{"product_id":"where-the-north-ends-9780826368362","title":"Where the North Ends","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dramatic story of love, fate, and redemption in a time travel adventure filled with mysticism as our hero moves between the twentieth-century and New Mexico during the Spanish Inquisition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAspiring writer Uriel Romero finds himself mysteriously trapped in the body of Diego, a seventeenth-century Franciscan novice accused of heresy. Unsure whether he's in a dream, a coma, or another dimension, Uriel must navigate Diego's fate: to be sent to New Mexico on a perilous mission to convert the Apaches or else risk the flames of the Spanish Inquisition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs he struggles to understand his new existence, Uriel encounters a cast of colorful characters: a prophetic friar who claims to be his father, an Apache shaman guiding him through the astral plane, a talking mule yearning for the Promised Land, and Alma--his eternal love whose tragic death still haunts him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith echoes of \"The Night Face Up\" by Julio Cortázar and \u003ci\u003eJourney to Ixtlan\u003c\/i\u003e by Carlos Castaneda, this time-travel saga weaves history, mysticism, and existential mystery into a gripping tale of fate, love, and redemption. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill Uriel uncover the truth before time runs out, or is he doomed to be lost between worlds forever?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHugo Moreno\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in the border city of Juárez, México, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eRethinking Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ewith Borges, Zambrano, Paz, and Plato\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancisco A. Lomelí\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor emeritus of Chicana\/o studies and Spanish and Portuguese at UC-Santa Barbara. He is the author, coauthor, and coeditor of forty books, including a landmark translation of Alejandro Morales' \u003ci\u003eBarrio on the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAztlán: Essays on the Chicano Homeland\u003c\/i\u003e (UNM Press).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Unm Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690516611346,"sku":"9780826368362","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_37f0c57c-b594-4ec3-a3cf-1322d4a07504.jpg?v=1761737747","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/where-the-north-ends-9780826368362","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}