BATTLEGROUND PARADISE is the story of a group of American expatriates who are enjoying an idyllic retirement in the Philippines, when two of them are attacked by Filipino Muslim terrorists in an
attempt to abduct them and hold them for ransom.
    The hero, DEREK MANSON, uses a pocket knife and some rusty special operations skills to foil the attempt, wounding two of the attackers and killing
one. Over the next seven weeks, Derek and his friends are entangled in an escalating cascade of violent encounters,
set against a backdrop of political and police corrupttion and betrayal.               Outnumbered, they use technology,
ingenuity, and some tools out of history to prevail in their quest to return to their peaceful lives.