Poli Flores Jr has been a superior court judge in southern California for eighteen years, and a criminal defense attorney for twenty-two years before his judgeship. Flores graduated from UCLA and received his law degree from UC San Francisco (formerly Hastings College of Law). He has been a adjunct professor in criminal justice at San Diego State University, (IV). He is married with three children, and resides in the Imperial Valley of California. This is his first novel which has received numerous national awards in fiction, including, Finalist: American Writing Awards, International Latino Book Awards and Literary Titan Awards. Kirkus Review: "...rich in historical realism..."