Dedication
This is for all the missing, of every color and gender.
A novel like this couldn’t be written without the assistance of the many people who provide factual information, moral support, and generally good company. Of course, factual information can be twisted for fictional effect, so anything that’s right in here can be credited to the following people, while anything that’s wrong should be blamed solely on the author. That said, I’d like to thank Mario Escalante and Ulysses Duronslet of the US Border Patrol; Carol Capas of the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office; Xavier Zaragoza of the Douglas, Arizona, Daily Dispatch; and Glenda, Curtis and the crew at the Douglas branch of the Cochise County Library for the contributions they made to this effort.