The Living & the Dead, Vol. 2

After learning about the pain and heartache his father suff ered for the woman he loved, Matty Walker discovers the rest of his family's tumultuous history as the epic tale of the samurai sword comes to a triumphant conclusion. Two years and four months after Dante Medina and his Perros assembled in Juárez to swear retribution for the deaths of Duncan and Dimacio, Nate Walker and Sarah Ross are trying desperately to save their newly forged marriage after a senseless indiscretion threatens to destroy it. Despite the brief respite from Dante's wrath, El Cazador and his Perros soon make a sudden strike against the people Nate and Sarah love. Suddenly, Nate is pulled back into the nightmarish world he thought he had escaped and is forced to face each of the diabolical Perros one-by-one before entering a fi nal showdown against Dante Medina himself. With his soul on the line, Nate must make a heartbreaking decision between saving himself or the woman he loves.

Anthony J. Enciso grew up in San Pedro, California, where much of the story is set. He earned his bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of California at Berkeley and his law degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. Although reading, writing, and traveling have always been his primary passions, he currently practices criminal law as a deputy district attorney in San Bernardino County. The Living and the Dead: Volumes I and II are his first novels for publication.