Travel broadens the mind, the saying goes. But sometimes there's a price to pay. In these three stories, set in Latin America, travelers discover that unfamiliar ways can lead to lethal consequences.Differences in language, custom and red tape can be intimidating. Fresh surroundings can be a mortal challenge.It's enough to make a visitor weigh the cost against the benefits. A.L.Means grew up in England and lives in Arizona. As a journalist he has written for newspapers and magazines in Britain and the United States.His recent fiction includes A Passion Worth Pursuing, a light-hearted erotic adventure released by eXtasy Publishing. Other fiction includes a novel centered on a rock singer, Shine Like The Sun; a set of short stories entitled Foreign Ways; and two tales for children and the young at heart, The Trouble Upstream and When Rabbits Ran Rampant.Under the name Andrew Means, he has also written a memoir about the country music entertainer Marty Robbins (entitled Some Memories - Growing Up With Marty Robbins), a biography of the rock group Pink Floyd and an introduction to novelist and essayist George Orwell.
