About the Novel

Argentina And England 1978

In Argentina a brutal military junta suspends civil liberties for anyone that opposes it. Distraught mothers of ‘The Disappeared’ parade daily in front of the capital building. In retaliation, violent acts of terrorism shatter what is left of normal life. Only one thing can unite all the people.

The World Cup of football.

Two brothers, Renaldo and Lonfranco De Seta chart a different course for their futures. While both brothers fall in love with powerful women, Renaldo, a young soccer prodigy, strives to make a place on Argentina’s national team. Lonfranco, angry and disenchanted, is seduced into becoming a Montonero terrorist.

At the same time in London England Sir Reginald Russell, Chairman of the Canary Wharf Football Club, former Royal Marine commando and Special Operations Executive operative, prepares to travel to Argentina in order to acquire world-class players for his newly promoted English First Division football team.

Accompanying Sir Reggie is his strikingly beautiful daughter Mallory. As a young girl she had grown up a passionate Canaries supporter and by 1978 has acquired a vast knowledge of football’s inner workings.

Mallory is now the executive vice president of football operations and becomes the driving force behind the Canaries endeavour to seek new blood at the upcoming World Cup.

Their arrival in Buenos Aires coincides with Renaldo’s debut on the World Cup playing fields, the result of which will be a month of intense drama and life altering events.

From the plains of the Pampas, to the boardrooms, boudoirs, battlefields, locker rooms, and seething stadiums, Renaldo is a love story unlike any ever written, and a novel shockingly relevant to times we live in.