No Other Life — Brian Moore

This national bestseller is a swift, spellbinding tale of two men: Jeannot, a visionary black priest -- hailed as the new Messiah of a Caribbean island, and Father Paul Michel, the Canadian missionary who serves as his mentor. As Jeannot rises in power, making deadly enemies of the corrupt army, the mulatto elite, drug dealers and the Catholic Church, the reluctant Father Michel finds himself drawn into a drama of faith and politics.