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It was the turn of the 20th century, and in the Philippine Islands, the fledgling Philippine Republic waited to be crushed by the overwhelming superiority of the American colonial forces.
But John McClain, a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars, dies and finds himself in the body of the governor of a remote Philippine province in the year 1898. Initially reluctant to take up arms against his former country and skeptical of the chances of success, he eventually decides to fight for the Republic.
Now living his second life as Martín Lardizábal, politico-military governor of Marinduque and armed with modern military knowledge, he will change the course of the Philippine-American War.

Republic Reborn: Against the Stars and Stripes

I fulfilled my promise of a house for Señor Alcantara—at great expense. Because I wasn't sure he would accept my offer, I hadn't arranged for his residence when he arrived. So I was forced to give him my own house in Boac—the very place I had lived in before I was given the governor's quarters in the Casa Real.

I still dread telling Isabela. And sooner or later, Isidro—who stays there whenever he's in Marinduque—will find out once he returns from wherever he's gone these past few days.

I was accommodated in the sala, which, although not as furnished as the one in the Casa Real, was more spacious. As I sat there, everywhere I looked, memories came streaming in. It was surreal to have my emotions stirred in a place I had never technically been in before.

Dare