"Desert Resurrection" is nearing completion. It should be published late this month or early in March. The novel opens with the death of Dr. Walkley after a fall from the Stepladder Mountains. A retired heart surgeon from Minnesota, Dr. Walkley, had retired early following the death of his wife and spent years travelling the world in a search to understand his life, his beloved's death, and the true nature of the world around him.

His last words, whispered to Chemehuevi Joe, lead Joe on a search for children who may be in danger in an isolated part of the desert.