No Place for the Weak at Heart
Dallas detective Mendocino Jones gets fed up with law enforcement, turns in his badge, and heads to the wilderness of Big Bend National Park. He just needs to get away.When gunfire echoes across the desert, the veteran cop instinctively runs toward the sound. A firing squad is executing a man and woman. When he's spotted, Mendocino flees for his life into the merciless Chihuahuan Desert, where there's no place to hide.Gunned down and left for dead, Mendocino vows-if he survives-he'll bring them to justice. Crossing the desert before daylight, nature photographer Tillie Tomlin is intent on getting set up in time to capture the perfect sunrise. Instead, she comes across a bloodied man barely alive. Will saving him imperil her own life?Mendocino becomes embroiled in the most intriguing mystery of his career as each blood trail winds its way to the sprawling Bar W Ranch and the most powerful family in Texas' Trans Pecos. Expect the unexpected in this suspenseful thriller as Mendocino Jones-minus his badge-discovers a dark underworld nobody knew existed, comes to terms with his own troubled past, and learns the Chihuahuan Desert is no place for the weak at heart.