Out of the Circle

Author Ann Simanton draws upon her travel adventures to bring post-Mao China, Texas, and the Mexican border to life in this gripping tale of a detective's son, Daniel, forced to grow up fast as he flees for his life in a foreign land. One by one, Daniel's lifelines are disappearing, as the drug smugglers and human traffickers that his father sought to bring to justice exact brutal revenge to keep their operation thriving. Government corruption has tangled the safety nets his family and friends have been taught to trust. The system is not going to bring the perpetrators to justice – so Daniel's feisty and inventive grandmother Alice takes matters into her own hands. Daniel's only hope of survival rests on people around the globe who can break out of their circles of fear and be willing to risk the lives of their own loved ones.