Within each man there lies a monster. So begins Nolan Cordovano's third novel, a savage trek through the Mexican-held lands of western America in 1832. Its protagonist, Lloyd Reed-- homeless, penniless, and clothed in rags-- has recently emerged from the wild trapping lands of the Rocky Mountains. Finding no better livelihood in the squalor of New Orleans, he is thrust once again westward, armed with only two commodities: an unparalleled ability to...