Boxcars and Bloodlines by Philip E Sears

In the darkest years of the Great Depression, two unlikely companions wander the American West aboard freight trains and through forgotten towns. Their lives change forever when they stumble upon a mysterious map connected to an ancient Aztec legacy.

As rivals close in and long-buried secrets emerge, the trail leads far beyond the hardships of the 1930s-into a saga of conquistadors, frontiersmen, and generations bound by blood and legend.

Boxcars and Bloodlines is a sweeping historical adventure about friendship, legacy, myth, and the enduring power of the past.