The fourth book in the Seth Strummar series, Blood Kin finds Seth riding to El Paso in search of his brother's killer. En route, he hooks up with Johanna Devery and becomes embroiled in her troubles. Joaquin Ascarate, intending to become a priest, is swayed off his course in admiration of Seth's efficacy in the world. The three of them survive a crucible that shuffles their values and leaves them all different people with new allegiances. This revised...