New Mexico Books

Capturing the anguish of a generation, the story of childhood friends who grew up in Los Alamos portrays anti-war protests, the conflicts of Laos, and a ghost soldier reappearing twenty-five years later. 35,000 first printing. $35,000 ad promo. Tour.

Learning the true identity of her birth father, a Vietnam veteran who disappeared into Laos before she was born, Ariel Rankin, pregnant by a man who wants nothing to do with parenthood, heads west in search of her father and journeys through New Mexico, Los Alamos, and the badlands of White Sands. 25,000 first printing.