Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; La Quince; Where to Go?; Finding Purgatory; La Frontera; On Edge; Sonoyta; Coyotes Are Dogs; Out of Options; Bonded by Blood; Walking Blind; Two by Two; Beneath the Willow; Mota; Pollitos; A Familiar Face; Promises; Vultures; Perspectives; Moving On; Author's Note; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Back Cover
Summary
A band plays, glasses clink, and four teens sneak into the Mexican desert, the hum of celebration receding behind them. Crack. Crack. Crack. Not fireworks--gunshots. The music stops. And Pato, Arbo, Marcos, and Gladys are powerless as the lives they once knew are taken from them. Then they are seen by the gunmen. They run. Except they have nowhere to go. The narcos responsible for their families' murders have put out a reward for the teens' capture. Staying in Mexico is certain death, but attempting to cross the border through an unforgiving desert may be as deadly as the secrets they are trying to escape ..
