From publisher blurb: Located on a desolate stretch of the U.S./Mexico border too hot for the devil to claim, Pueblo Gris is a once-thriving town lost to hard times by a floundering economy, crime run out of control, and decaying international relations. The American side, formerly a playground for well-off investors, is now growing nervous and desperate; the Mexican side’s low-wage maquiladors increasingly look to illicit enterprises to make ends meet; and on both sides, colorful storefronts stand vacant and happy homes turn loud and belligerent when night creeps across the ever-more-fortified border. From the Anglos looking for a way out to the Spanish-speaking strivers looking for a way in, everyone’s got an angle in Pueblo Gris. There’s always money to be made at a border crossing, but the markets are quickly fading from gray to black…