One Brilliant Flame: A Novel

One Brilliant Flame is a historical novel set in 1886 Key West, where the booming cigar industry makes it the most prosperous city in Florida.

The story follows six young friends with ambitious dreams and secrets, who are all connected to the anticolonial insurgency in Cuba.

As their lives intertwine, revolution smolders, and passions ignite, the bustling coral island is set to explode.

Against the backdrop of the Great Fire of Key West, this novel explores the luminous fates of consuming passion and encroaching peril in the face of insurrection, sacrifice, and inextinguishable hope.

With a focus on historical accuracy and compelling characters, One Brilliant Flame is an absorbing and fascinating look at a forgotten part of Key West (and US) history.