First edition.

370 pages ; 22 cm.

"A California epic following several native, diverse Californians grasping for air in a world that continues to marginalize them"-- Provided by publisher.

Johnny Frías has California in his blood. A descendant of the state's Indigenous people and Mexican settlers, he has Southern California's forgotten towns and canyons in his soul. He spends his days as a highway patrolman pulling over speeders, ignoring their racist insults, and pushing past the trauma of his rookie year, when he killed a man assaulting a young woman named Bunny, who ran from the scene, leaving Johnny without a witness. But like the Santa Ana winds that every year bring the risk of fire, Johnny's moment of action twenty years ago sparked a slow-burning chain of connections that unites a vibrant, complex cast of characters in ways they never see coming.

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FICTION / Literary

Historical fiction.

9780374604516 (hardcover)

0374604517 (hardcover)