This intimate memoir captures an American's turbulent journey through the Philippines during the Marcos era, from military service through incarceration and personal struggle. Weldon M. McCarty weaves together encounters with Manila's artists, rebels, politicians, and underground figures, offering a rare postcolonial perspective that moves between the centers and margins of Philippine power. Raw and unflinching, the book is a memoir of survival and transformation set against one of the most tumultuous chapters of Philippine history.