While writing a book on the Hukbalahap, a wartime anti-Japanese resistance movement in the Philippines, William “Bill” Pomeroy met and fell in love with Celia Mariano, one of its most active women members. They were wedded twice –by a justice of the peace and by the movement to which they belonged. The Forest tells the story of the two years 1950-1952-Bill and Celia spent in the mountains with the Huks. But more than a vivid account of the physical hardship of guerrilla life, the book is a moving story of their love and their courage in the fight for freedom. Considered a classic with various English editions and translations into several languages, The Forest ends with Bill and Celia’s capture. In its sequel, Bilanggo: Life as a Political Prisoner in the Philippines, 1952-1962. Pomeroy writes with the same passion and heart, whether about his commitment to the liberation struggle or about his love for his wife and comrade.