A former ski champion reenters the competitive world when a sixteen-year old downhill racer asks for help, leading her to reawaken an old passion and find a new love.

"The endless desert. A Native American grandmother lives along tending her corn. Her Half-Mexican grandson and a white, aging magician are stranded. No water. A river of stars. Everything changes: anything is possible."--Back of container.

During a transatlantic flight from New York City to London, U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks receives a series of cryptic text messages demanding that he instruct the government to transfer $150 million into an off-shore account. Until he secures the money, a passenger on his flight will be killed every twenty minutes.