New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - A "near-future adventure-thriller . . In the 21st century, the U.S. has been fractured by invasion from the south and by foreign and domestic terrorism. The Latino troops have been routed and much of the Southwest has been depopulated, with thousands of survivors having made their way to the small, snowbound town of Ironwood, Montana. When a savagely mutilated corpse is discovered in Ironwood, the question that haunts local police and vigilante groups is whether the town's refugee camps shelter even more frightening 'invaders': remnants of a group of cybernetically enhanced supermen from California, referred to as 'Chipheads'." 322 pp. ISBN: 0-15100076X.