A boy struggling to deal with his father's murder comes to learn that compassion, not revenge, allows him to conquer his fears, and become the man his father wanted him to be. Tomas Delacorte is five years old when his murdered father's ashes are brought home to Leon, Nicaragua, and avenging his death becomes an obsession that follows the boy into manhood. But the murderer has become the country's dictator, and his best friend and cousin Fausto has become a trusted lieutenant of the dictator's son. When Tomas falls in love with Milagros, a young guerilla fighter, he realizes that his only...