Layton, UT Gibbs Smith Publisher, 1991. SIGNED first edition (with signed letters)- The author's third novel, Set near Tucson and in the Sonoran desert, this is the story of Scott Talmadge seeking a new beginning in the remote desert who is called to demanding action by an old friend. His mission: to rescue Guatemalan refugees seeking asylum in the US. "It's sense of place is powerful. . Scott Talmadge returns to the Southwest when he's offered a temporary position as a professor of ornithology in Tucson. . . Through occasional letters from Demer, who left Talmadge for South America to help political refugees, and through his renewed association with Myre, who is rescuing Guatemalan refugees seeking asylum, Talmadge works his way past personal indecision to get involved hip-deep in the asylum movement." (Kirkus) INSCRIBED on the half title page to the late Oklahoma collector Larry Owens. Laid in are two brief notes from Nelson discussing Owen's search for Nelson's earliest novels. 251 pp.