When Eliseo Martinez’s nephew and his nephew’s wife and unborn child are left to die in a grain car by human traffickers, coyotes, he vows to hit them where it will hurt them the most by disrupting their cash flow. With the help of an old school sheriff and dogged by a crazy woman and a murderous thug, his journey takes him from his job as a ranch hand in New Mexico through Texas and Mexico searching for those responsible for killing his sobrino.

This first novel by Jose Antonio Ponce is based upon an actual incident in Sierra Blanca, Texas in 1987 when 18 undocumented migrants suffocated to death after being locked inside a boxcar that reached temperatures exceeding 120°F. No one was ever arrested or convicted of leaving the immigrants there to die.

Jose Antonio Ponce is the author of five more books, Modern Catholic Prayers, work@home, Lunch Hour, From Father to Son… and 53-Coming of Age in the 70s. He has written for regional and national periodicals on everything from entertainment to politics, continues to work in film, television and music and assists other authors, musicians and film makers on their journey to publication through his company Jason’s Music Publishing