Publisher's Synopsis
Corrupt construction company General Buildable wants to monopolize the supply of fresh water flowing into Las Vegas. There's just one problem, the people living on top of the largest aquafer in Nevada have a teensy little tendency to lynch outsiders. When young engineer Marcus arrives, he has to convince the locals to let him live, manage sky high racial tensions and rangle with his own ambitions. Now he has to decide if he's going to help General Buildable steal the villagers' water, take a moral stand or go all out making himself king of Enclave. A fast, minimalist novel filled with cutting irony and dark humor, The Blackguard is a world both alien and uncomfortably familiar. Gripping, unsentimental and disturbing, Garrido's story will ask how much you really care about your roots.
