Fiction. High on a mesa in the mountains of New Mexico, a small town hides a dreadful secret. On a morning very soon there will be an accident that triggers a terrible chain reaction, and the world we know will be wiped out. James Oberhelm, a reporter at Los Alamos National Laboratory, already sees the devastation, like the skin torn off a moment that is yet to be. He believes he can prevent an apocalypse, but first James must escape the devices of a sensuous young blood tech, a lecherous old hippie, a predator in a waking nightmare, and a forsaken adobe house high away in the Sangre de Cristo mountains whose dark history entwines them all. A massive bomb is ticking beneath the sands of the Southwest, and time is running out to send a warning. James has to find a way to pass along the message—even if it ruins him.

Author City: DIXON, NM USA

Robert Arellano teaches creative writing at Brown University. He is the author of FAST EDDIE, KING OF THE BEES (Akashic Books, 2002), DON DIMAIO OF LA PLATA (Akashic Books, 2004), HAVANA LUNAR (Akashic Books, 2009) and his short fiction has appeared in the Kenyon Review and Jane. Most recently, he is the author of CURSE THE NAMES (Akashic Books, 2011). As an indie musician, Arellano has played with Will Oldham and Nick Cave.

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