"Suspense thriller"
Marion Ford runs the Sanibel Biological Supply Company
which sells marine specimens to schools and labs around
the country. From time to time, he disappears and none of
his friends knows where he has been. Marion was placed in
the business he owns as a cover for his real job working
for a covert operation team known as The Negotiators. On a mission to Masagua, Marion fell in love with Pilar,
the wife of Balserio a brutal politician. When Marion was
forced to leave the country he didn't know that Pilar was
pregnant with his child until a few years later. Now he has forged a friendship with his teenage son though
they live in different countries. Pilar tells him that
their son was kidnapped and needs his help. General
Balserio, who hopes to become President of his country,
had a sociopath freak kidnap his son of record. He
planned to "rescue" him and become a hero but the
kidnapper Praxcedes Lourdes double crossed him and plans
to use the lad for his own sick purposes. Marion races
against the clock to rescue the son he loves above all
else before he comes to harm. Randy Wayne White has become one of the best authors of
suspense thrillers writing today. His hero has evolved
over several books into a three dimensional person due to
getting to know who he really is as a person, a friend and
a man wanting a future with the woman he loves. TAMPA
BURN starts off at the speed of light and only gets faster
leaving the readers no time to catch their breath. This
is the best book in the series but every time Mr. White
writes a book, he raises the bar. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 3, 2004
Over the course of ten novels, Randy Wayne White's acclaim
has taken extraordinary leaps. "White is willing to take
risks," says the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "which is why
he's one of the few deserving of the title writer." And in
Tampa Burn, the risks have never been greater.
Summary"They've taken our son, Marion." In all his life,
Marion "Doc" Ford has been passionately, irresponsibly in
love with only one woman. Her name was Pilar, and she was
married to a thuggish politico named Balserio in a country
where Ford was working undercover.
When Ford had to run, it was with a bounty on his head
and, unknown to him then, a legacy: Pilar was pregnant.
Now, many years later, out of power and consumed with the
desire for revenge, Balserio has kidnapped the boy and
taken him to his new home base in Florida. Ford hoped he'd
left his violent past behind him long ago, but he knows he
has no choice. The man has his son. . . .
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