El general sombra
A novel about Cuba's most popular military hero, General Ochoa. When the Soviet Union reforms, Castro's regime loses its major protector, and Cuba's maximum leader fears that General Ochoa is becoming a political rival. Castro plots against Ochoa while the phantom general of the title, an admirer of Ochoa, plots against Castro. The impeccably researched novel tells a story of intrigue at the highest levels of pollitics and dramatically shows the innards of Castro's power structure.