Forests of the Night

THE FAIRY TALE WAS OVER

Beautiful, aristocratic young Claudia Da Silva had lived a charmed existence as daughter of Spain's wealthiest and most prestigious family. But now that charm was broken as Spain plunged into the holocaust of civil war - and this untried girl had to learn too much too fast about loyalty and love.

On one side was Rodrigo, her older brother, an incredibly daring fighter pilot against the fascists. On the other was Benjamin, her father, clinging to the ways of the past, and her other brother Rafael, hungering for power at any price. Then into her life came David Lathrop, an American who could not keep out of the struggle turning Spain into a bloody background - and who could not keep himself from loving a woman to whom he could only bring danger and ruin....