Maria, a young Mexican girl seeking a better life safe from drug gangs and kidnappers, attempts to cross the Sonoran Desert alone.

Looking for the truth, she finds human predators. "Neil Hamel is the best thing to happen to criminal investigation since Father Brown. . . . Van Gieson is a classy writer."--Tony Hillerman

This book is the culmination of Heather Faulkner's A Matter of Time project. [Subject: Non-Fiction, Photography, Cultural History, Sociology, Gender Studies, LGBTIQ Studies, Politics

This book is the second and, most likely, final book in the Wes Fairly series. The first book, "Wes Fairly: Gunman" was written in 2004.

Color illustration on front cover five superimposed vignettes: man's head portrait in profile wearing western hat with scar on proper left cheek; bare-chested man embracing dark-haired woman wearing green dress; man wearing western clothing ...

This is Volume IV of XXV Volumes of Dreams.

In The Border, well-known political scientist and journalist James Laxer explores this question by taking the reader on a compelling 5000-mile journey into culture, politics, history, and the future of Canadian sovereignty.