Baja

by Johnny Payne

Adrift in a limbo of rejected prospects and failed commitments, a recent law school graduate sets out on an aimless cross-country trek that ultimately will carry him into - and across - the self-devised desert he has fashioned of his life. When happenstance involves him in a chain of events that begin to spin out of control, Vic allows himself to be drawn into a strange odyssey that will bind him into a new relationships with a bizarre set of characters - an escaped convict, a female parole officer, a mysterious flea market vendor. The journey they share leads him to the enigmatic ruins of an ancient people in Baja Mexico, to becoming a hapless accessory to murder, and at last to the possibility of a long overdue awakening to his true self. Payne's writing is enriched here by the wit and perceptive insight which continue to grace his work an to stir recognition of our uniquely human capacity for endurance and rejuvenation.

Paperback

Published January 1, 1998

About the author

Johnny Payne is a novelist, poet, and dramatist. he is a recent gold medal winner of the Benjamin Franklin IBPA award in Horror. His novels include The Hard Side of the River, the forthcoming Confessions of a Gentleman Killer, Bedfellows, Silver Dagger, Second Chance, La Muerte de Papi, Vampire Girl, North of Patagonia, Kentuckiana. Books of poetry are Heaven of Ashes, and Vassal.

Payne writes novels in various genres. His most recent novels are about slavery and a serial killer. He is currently writing a fantasy novel, Man of Granite. He will be writing a blog on GoodReads.

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