"Beneath the Sands of Monahans" is set out in the Permian Basin in West Texas and it’s a story about Archie Weesatche, the hero, and he has to raise $650,000 to help his ex-lover Josephine secure $6.5 million in cartel cash,” Alcorn said. “So he bets on high school and college football. That’s how he is going to raise the money. And so he takes a long Texas road trip to many, many football games across the state.”
Local author Charles Alcorn will be reading from his debut novel set in Texas, “Beneath the Sands of Monahans,” followed by a discussion with Q&A.