"In The Feast of the Innocents, we see the conclusion of the story of the Eduarte and Herrera families which begins in 1896 (A Passing Season), through the Pacific War and the dictatorship (Bamboo in the Wind), to the end of the century, thus weaving a fictional reality that extends for a hundred years. What have they become after a hundred years? They struggle to stay connected by means of their memories and the good they believe in, because these are their best weapons against the more sophisticated forms of present-day evil. Their fortunes have blended with their country's history in a counterpoint with the national dreams: their grandfathers had fought in the Revolution and the Philippine-American War; their fathers had gone to Bataan to fight a hopeless defense of their homeland.; and they themselves had waged a covert campaign against a dictatorship. Now it is nearing the end of the next century and the country seems to be facing a hopeful time. But is it? In The Feast of the Innocents the Eduartes and Herreras of the present generation must exercise eternal vigilance as they, like all decent Filippino families, confront violence, falsehood, and greed. Tony Eduarte comes face to face with a misguided colonel; Raul Herrera stands his ground against an unscrupulous newspaperman; Cielo Munõz tries to retreive a child prostitute from the streets of Manila as she seeks to find meaning in the poverty and hopelesness around her. Feast of the Innocents is a novel of contemporary dreams and realities"--P. [2] of cover.