Cold Heat

<p> Set against the backdrop of the New Mexico desert <i>Cold Heat</i> introduces an eclectic cast of characters that brings the American Southwest to life. </p> <p> There���s Officer Jaime Red Claw of the Alta Sheriff���s Department who discovers skeletal human remains on his day off. There���s fifty-two-year old Bernice Begay of Show Low Arizona. She creates handmade Native American rugs and blankets and sells them with the help of her two sons Milford and Dilford. Bernice���s cousin Tessie is a basket weaver. Their lives intersect with that of twenty-one-year-old truck driver Kyle West���known in the Yah-te spirit Bak-Chi-Hlo���and seventeen-year-old Evan Withers who is introduced to the interesting world of truck driving as he travels from New York to Mexico.</p> <p>A sequel to <i>Grandfather���s Songs</i> this novel examines the second-class citizenship experienced by Native Americans while focusing on the special qualities of Indian heritage culture and families.</p>