"A Voice Came Down The Mountain" - by Terry Winckler (Paperback)

About the Book

The true story of a bold, beautiful woman who led rebel forces against an army massacring Mayans during Guatemala's civil war.

Book Synopsis

Amid revolution, lightning and mines, the author ran up a Guatemala volcano to meet Ana, who led guerrilla forces to stop the massacre of Mayans by her father's army. Decades after her death, he discovered Ana lives on within Maya hearts revolutionized by the same two words she spoke to him. The finding climaxed the greatest story of his life, spanning five decades and a galaxy of remarkable humans, including a village poet who taught Terry how to see into the marrow of Mayan existence, and the little daughter Ana left with only a mysterious poem to hug.

Review Quotes

"A magic mix of history and memoir, A Voice Came Down the Mountain tells the story of people caught up in a war that never should have happened. Terry Winckler was on the spot, and writes with an eye for beauty in rough places."

- Mary Jo McConahay, author of The Tango War

"The truths and descriptions sprinkled throughout this book by Terry Winckler are fabulous. I loved it!" - Margarita Melville, co-author of Whose Heaven, Whose Earth

"This is a masterwork... a magical piece, poetic, crammed with cultural history and vivid personality." - Paul McHugh, author of Deadlines