In the land of Ferdinand Marcos, you quickly learn to be tough.

Born the eighth and youngest child of a family on the Philippine breadline, Lisa Tiguelo has inherited her grandmother's remarkable beauty and possesses an intelligence beyond her years.

Living under the hateful shadow of Marcos' regime, Lisa knows from an early age she must meet the future head on but also take revenge for the past, for the sake of her family and herself.

But the price will be high, higher than anyone can imagine.

This is a revised edition of A Comfortable Death, published in 2005.