A sixteen year old Mexican boy is conscripted into General Santa Anna's army and marches to Texas to fight against the rebellious Texians.
A young adult novel told from the point of view of a sixteen year old Mexican boy drafted into General Santa Anna's army and forced to fight against the rebeling Texians inside the Alamo and later at the Battle of San Jacinto.
Excerpt
I had hardly fallen asleep when something jarred me awake. The sergeant was walking up and down the company line, whispering and shaking shoulders, rousing every man......
The darkness made it difficult to see what we were doing, but all around I heard the soft rustle of cloth and the click of equipment. Because Santa Anna wanted to take the fort by surprise, no fires were allowed. Men could not even smoke their cigarettes. Were it not for the occasional glimpse of moonlight striking silver bayonets and the white hats that all officers were instructed to wear, I would not have been able to see the creeping columns.
In a vertical city divided between those above the mist and those below it, four strangers are drawn together as failing systems threaten everyone. To save Halidom, they'll have to cross boundaries, uncover forgotten technology, and repair more than
