Alexander Ferrar

Dark forces align to stop Hank Zamora from writing his tell-all memoir. Some very well-connected people will do anything to keep his story from being told. Trying to get away from it all, a newly-retired war restaurateur and low-level Freemason rents a villa at Guatemala's stunning Lake Atitlan. Not far away, a brothel on Hibiscus Lane has become the new bohemian hangout for a colorful gang of backpackers, including an Instagram princess, a MGTOW war photographer, a hipster Bitcoin trader, and a gender-fluid social justice warrior. It seems our hero will find everything but R&R.

If you are planning a mass shooting, read this book. If you are thinking of hurting yourself or others, read this book. If you are a serviceman who is being forced to kill innocent people, or must stand by and protect others who commit genocide (either by force or through induced famine) imagine any one of those lives are your true love, your family, and read this book. You have the power to be a hero instead of a monster."People all over the world have committed genocide at one time or another; the Nazis and the Jews, Japan and the rape of Nanking, the Turkish annihilation of Armenians, the US and the Indians, and soon it will be one US political party versus the other. Sure, we say Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao and Hitler killed millions of people, but let's be honest. They told people to do the killing, and it was done with enthusiasm.Look at terrorists, who claim to be fighting the oppression of their people by so-and-so. Do they target people in power, who order the oppression or the soldiers who carry it out? No. They target innocent people who have nothing to do with it-people "guilty" only of calling God by a different name, or by being able to afford a better life. Killing them doesn't avenge injustice or harm those who caused it, in any way.At the end of Stalin's speeches, it is said that the audience would applaud for fifteen to twenty minutes, and the first to stop would be arrested and imprisoned, even executed. What a horrible man was Stalin, yes? But what a worse man was the soldier who did the arresting or pulled the trigger. He could've aimed his gun instead at the tyrant and shot him down from his podium, saving his people from years of terror. Maybe he would in turn be shot by loyal soldiers, but I am willing to bet that he could have parted the crowd and ascended the steps, kicking the body away from that podium, and declare himself new tsar of Russia to genuine applause. But he didn't.And be honest. Would you, when the time comes?" Every self-help book is about getting you addicted to self-help books. Just like Big Pharma says: "A patient cured is a client lost." And every pick-up artist handbook is written by an unmarried man who isn't going to give away all his secrets, and let you become his competition. If you want the advice of a self-made man who settled down with the perfect woman, read this book. Girls, if your man is still a boy; guys, if your girl isn't keeping up her end of the bargain; if you can't seem to get the lifestyle you want, the woman you desire, or the purpose you need, read this now. An inspiring, brutally honest, sometimes hilarious look at the world we think we live in. The author went from zero to hero, from a good-for-nothing prodigal son and collector of participation trophies, to the Renaissance Man-chef-owner of a very popular restaurant, author of more than twenty books, successful Baroque artist and philanthropist-and all it took was a lot of hard work and discipline. That, and knowing exactly how the deck is stacked against us all, and how we can beat the system.

After seeing some of the worst Humanity has to offer, Johnny rises to be a chef of the Elite, the predator class. In his privileged position, he learns of their horrific practices and their plan to depopulate the world. Part of him feels this would be a good thing, because of all he has suffered. Maybe this is his being saved from such a fate, and he can now enjoy a "better" world. Or is it his destiny to save the innocent and the guilty alike, by poisoning the evil people who enjoy his food? He has very little time to decide. Then he meets her, the stunning Latin beauty who sets his heart on fire, and his world is turned upside-down. With his first chance at fame and success in a delicate balance, he finds himself risking it all for love. A romantic psychological thriller from the author of the Icarus trilogy, the Heresy series, The Prince of Foxes, Saga of the Beverage Men, Navarre, Memoirs of a Swine, the art collection Variety is the Spice, and a cookbook of his acclaimed restaurant Sobremesa.

We expats all like to swap stories of how we came to be in Antigua, Guatemala, the same way born-again Christians love to tell how they came to know Jesus. How we found our way here. For example, one friend was a drug dealer with a hot crazy girlfriend. She asked him to loan her $1,000 for an investment, and he readily paid it. He left to go check his production line, and when he came home there were 1,000 scratch-off lottery tickets scattered on the floor. Big fight, lotta screaming, break-up, slamming door. Popped a beer and sat down, deep sigh. Picked up a ticket and absently scratched it off. Boom One free trip to Antigua, Guatemala. He came so he could distract himself from his broken heart, and while he was here, his little operation got raided and everyone but him went to jail. I have a sneaky suspicion the recent ex had something to do with it. Stories like that. Well, this is mine. How, before I became the Renaissance Man―owner-chef of a very popular restaurant, author of twenty-three books, and successful Baroque artist―I was just a hard-drinking, bar-fighting, heart-breaking prick.

