NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A "fresh, genre-bending thriller" (Los Angeles
Times) set in the near future when water is scarce and a spy, a
hardened journalist and a young Texas migrant find themselves pawns in a
corrupt game.
"Think Chinatown meets Mad Max." NPR, All Things Considered
In the near future, the Colorado River has dwindled to a trickle.
Detective, assassin, and spy, Angel Velasquez "cuts" water for the
Southern Nevada Water Authority, ensuring that its lush arcology
developments can bloom in Las Vegas. When rumors of a game-changing
water source surface in Phoenix, Angel is sent south, hunting for
answers that seem to evaporate as the heat index soars and the landscape
becomes more and more oppressive. There, he encounters Lucy Monroe, a
hardened journalist with her own agenda, and Maria Villarosa, a young
Texas migrant, who dreams of escaping north. As bodies begin to pile up,
the three find themselves pawns in a game far bigger and more corrupt
than they could have imagined, and when water is more valuable than
gold, alliances shift like sand, and the only truth in the desert is
that someone will have to bleed if anyone hopes to drink.