The self-publishing and book marketing company ReadersMagnet exhibited Cecilia Domeykos book, Sacrifice on the Border: A Mother Searches for Her Stolen Child, at the 2023 Hong Kong Book Fair. The book event was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, on July 19-25, 2023.

ReadersMagnet is committed to supporting authors in their publishing and marketing endeavors and helping them build connections with potential readers and book sellers through participation in prominent book events, such as the Hong Kong Book Fair.

Sacrifice on the Border follows young mother, Yoali, as she embarks on a journey to find her stolen child. The story is about the love of a mother despite the chaotic and lethal border that separates her from her child. It is a gripping tale of love and adventure interwoven with the dark themes of violence, corruption, and drug & child trafficking.

Yoali, a woman from a small town called Queseria, crosses the Rio Grande with her child in order to reach the U.S. border and start a new life. However, her child, Elisito gets stolen while they are crossing the river. Guayo, Elisitos father, tells Yoali the child has drowned. Little does she know that Guayo has kidnapped her son in order to sell him on the black market.

When Yoali learns about her son, she does everything to find him. Frank, a policeman, offers to help Yoali go south of the border to track him down. On their journey they are joined by the Osos, a biker family who says they know the safest routes through the drug-infested territory. Along the way, Frank and Yoali encounter goodness and malevolence, treachery, despair and magic and also find each other.

Will Yoali find her child? Find out about it in Cecilia Domeykos Sacrifice on the Border: A Mother Searches for Her Stolen Child, available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Learn more about the author and her work at www.ceciliadomeyko.com.

Sacrifice on the Border: A Mother Searches for Her Stolen Child
Author| Cecilia Domeyko
Published Date| February 9, 2020
Publisher| Editorial Akeru Publicaciones
Genre| Adventure

Authors Biography

Cecilia Domeyko was born in Chile and spent her childhood traveling to various parts of the world with her diplomat parents. She began her career as a foreign correspondent in Washington, DC writing for Latin American magazines and newspapers. She turned to filmmaking, producing documentaries about human rights, and the rights of women. Her work has aired in the US on PBS and Univision, and internationally on ABC Australia and Canal Plus. Her series of fiction programs for television aired on CNN-espaol in 18 Latin American countries and nationally in the US on Univision and Telemundo.

Her novel Sacrifice on the Border tells the story of Yoali, a woman whose toddler is stolen when she crosses the border into the U.S. While fiction, the story is based on Cecilias research into the plight of migrant families and talks about the issue of child trafficking on the border.

A love and adventure story rolled into one, the characters each tell their own version of events, moving the storyline forward to the heartrending finale.

The novel had its first launch in Miami, Florida at Altamira Books in October of 2017. A second launch took place at the Embassy of Chile in Washington, DC on November 14, 2019.

Cecilia Domeyko lives in Washington, DC, and her Spanish version of the novel is available for purchase online.

Cecilia Domeykos adventure-packed novel Sacrifice on the Border follows Yoali, a young mother who is looking for her son, Elisito, torn from her arms as she crosses the Rio Grande into the U.S. Elisitos father, Guayo is a drug trafficker who has stolen the child to sell him on the black market.

Guayo tries to convince Yoali that the child drowned when they crossed the river, but Yoali doesnt believe it. She swears shell search for her son no matter the odds. Meanwhile the boy has been handed over to fellow cartel members Coyota and Gato who are told to prepare the boy for sale on the black market. The cartel couple are horrified by this evil plan and decide to save the child by escaping with him south of the border.

The story depicts a mothers love for her child and how a mother will always be willing to fight for her baby even if this means pitting her own life against powerful criminals.

For Latino migrants crossing the border into the United States it is a terrifying journey that most are willing to take even at the cost of their own lives for the promise of freedom and better opportunities.

The authors underlying themes are the value of a childs life and how it should not be sacrificed at the whim of traffickers wishing to go to any length for a profit. The novels plot and characters depict the horrors of a border crossing where migrants face darkness, corruption and especially extreme violence.