The adventures, both in English and Spanish, of Val, a young Guatemalan woman who wanted a life less ordinary. Ni os de Guatemala, les presentamos Val, la exploradora, inventora y el cerebro de los Helados Ex ticos de Sobremesa. Es una chapina intr pida, siempre visitando tierras ex ticas y regresando con ingredientes y recetas fabulosas. Permanece atento a sus pr ximas aventuras Children of Guatemala, we present Val, the explorer, inventor, and mastermind behind Sobremesa's exotic ice creams. She's an intrepid Guatemalan girl, always visiting exotic lands and returning with fabulous ingredients and recipes. Stay tuned for her upcoming adventures

Johnny Yen finally finds the key to success, and all it will cost is his soul. Catering orgies for the jet-setting swingers of Antigua has impressed the most evil and depraved people in the world-the ones who govern it. Now the heart-breaking, hard-drinking thirty-year-old boy finally learns what it means to become a man, and will do anything he can to avoid it. A romantic psychological thriller from the author of the Icarus trilogy, the Heresy series, The Prince of Foxes, Saga of the Beverage Men, Navarre, Memoirs of a Swine, the art collection Variety is the Spice, and a cookbook of his acclaimed restaurant Sobremesa.

When Megan, a quirky records store clerk, gets swept off her feet by an unhappily married man, it surprises her how far she'll go to keep him. She starts following his cold and evil wife around their peaceful town to find out who she is up against, and uncovers dark disturbing secrets lurking beneath the surface in this steamy, shocking prequel to the Heresy series.

Artist and adventurer Johnny Yen has finally settled down, with entirely the wrong woman. Trapped in a marriage gone sour, he hopes to work hard enough to set himself free. Then he meets her, the stunning Latin beauty who sets his heart on fire, and his world is turned upside-down. The heart-breaking, hard-drinking, bar-fighting vagabond still gambles with his life, only now, the stakes are higher than ever, and he finally meets his match.

Two dangerous men vie for the hand of Brenda of Saremes---the dread pirate El Phantasmo, and swashbuckling Lemurian flamenco bandicoot Flynn Rathbone. But disaster strikes when Brenda is abducted on her wedding night. Meanwhile, Nego-azaiacu, God of Weird Stains and Foul Odors, has been banished from the Lesser Gods by Marzipan, Lord of the Sugar Biscuits. Now he has a plan to regain their favor, and wants to pitch it to them during a sumptuous banquet. His ghoulish minions are abducting people from Navarre to marinate in his hell-gravy, and Brenda is one of those victims. Luckily, Rathbone is a friend of Kelkor, Herculean dingo-man and star employee of Vengeance Unlimited, and surely that counts for something. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, an entire nation is on the move, led by a queen seeking asylum in Navarre. Little do they know that the land of their salvation is beset on all sides. Civil unrest seethes in the capital. Open rebellion is at hand, and an ancient evil stirs in the tunnels that honeycomb the troubled land. Meanwhile, from above, a relentless, nameless enemy with an ancient grudge has pursued the people of Navarre from beyond the farthest star. Like locusts, they find them and devour the civilizations they've built and take up the chase once more, insatiable in their lust to destroy. All will converge upon the capital city, in one week's time, where a handful of heroes are caught between them.

Johnny Yen is in way over his head. Following his true love-or at least, who he thought was his true love-to magical Antigua Guatemala, he walks right into a den of theives, con-artists and murderers. He doesn't speak the language, doesn't know a soul, and once his money disappears, he's stuck there until the date on his return ticket. If he can live that long. Luckily, he has a few tricks up his sleeve, learnt during a dark past he's trying to forget. Is this the moment the thirty-year-old boy finally becomes a man? Or another gringo in a shallow grave? A psychological thriller from the author of the Icarus trilogy, the Heresy series, The Prince of Foxes, Saga of the Beverage Men, Navarre, A Brothel on Hibiscus Lane, the art collection A Thousand Words, and the Variety is the Spice line of cookbooks from his acclaimed restaurant Sobremesa. Just Plain Trouble covers a wide range of contemporary hot topics such as polyamory, illegal immigration and the transgender phenomenon, as seen by Peter Pan's alcoholic brother.

En una historia pica, dos hombres caminan por la cuerda floja entre el Bien y el Mal. El famoso cantante de pera y entusiasta de la ruleta rusa Chandler Tuttle usa su nica bala para salvar una vida en La Antigua Guatemala. A partir de entonces, su mundo se pone patas arriba. Despu s de un torbellino de aventura l y su nuevo amigo se separan, pero sus destinos est n atados. De regreso a Londres para continuar su gira, se enamora de una deslumbrante y misteriosa china, y es arrastrado al s rdido inframundo del Big Smoke. Sumido en la intriga y la traici n, encuentra un mejor uso para su arma. Pero cuando su espalda est contra la pared, puede que no tenga m s remedio que pedir recompensa por la vida que salv .

Escaping to a small resort town in Sicily, to lay low and lick his wounds, the billionaire villain of Friends Like These distracts himself with local girls until meeting some adventurous foreign exchange students on holiday. One of them, his new rebound, puts the spring back into his step. Then an old friend calls in a favor. The survivors of By The Sword need to lie low and lick their wounds, too, and are en route to Ibiza. Could he maybe, perhaps, look after them for a bit? Rabbit and the girls rush to the island paradise that is the mecca of jet-setters and club gods to help two damaged young women recover from the horror they'd survived, and the enormity of the iceberg on the horizon is glimpsed for the first time as he shows them all how bright is the dark side.

