Rise, Do Not Be Afraid
"It was the last good year for Santa Rita, a town that once thrived in the shadow of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range. But the communidad's fragile bonds of honor, obligation, and love unravel when ‘the devil comes like bad water through the oldest and weakest parts of a place.’ Embedded in the novel's winding tales, memory and dream mingle and sing, asking us to question our preconceptions about history – whose version becomes truth? Faced with outsider infiltration and greed, Santa Rita's faith rests in the hands of her people, both the living and the dead."
Aaron Abeyta: "Today, Santa Rita exists mostly in memory, the only road in blocked by an iron gate and a no trespassing sign. This book is for the people of Santa Rita. It is also for the people of every village and every town that knows the sensation of loss, but also of beauty and perseverance. For her beauty and perseverance I am, forever, indebted to my beautiful and powerful wife, Michele. She is, and will always be, the personification of the powerful will that exists among our people."
Review: High Country News, Annie Dawid
Available now from Ghost Road Press.