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he aftermath of the war in the Philippines when a sullen, suspicious population threatened the new peace returns to the year 1902 and the island of Samar where a messianic outlaw Faustino had massacred two white men. To Samar, which is a sweat-box and pretty much of a sinkhole, Captain Morrow of the Philippine Constabulary is sent and his is a hard and lonely job. It is with difficulty that he recruits natives that he can arm; his first patrols bring reprisals- but Faustino is an evasive enemy; his younger officer, Palmer, jeopardizes the respect and faith he has earned when he applies a water cure to a native, and it is only when he discharges his insubordinate subordinate that the concept of a fair rule which applies to both black and white becomes an actuality, and Faustino surrenders. And for Morrow, the end to violence brings also the beginning of a new life with Lucy, who had come to teach.... A tense transcript which offsets the ominous uncertainty of this far command with the q