After being framed for a murder he didn't commit, law enforcement arrests Billy Byrne...The Mucker... as he returns to the streets of Grand Avenue. Sentenced for the crime, he escapes custody en route to jail, and begins wandering America's roads as a homeless and penniless hobo. Joined by Bridge, a wandering poet and fellow soul on the road they escape a chasing detective and cross the border into Mexico to live in freedom, where the country is torn between two warring factions. Now the Mucker must join one side in a fight against the other, facing treachery within the ranks, robbing banks and facing savage local indians just to survive this outlaw country.

Ici, en ce "désert peuplé", Dominique Charpy se métamorphose en un Nomade de l'absolu bouleversant... Histoire de destin, ce récit du sensible nous entraîne sur les pas de cet être au devenir incertain. Personnage à la recherche d'une nouvelle connaissance de soi, happé par le désert et le verbe, submergé par son désir de l'Autrement, égaré en une existence impropre, errant en ce paysage aride, où les dunes de sable se meuvent au rythme du vent. Se subissant, étranger à lui-même, il prend petit à petit conscience de l'inaltérabilité de ses angoisses... et comprend que choisir le désert, c'est aussi choisir la vie, telle qu'elle est, dans sa réalité et son quotidien...

THE PROMISE is an intense, fast-paced and gripping Scandinavian thriller told in four parts. Nina has moved into her rich sister's splendid villa and is adapting to life outside of prison. She passes the time by getting involved in her 18-year-old niece's boyfriend problems and exercising obsessively. She senses that the wrong people are on her tail and that it's best to be prepared ... Steffen Jacobsen's debut novel The Passenger (Passageren in Danish) came out in 2008, but his big break came in 2013 with Trophy. This was the first in his series of suspense novels about partners Michael Sander and Lene Jensen, the latest of which is Ghostwriter. Jacobsen's novels have been published throughout Europe, the USA, Japan, China and Taiwan, with foreign reviewers comparing him to John le Carré, Frederick Forsyth, Jo Nesbo and Jussi Alder-Olsen. In addition, film rights to several of his books have also been sold.