Letters from San Rafael - Eduardo Moreno Ruiz Colonel Hernán

In 1886, Colonel Hernan Moreno, an Intelligence Officer in the Peruvian Army is captured on the border with Ecuador during a border dispute. He, his faithful Sargent Garcia and three of his wounded are taken to the fortified hacienda of San Rafael near the town of Banos de Aqua Santa in Ecuador. Whilst there he is able to smuggle letters home. Each letter tells a different story about many places, people and their customs of South America and the final letter reaches a climax in the lives of all at San Rafael. They include:

Letter One - The Prisoner

Letter Two  - The Grandfather

Letter Three - The Salvation of Baños

Letter Four - The Padre

Letter Five - The Lost Alpaca

Letter Six - The Shoeshine Boy

Letter Seven – At the End of the World

Letter Eight – The Simpleton of Yanahuara

Letter Nine – The Road to good Hope

Letter Ten – The Execution