The Snows Of Eden

Under the weight of colliding cultures, a young chic no named Adam Duane agonizes over the mystery of his brother's death. Was it murder, or was it the self-inflicted resolution to a life baffled by a secret that Adam helped to keep until the time came to use it as a weapon against Cal, his brother? Descending to the darker fringe where the worst of the Americ no and the Mexic no meet, Adam now faces self-doubt and a greater riddle: Is he his brother's keeper, or is he using him as an excuse to let himself free-fall even further into amorality and self-corruption? Far removed from the sun-drenched sandlot of his childhood, Adam feels himself an exile from the things that once gave meaning to his life, marooned by winter in a land that once was Paradise.

N. Maria Serna is a native of the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. He didn’t live in a house with electricity until he was twelve. That is why for many years he could see better in the dark and preferred the nightlife for most things, including work, college and writing, but he never became capable of growing fangs even on full moons, or of sleeping in a coffin. He believes that the bulk of human understanding is constructed on fable, and he prefers not only reality but realism. He also believes that learning English is a lifelong mission; most writers quit at an early age; he hasn’t yet.