Lino Mendoza rises from the streets of Puerto Rico to become a Wall Street lawyer and then governor of the U.S. island territory that, for decades, has stagnated in economic inertia and political confusion. Against ruthless and cunning international business predators and politicians, he leads a grassroots movement in a crusade to build Puerto Rico City — a new city to eclipse all others as the place to be and be seen.
Straddling the 2008 world financial crisis, this international drama unfolds against the backdrop of geopolitics, world business and current events and then converges on a tiny hypnotic island that has been constantly in search of its destiny.
David R. Martin is a business lawyer practicing in Georgia, Florida, and Puerto Rico. Through this work of fiction, Mr. Martin proposes for the Island a radically different, challenging and successful future. For the distilled, non-fiction proposal look for Puerto Rico City, see no frills youtube presentation at