Throughout this novel, each and every character must evolve in order to move forward both physically and emotionally and in so doing must choose between love and hate, good and evil.

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AUTHOR
Cecilia Domeyko was born in Chile and spent her childhood traveling to various parts of the world with her diplomat parents. She began her career as a foreign correspondent in Washington, DC writing for Latin American magazines and newspapers. She turned to filmmaking, producing documentaries about human rights, and the rights of women. Her work has aired in the US on PBS and Univision, and internationally on ABC Australia and Canal Plus. Her series of fiction programs for television aired on CNN-espaol in 18 Latin American countries and nationally in the US on Univision and Telemundo.

Her novel Sacrifice on the Border tells the story of Yoali, a woman whose toddler is stolen when she crosses the border into the U.S. While fiction, the story is based on Cecilias research into the plight of migrant families and talks about the issue of child trafficking on the border.

A love and adventure story rolled into one, the characters each tell their own version of events, moving the storyline forward to the heartrending finale.

The novel had its first launch in Miami, Florida at Altamira Books in October of 2017. A second launch took place at the Embassy of Chile in Washington, DC on November 14, 2019.

Cecilia Domeyko lives in Washington, DC, and her Spanish version of the novel is available for purchase online.

Sacrifice on the Border
Author | Cecilia Domeyko
Genre | Adventure
Publisher | Editorial Akeru Publicaciones
Published Date | February 9, 2020

Cecilia Domeykos Sacrifice on the Border: A Mother Searches for her Stolen Child will be exhibited at the 2023 Hong Kong Book Fair. The fair will take place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, on July 19-25, 2023

Sacrifice on the Border follows Yoali, a 17-year-old mother and her toddler son, Elisito in a heart-rending story. Yoali has left her hometown of Queseria to find a better life in El Norte. As she crosses the river Grande, cartel trafficker Guayo steals Elisito from his mothers arms. He plans to sell the boy on the black market. Guayo is Elisitos father but does not recognize the boy as his own.

Yoali is rescued by her family in El Norte but struggles to recover from her ordeal. No one believes Elisito is alive except for Frank, a policeman who is in love with Yoali and is willing to risk his career to help her find him. The two set off in hot pursuit of traffickers who have fled with the child south of the border. Along the way the two encounter corruption and deadly violence. They must also face their inner demons to find each other.

Sacrifice on the Border: A Mother Searches for Her Stolen Child by Cecilia Domeyko is available for purchase on Amazon and Barnes and Nobel.

Get to know the author and her work at www.ceciliadomeyko.com.

Sacrifice on the Border will be displayed by self-publishing and book marketing company ReadersMagnet at the 2023 Hong Kong Book Fair at their exhibit booths.

Authors Biography

Cecilia Domeyko was born in Chile and spent her childhood traveling to various parts of the world with her diplomat parents. She began her career as a foreign correspondent in Washington, DC writing for Latin American magazines and newspapers. She turned to filmmaking, producing documentaries about human rights, and the rights of women. Her work has aired in the US on PBS and Univision, and internationally on ABC Australia and Canal Plus. Her series of fiction programs for television aired on CNN-espaol in 18 Latin American countries and nationally in the US on Univision and Telemundo.

Her novel Sacrifice on the Border tells the story of Yoali, a woman whose toddler is stolen when she crosses the border into the U.S. While fiction, the story is based on Cecilias research into the plight of migrant families and talks about the issue of child trafficking on the border.

A love and adventure story rolled into one, the characters each tell their own version of events, moving the storyline forward to the heartrending finale.

The novel had its first launch in Miami, Florida at Altamira Books in October of 2017. A second launch took place at the Embassy of Chile in Washington, DC on November 14, 2019.

Cecilia Domeyko lives in Washington, DC, and her Spanish version of the novel is available for purchase online.

Sacrifice on the Border: A Mother Searches for Her Stolen Child
Author| Cecilia Domeyko
Genre| Adventure
Publisher| Editorial Akeru Publicaciones
Published Date| February 9, 2020