Cities of the PlainVolume Three of the Border Trilogy In Cities of the Plain, two men marked by the boyhood adventures of All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing now stand together, between their vivid pasts and uncertain futures, to confront a country changing beyond recognition. In the fall of 1952, John Grady Cole and Billy Parham are cowboys on a New Mexico ranch encroached upon from the north by the military. On the southern horizon are the mountains of Mexico,

In this absorbing and fast-paced novel

driving him at last to seek refuge in the silence of a large public library

it turns out that there is only one suspect: Yashim himself

heartbreaking - Ghost Girl

Gaunts personal acting troupe

and the Great Plague has London in its grip

All that stands in his way is the demon Xaltorath or so he believes

she and her sister

Fast Lovin' Fannie and Butcher Knife Totin' Annie

Unable to ignore or stop the process of events

The Middle Ground is a brilliant and witty novel about communication and non-communication across the barriers of sex

Consumed by fear of the future and mourning for a past they can't reclaim