BACK COVER COPY: In the town of Esperanza, Mexico, healer Lotus Garcia mysteriously receives a child, Segundo. But, where did he come from? As Segundo grows, strange and wonderful things happen to the local citizens of Esperanza: to Leopold, the bus driver; don Carlos, the drug lord; Domingo Dos Ojos, his bodyguard; Verdad, the tall thin girl who appears then vanishes; Padre Mateo, the priest with the mermaid tattoo; and to an American artist who accidentally finds her way to Esperanza and is drawn into its mystery and mysticism. Winging his way throughout the enchanting happenings of...