Captain of the Sleepers — Mayra Montero

For fifty years, Andrs Yasin has carried a grudge against J. T. Bunker. Now eighty-three-years-old and dying, Bunker wants to tell his side of the story, the story of his affair with Estela, Andrss mother. As a child Andrs knew Bunker as the Captain of the Sleepersso called because he transported back to Vieques those who had died on the mainland but wished to be buried at home. But what really happened between Bunker and Estela, and between Estela and her one true love, a leader of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Movement? What did Andrs witness, and what were the real circumstances of his mothers mysterious death?