R. Douglas Clark Boeken

IN AN UNDERWORLD WHERE HUMAN LIFE HAS LITTLE VALUE, IS THERE ANYONE WE CAN TRUST? It looked like a simple case of blackmail for sexual misconduct. But when Eddie Maez, a prize-winning journalist, is asked to investigate, he finds himself dragged into a thicket of drug smuggling, human trafficking and illegal sports betting in the treacherous borderland of south Texas. Caught in a web of greed, secrets, lies and deceit, Eddie must find a way out. But in this underworld where human life has little value, who can he trust?

The tiny hamlet of Maravilla, New Mexico is not immune to modern-day problems. But the citizens of Maravilla have their own special problems, as well: A developer wants to build a Christian-themed amusement park next to Maravilla's historic church. The county line runs right through the town, splitting it in two. And the government is threatening to close their post office! Into this muddle steps Jake Epstein, a young writer from the big city. Jake is seeking peace and quiet to finish his current project: a science fiction story in which adventuress Tai-Keiko must deliver the secret formula for Zeton-9-with the evil Krossarians in hot pursuit. But then reality and science fiction converge-and Tai-Keiko finds herself in present-day Maravilla, face to face with a gobsmacked Jake. Join Jake on this comic run along the dusty roads of Maravilla, and find out who won the fight between Father Ignatius and the heathen pig farmer. How a basketball game changed the fate of the town. And was that white flash in the sky a UFO?