The Old Man and The Monarch

by Daniel Garza

Overview

A young American soldier is sent to fight in the Vietnam War and returns home safely but has PTSD. He has constant nightmares, seeing death and the ghost of a Vietnamese soldier he killed. He feels guilty because he lived, and his buddies didn't. He believes a Monarch butterfly saved his life because she led his rescuers to him as he was dying. He believes God will never forgive him for killing people. As time passes although peculiar, he falls in love with a Monarch butterfly named Mari Posa. He believes he has gone insane but doesn't care, especially when he starts conversing with Mari whom he tries to save. When she dies, he takes her to her homeland in Mexico. There the unbelievable happens that only the spirit world understands.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940185890875
Publisher:	Daniel Garza
Publication date:	08/05/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Dan Alvarez Garza grew up in Harlingen, Texas. He then moved to San Antonio, where he graduated from Alamo Heights High School, attended San Antonio College, and was drafted into the U.S. Army, spending twenty-five months in the Signal Corps in Germany. He returned to San Antonio, married a young lady from Monterrey, México, and moved to Houston, Texas, where they had a son and then blessed with triplet boys. He thinks that’s when he went a little loco. His career in information technology has taken him to jobs with Southwestern Bell, Chevron Corporation, Compaq/HP, and MD Anderson Cancer Center. He has a BS in Technology Leadership and Supervision and an MS in Technology Project Management. He is a PMI-certified PMP, RMP, PBA, and ACP. Dan is a descendant of Francisca Alvarez, the Angel of Goliad. One of Dan’s goals in life has been to find the real identity of Francisca Alvarez and her life story. He is currently writing a book about her and her descendants. www.angelofgoliad.org.