GOOD AND EVIL BATTLE ON THE ASTRAL PLANE There is constant conflict between good and evil in the mysterious world of Mexican witchcraft. Those born into this life of brujeria, witchcraft, do combat on the physical as well as the astral plane. It is a harsh reality not made for the weak or timid. It is a life that demands dedication and great courage and those lacking in either are doomed and best served in fleeing. Disenchanted and disheartened, Ernesto turns his back on his arcane, dark ancestry of Mexican brujeria to escape to el norte, the U.S.A. He arrives unwanted by the gringo world and cursed by his father from the ancient one. The new reality of the American ways is too complicated for a simple illegal immigrant knowledgeable only of the shadow world. He is sacrificed to the American justice system. It is in San Quentin prison that Ernesto can run no more. He must face his inadequacies and evil personified, the serial killer Ray, in a cosmic struggle of win or perish. Paulino Fontes is one of the shining new stars of Echo Park Press. We are proud to publish his first of what we are sure will be several exciting novels.