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Cortez: A Texas Tale
Cortez is your typical small Texas town, where the weekly football game takes over on Friday nights. It’s a town where more people drive on gravel roads than paved roads. It’s a town where the cops know everyone, and they know everything everyone does. But for DW, Cortez is a town he has to leave; DEAD or ALIVE. Cortez is a coming of age crime story about DW, who is a high school teenager who knows the difference between right and wrong. But when life comes at him head on he is forced to make some decisions that most teenagers never have to think about. Without any adult guidance in DW’s life, he makes a decision to start selling drugs to help his best friend who has become addicted to crack. The money comes quickly and more easily than working on the farm. As soon as he pays back the money for his friend he continues to make some money for himself. Quickly DW’s luck runs out and instead of getting busted, a corrupt local cop who works with a local drug dealer starts to demand money. DW wants to quit selling drugs but the cop continues to demand payments. Eventually DW makes the right decision and goes straight to get his life back in order. One night after going to the movies with his girlfriend, DW and her get into a fight. She leaves his house, and is found the next morning on the side of the road dead with drugs. The whole town blames DW for her death, but he is the only one who knows who actually did it. After getting kicked out of school, DW goes out and proves to everyone that he is not the person they are making him out to be. He fixes his life and signs up for the Army but before he leaves he has one thing left he needs to do. Drugs, murder, guns, money, family, friends, school, cops, and a girl all play a part into Cortez and DW’s life.
334 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 18, 2020
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About the author
Dustin Carter
4 books9 followersDustin Carter is an up and coming author, writer, wordsmith, and overall lover of words who published his first novel in 2020 titled “Cortez A Texas Tale.” He has since published a second novel titled, “Guadalupe A Human Trafficking Story,” which debuted in November of 2021.
Writing books was not always the plan for Dustin. He grew up in South Texas and has lived in Gonzales, Corpus Christi, and the Austin area for most of his life. He spent a lot of time daydreaming as a kid when he was not getting into trouble with his pals.
For a few years after high school Dustin tried to find something for himself, but the world always came crashing down on him, so he joined the military. Very soon after joining the Army, Dustin found his way in life and ended up in Tikrit, Iraq, where he would connect with his love for books while trying his best to avoid car bombs, IEDs, and mortars. As soon as his deployment was over, he packed everything he owned in his truck and made his way to Corpus Christi for college. In his first English class, Dustin started writing and came up with a few stories he enjoyed. Over the next few years, he tried his hand at writing, but it never worked out. When he was about to graduate with his MBA, he started daydreaming again, just like when he was a kid. He had a job that took him to the Texas-Mexico border a few times a month. He usually drove by himself and found himself daydreaming and plotting his stories on his journeys. When the days were over, instead of going to happy hour or out with friends, Dustin went to work putting these thoughts down on paper, and soon he had over a hundred pages typed. He continued writing every night after he put his kids to sleep until he finished “Cortez A Texas Tale.” The dreams didn’t stop there; as soon as he finished writing Cortez, he instantly started writing Guadalupe A Human Trafficking Story.
Dustin is a native Texan who refuses to bend to society’s norms and constantly questions how the world works. He has many different diplomas on his walls, but he is most proud of the GED and MBA. He has been up and down in the world and has seen the good and bad it has to offer.
Dustin is currently working on a book about veterans and the struggles they face with PTSD.
Writing books was not always the plan for Dustin. He grew up in South Texas and has lived in Gonzales, Corpus Christi, and the Austin area for most of his life. He spent a lot of time daydreaming as a kid when he was not getting into trouble with his pals.
For a few years after high school Dustin tried to find something for himself, but the world always came crashing down on him, so he joined the military. Very soon after joining the Army, Dustin found his way in life and ended up in Tikrit, Iraq, where he would connect with his love for books while trying his best to avoid car bombs, IEDs, and mortars. As soon as his deployment was over, he packed everything he owned in his truck and made his way to Corpus Christi for college. In his first English class, Dustin started writing and came up with a few stories he enjoyed. Over the next few years, he tried his hand at writing, but it never worked out. When he was about to graduate with his MBA, he started daydreaming again, just like when he was a kid. He had a job that took him to the Texas-Mexico border a few times a month. He usually drove by himself and found himself daydreaming and plotting his stories on his journeys. When the days were over, instead of going to happy hour or out with friends, Dustin went to work putting these thoughts down on paper, and soon he had over a hundred pages typed. He continued writing every night after he put his kids to sleep until he finished “Cortez A Texas Tale.” The dreams didn’t stop there; as soon as he finished writing Cortez, he instantly started writing Guadalupe A Human Trafficking Story.
Dustin is a native Texan who refuses to bend to society’s norms and constantly questions how the world works. He has many different diplomas on his walls, but he is most proud of the GED and MBA. He has been up and down in the world and has seen the good and bad it has to offer.
Dustin is currently working on a book about veterans and the struggles they face with PTSD.
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