Southwest of the Law
A Complete Novel of Love in the Jungle
The heart of the Amazon holds no mercy for the civilized.
In 1925, Bob Phillips arrives at a remote Brazilian rubber plantation with a trunk full of books and a heart full of idealism. He dreams of replacing the brutal "rod of iron" rule of his predecessor with a kingdom of fairness and reason. But the jungle is a place where the sun never truly reaches the soil, and the laws of men are as fragile as decaying silk.
When a tragic mistake arms the workers and a violent mutiny erupts, Phillips finds his world shrinking to a single, vine-choked compound. Alongside the brilliant naturalist Miss Reade and the enigmatic Dr. Pinhon, he must survive a sudden, terrifying illness that begins to claim the lives of those around him.
As the lines between justice and survival blur, Phillips is forced to decide: will he remain the gentleman he was born to be, or will he become the predator the jungle demands?.
And the romance ?
