Way of the Jaguar
Francisco X. Stork was born in Monterrey, Mexico, and moved to Texas when he was nine. He studied Latin American literature at Harvard University and received a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia University. He practiced law in Boston for eighteen years. He currently writes fiction and works as a legal consultant in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Ismael Díaz is on death row. As he sits in his cell waiting to die, he writes a diary that reconstructs his life and the circumstances that led him to commit murder. The reader meets a man who is a successful real estate lawyer in Boston until he trespasses on a neighbor's property to put out a "spring cleaning" fire. This incident sets off a chain reaction that results in the loss of everything that has made his life worthwhile. At loose ends, he decides to go back and seek out the people of his past, including his long-lost love, Armanda.