AclaimofjusticeforthelosersofhistorywithechoesofauthorsasdifferentasJosephConrad,AlejoCarpentier,andDavidMitchell.TheconquestofMexicoisover,andJuandeTo簽anesisoneofsomanysoldierswithoutglorywhoroamlikebeggarsforthelandtheyhelpedsubdue.Whenhereceivesonelastmission,tohuntdownarenegadeIndianwho’scalledtheFatherandwhopreachesadangerousheresy,heunderstandsthatthismaybehislastchancetocarvehimselfthefuturehe’salwaysdreamedof.ButashegoesdeepintotheunexploredlandsofthenorthfollowingtheFather’strace,hewilldiscoverthefootprintsofamanwhoseemsnotonlyaman,butaprophetdestinedtotransformhistimeandeventhetimestocome.NotEventheDeadisthestoryofapersecutionthattranscendsterritoriesandcenturies;apathpointingnorthward,alwaysnorthward,thatistosay,alwaystowardthefuture,onahallucinatedjourneyfromthesixteenthcenturyNewSpaintotoday’sTrumpwall.OldconquerorsonhorsebackandmigrantsridingtheroofsoftheBeast,rebelliousIndiansandpeasantswaitingpatientlyforabetterworld,MexicanrevolutionarieswhotaketheirriflesandwomenmurderedinthedesertofCiudadJu獺rez,allpassbyit.Allofthemsharethesamelandscapeandthesamehope,thearrivaloftheFatherwhowillbringjusticetotheoppressed.
