The powerful, gripping conclusion to the award-winning Venery series. Grounded in the real-world history of Chile's Operation Condor, this historical drama explores stolen children, genetic heritage, and a family's fight for the truth.Juleón "Jude" Tholet is an accomplished, closeted gay pianist rebuilding his life in Seattle. Surrounded by a family that loves him, Jude believes his history is set in stone-until a routine DNA test delivers a devastating shock: he is not biologically related to the parents who raised him.To uncover the truth behind his birth, the Tholet family must unearth long-buried secrets from 1973 Santiago. Their search takes them back through Pinochet's military dictatorship, political detention camps, exile, and the harrowing stories of Los Desaparecidos (The Disappeared Ones).Poignant and unforgettable, A Scarcity of Condors weaves a powerful story of survival, identity, and the extraordinary lengths a family will go to protect one another.
The powerful, gripping conclusion to the award-winning Venery series. Grounded in the real-world history of Chile's Operation Condor, this historical drama explores stolen children, genetic heritage, and a family's fight for the truth.Juleón "Jude" Tholet is an accomplished, closeted gay pianist rebuilding his life in Seattle. Surrounded by a family that loves him, Jude believes his history is set in stone-until a routine DNA test delivers a devastating shock: he is not biologically related to the parents who raised him.To uncover the truth behind his birth, the Tholet family must unearth long-buried secrets from 1973 Santiago. Their search takes them back through Pinochet's military dictatorship, political detention camps, exile, and the harrowing stories of Los Desaparecidos (The Disappeared Ones).Poignant and unforgettable, A Scarcity of Condors weaves a powerful story of survival, identity, and the extraordinary lengths a family will go to protect one another.
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