CHIMERA’S WALTZ by Bibi Brock Davis

In 1898 the Klondike gold rush was in full swing, the era of the Old West was coming to a close and the battleship USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor, precipitating the Spanish-American War.

In Chimera’s Waltz, a book of fiction with a rich historical background, Bibi Brock Davis takes the reader back to the Spanish-American War in the Philippines and the ensuing Filipino insurrection.  The evil Royal Harley volunteers to join Teddy Roosevelt in Cuba but, instead, is sent to the Philippines.  His innocent young wife Tilda joins him there and a love triangle with young Lieutenant Evan Winslow is set in motion.  The reader has to experience the rest.

Bibi Brock Davis is a third-generation Californian.   She is a contributing editor for “California Homes Magazine,” writer, editor, and four of her short stories have been dramatized.  Her grandfather, Leopold Royalton Brock and grandmother, Matilda Hadley lived the history that Davis writes but she is quick to point out that none of the events that her Chimera’s Waltz characters experienced ever happened to her grandparents.  This book is the result of extensive research into the history of the Philippines, the U. S. Navy, American diplomacy and more.  This, combined with Davis’ flair for constructing believable and understandable characters and for involving the reader in the story, makes Chimera’s Waltz a must-read.

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