THE QUEST: Life's Unknown Road, A True Story of Love, Family, War, Survival and Forgiveness($9.99Value)

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The Quest A Memoir of Sacrifice, Resilience, and a Family's Battle for Survival. The Quest is a deeply personal and historically grounded true story of a promise, a journey, and the strength of a family tested by war. When Alfredo is sent by his mother to find his missing father—last heard from in the distant land of Borneo—he carries not only hope, but the weight of a family's longing. What begins as a son’s quest for his father becomes the unexpected story of a new beginning: love, marriage, children, and the hard-won joys of a new life in a foreign land. But history intervenes. The idyllic peace of their new life is brutally interrupted by the outbreak of World War II and the Japanese invasion of North Borneo. Alfredo's son, Felix, is recruited as a spy for the Australian forces, but as fate would have it, he is betrayed and arrested, he is never seen again except for the brief encounter when his mother, Remigia, recognizes him in the back of the Japanese truck with his head shaven bald to be taken to destination unknown. The family is plunged into a struggle for survival, facing imprisonment, loss, sickness and starvation. Then, tragedy strikes again: while out hunting one night, Alfredo fails to return home, leaving his wife Remigia and their family in a state of agonizing uncertainty. Told by Alfredo’s daughter, Violeta (Girlie), The Quest is a moving testament to sacrifice, resilience, and the power of family legacy. The truth about what happened to both Felix and Alfredo only comes to light after the war, making this a story of enduring courage, memory, and the search for answers in the wake of unimaginable loss.