About This Book
A contemporary topic, the Mexican drug wars, in a classic setting, out west on the Texas badlands. A unique take on a modern problem, that drug evil slithering across the Rio Grande. Once young crack-shot cowboy Quaid messes with the evil Mexican drug cartels, he is in their sights. But then so is an even greater prize, in the form of the desert shaman, Achai. The plot and action in Vengeance of the Crossing is realistic and believable, but the power of timeless beliefs and superstitions cannot be ignored. This is part of the series of stories featuring Quaid Hudson, the young cowboy and the enigmatic old desert shaman, Achai. Each book can be read as a separate story, but the stories sagas flow together into a single epic journey. The location, the isolated desert ranch lands of the Trans Pecos region of West Texas, along the Rio Grande border with Mexico. The people clinging to their traditional lifestyle at the edge of the wilderness rely upon their knowledge of the wild desert and canyons, on their horses and on their closely guarded shamanist practices. The drug running tidal wave sweeping up into Texas from Mexico, driven by ruthless cartels, intrudes on this old way of life. A violent confrontation is inevitable. In Vengeance of the Crossing, the Mexican drug cartel seeks revenge on Achai for his earlier gunning down of one of their members, ignoring the possibility that Achai's subtle powers could be more than they bargained for. The battle between the cartel and their intended victims takes place in isolated West Texas and across the border in Mexico. Achai's final acts of vengeance and justice on the open desert plains are truly apocalyptic in style and biblical in their finality, without moving outside the realms of the possible.
