David Griffith has lived around packers and outfitters, loggers and cowboys-and always with horses. His books showcase an intimate knowledge of cowboy life and the land, from northern British Columbia to the Sierra Madre of Mexico. With his wife Patricia, he still runs a cattle ranch in the big river country of British Columbia.

When an injury at a Texas rodeo sends Lonnie Bowers home for the season, his boss comes calling with complimentary tickets for a Costa Rica vacation. Clarissa thinks it's a grand idea. Father and son bonding time. A little sand, some sun. Who would turn that down? Lonnie is skeptical of this sudden generosity. But he didn't know it would turn into a race with death as he tries to save his wife and baby from a drug cartel's vengeance.

This riveting tale weaves fact with fiction, and chronicles the abusive power and control of one of Mexico's most dangerous drug cartels.