East of Texas, West of Hell: A Novel [Paperback]

ROD DAVIS is an award-winning author and journalist whose work has appeared in numerous publications. He has served on the senior staff of several major magazines, including a stint as editor of The Texas Observer. He taught writing at the University of Texas at Austin and Southern Methodist University and was a guest at the Yaddo Colony. He is author of American Voudou: Journey into a Hidden World (UNT Press). His work is included in David Byrne’s True Stories (Penguin) and Best American Travel Writing 2002 (Houghton-Mifflin). An eighth-generation Texan, he lives in San Antonio.The latest from prose stylist and accomplished novelist Rod Davis exposes the dark underbelly and underground economies of God's country. A desperate call from heiress Elle Meridian shakes ex-Dallas TV anchor Jack Prine from his comfortable life in the Big Easy as he begins his long search for Meridian’s missing teenage daughter. Instead of the girl, Jack discovers the savaged bodies of drug dealers and embarks on a journey of relentless violence and lethal betrayal across the South. As an intricate web of deception, extortion, and murder unwinds, Prine finds himself at odds with neo-Nazis, the cartel, and the Dixie Mafia. Even if Prine can save Meridian’s child, can he justify the blood on his hands? Rod Davis expands the thrilling world of South, America in this Southern noir, rife with chaos, unexpected turns, and fascinating characters.Rod Davis’s lead character Jack Prine takes us on a wild ride across the South from Savannah to the ranches of West Texas, following the blood-spattered trails of criminals, conmen, lowlifes, fascists, and other troublemakers to save lives and right wrongs. A telling so fiery you can see the steam rising from the pages.Rod Davis is the real deal, a storyteller of immense talent. East of Texas, West of Hell has it all: gripping characte