From the award-winning author of Billy cacheid comes a brilliantly novel of an American history and its Journey from Wild Frontier into the 20th century. Two witnesses to this turbulent Evolution tell their stories. One is ancient Spanish Alchemist searching for the Philosophers Stone from his Hut in the New Mexico desert. He devotes his long life to hunting for the secrets of the old gods. But will they give him the answers for his quest for meaning? The other is a fable Pat Garrett the man who killed his poker buddy Billy the Kid. Hunt up by Billy for the rest of his life, Pat Garrett searches for peace Fair condition Library discard