The Caballero's Son is a sequel to Maria In s, (Five Star, 2016). Set in turbulent 1850s' California. Miguelito Robles is a mixed-blood outcast in his own land when he joins Tuburcio Vasquez to raid American settlers usurping their land. They aid starving Indians while evading American posses from Los Angeles to San Jose. His love of a highborn Spanish girl has deep consequence. Maria In s accosts him on the trail, claiming to be his mother. His journey to acceptance of his Indian roots is complicated but aided by his woman's love and the birth of his son. "A romantic, historically accurate portrayal of a little understood era of California history, from the viewpoint of its native people. "A modern-day Ramona, by Helen Hunt Jackson."