woman he loved who died decades ago, Tigre now tends a small plot of land, growing tomatoes and whatever the soil forgives.

He doesn't expect much from life anymore. But planting isn't enough-and selling produce on the sidewalk feels like a new battlefield, where harassment from authorities echoes the war he thought he'd left behind.

Then Carmella arrives-a civic worker, half his age, whose warmth stirs something long buried. In her, Tigre finds not just companionship, but a fragile spark of love. Just as hope begins to bloom, the military demands his help to hunt down his former comrades. He refuses. But the rebels, suspicious of his surrender, begin watching him... threatening him... and Carmella.

Now, caught between betrayal and survival, Tigre must protect the woman who gave him a reason to live again-and face the ghosts of a war that never truly ended.

And somewhere between the tomatoes and the gunpowder, he dares to dream again.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FP4C6KCV
• ISBN13: 9798262624454
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"