Alexander Ferrar's debut novel, the steamy, fast-paced thriller that kicked off the Heresy series and the Icarus trilogy. Palm Beach, Florida circa 1998 The exclusive island of polo, golf, and champagne brunches, yacht marinas, Mediterranean Revival mansions & two-faced gold-diggers who'll do anything to be a part of it. Across the bridge, in downtown West Palm, a new nightclub has opened, and one of the island's self-imposed exiles is trying to earn his way back. But the list of people out to stop him is getting long-like Simone Brennan. A couple of years ago, she was strutting down the catwalks of Milan, Paris, and Tokyo. Wouldn't know it to look at her now, swinging around the pole in Diabolique, g-string stuffed with ones. She's still got a day job, though. You look close enough, you can see the sticky residue of the tape that held a microphone in her cleavage that afternoon. If she's got a shot at redemption, she'll step on anyone to get it.

Palm Beach prodigal son Johnny Yen is wearing out his welcome. After losing the best of his twenties in a five-year prison stint, he has been making up for lost time. Some think he'll find neither redemption nor a wife across the bridge on Downtown Clematis, but he is running out of places to look. Then he meets her, an heiress who, like him, walks to the beat of a different drum. She wants him to follow her to Antigua Guatemala, an up-and-coming destination hotspot, where he can reinvent himself, clean slate. Only before he can make up his mind, other women start vying for his heart. Are they angels in disguise, trying to stop him from another ill-fated adventure? Or crabs in a bag trying to drag him back down? He only has two weeks to decide.Excerpt: Normally, guys will take girls out on the same paint-by-numbers date. Pick her up, take her to a restaurant, chat for a while, take her home, have that awkward moment, and maybe kiss, and maybe be invited inside. The whole time, she is in control of what'll happen later. There is nothing special about a date like that, so I change it up a bit. What I do is ask her to come pick me up, and when she comes over, I answer the door nude except for a towel."Oh, hey, sorry, I'm not ready yet," I say. "But come in." Then I stop and make a face, the kind of face girls tend to make when they ask if you have a condom, and I ask "Would you mind taking off your shoes?" I gesture with a tilt of my head to the shoes sitting there by the door, and she always hesitates, then smiles uncertainly and slips her shoes off, looking at my washboard abs and the towel wrapped around me, and she comes into my territory feeling a little vulnerable and at an advantage at the same time."I'll just be a minute," I say. "You want a glass of wine while you wait?" She makes a yes-no tilting of her head and says "Sure."I lead her into the kitchen in my towel, her feeling the cold tiles underneath her bare feet and feeling at home in a stranger's house, feeling the tingle of being with me in such a familiar and personal way before our first date even begins. We toast, watch each other over the rims of our glasses while we drink, and then she looks around the house and invariably asks me about one of my paintings. We end up in the room I use for my studio, which is right next to the bedroom. She is always amazed and never fails to give me a sly smile, biting her lower lip and telling me she wants me to draw her."Really?" I ask.She nods. We never end up making it to dinner.

The future of espionage, the darling of the Deep State, Guy Fox has flown the coop. Unable to live with himself doing the Swamp's dirty work, he has struck out on his own. Gone deep underground, he lives off of high-profile heists that baffle police world-wide. He strikes without warning and vanishes like smoke. Then, a famous Guatemalan artist is kidnapped the night before his grand opening. His most controversial painting has been stolen, right out from under the noses of the best security in the world, and Guy can't just walk away. He has the painting and can be on the next train tomorrow morning, but he knows he'll be no better than the evil he left behind. If he had not taken the painting, the artist would still be in the hotel bar having cocktails, and his beautiful latina sister would not be in tears. Now the master thief has to save his victim, while staying one step ahead of the police, and the relentless mercenaries the art gallery has hired are closing in. Can the Prince of Foxes finally become what he had always wanted to be-a hero? A thrilling adventure by the author of the Icarus trilogy, the Heresy series, A Brothel on Hibiscus Lane, the Memoirs of a Swine series, Navarre, Saga of the Beverage Men, and a line of Variety is the Spice cookbooks from his acclaimed restaurant Sobremesa.

Critically acclaimed from Guatemala's top newspaper all the way to the NY Times, Sobremesa has become a must-visit restaurant in the Land of Eternal Spring. Their innovative dishes have delighted diners and inspired other chefs for years, and now they are sharing their recipes for you to make at home. Pairing ingredients from all over the world, you can now enjoy unconventional combinations you never would have imagined, such as sous vide chicken in jalape o sauce with fried bananas and tomato chutney, or blueberry black garlic duck with cardamom mashed potatoes and orange confit carrots. In this new edition, find their recipes for exotic pastas and pizzas, as well as new entrees and appetizers inspired by Italian cuisine, but with that Sobremesa twist These dishes are sure to raise some eyebrows at first, but even the most picky eaters will reach for seconds.