Elder Brother's Maze

<p>The ancient desert O'odham people's creation stories parallel the path a young Guy Thornton takes to emerge from the maze he has made of his life. The novel opens in the center of the narrative as Guy a down-on-his-luck Arabian horse trainer fresh out of prison is getting drunk at the Wander On Inn. He spends the next several months living in the central Arizona desert with an elderly O'odham woman who seeks to teach him tribe spirit while alternating chapters recount the past and his big break when the wealthy Frank Fielding hires him to tend to his champion Arabian mare. Unfortunately Guy becomes entangled with Fielding's wife Lily and her teenaged mentally unstable sister Rose derailing his dreams of success and belonging through deceit and callous betrayal.</p>