"Originally based on an idea by Derrick Borte and Brandon Boyce."
Summary:
"Tweleve man massacre: Along the Rio Grande, a dozen bodies fester in the sun. Harlan Two-Trees discovers the massacre, but wants nothing to do with it. Mistrusted by the whites who run Caliche Bend and estranged from the Navajo, Harlan heads west to California--to freedom. He will find the Rio Grande's bloody baptism does not wash off so easily. Death rides alongside: From his berth aboard the gleaming Santa Fe railway, Harlan brims witht the promise of a new life in California. But when a daring robbery maroons him in the desert, he is back in the world he knows--where death is king, and justice comes from the smoking barrel of a gun. Pursued by a murderous, insane, lone lawman who dogs his every move, Harlan has a new goal--to stagger out of the desert alive"...back cover.
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