The Guns of Veracruz

An original Mexicanist serial novel — when the port city erupts, a journalist and a cop uncover a conspiracy that reaches from the docks to the capital. Veracruz noir at its darkest.

Mauser parts levitate in mid-air, arranged like a mechanical constellation against a white-hot sky.

The Guns of Veracruz: Chapter 1 – The Boy from Orizaba

“You’re not just there for yourself, Mateo. You are there for all of us.” A lie. A noble lie, perhaps, the kind men tell to give sacrifice the sheen of honor, but a lie all the same.