You are a photo-journalist investigating a legend about a haunted mesa in New Mexico, and you've been in a deserted village at the base of the mesa all night . . . waiting, and talking to rocks and shadows. Are you really dealing with ghosts, or what are these mysterious horsemen you've seen? Yes, you've been here before with other men, and you've seen the horsemen as they rode through the old village like uncontrolled wildfire. You know the stories of other men who've had contact with these ghostly horsemen; men who say bullets won't stop them. But you've come to the mesa with a message: "Come and meet me. Come and see that I mean no harm."
And you wait, spend nights there in the old village, until finally . . . a man steps from the shadows and asks, "Who are you, and what do you want?" And you tell this man that you came to find out who he is and what he wants, and that you come in peace. A short conversation takes place, and you suddenly discover that this man is no ghost. He comes from a place called Erailes, or wastelands, and he is a Jinete, a rim rider in a separate dimension. And you realize you are talking to a man who can step across dimensional lines . . . a sort of cowboy time walker.
And so, this is where the story of Matias, the rim rider from Erailes starts. This book is about the discovery of another dimension, another place very much unlike what you know here in the U.S. It is about your adventures there and a great friendship between you and Matias. But you are also caught up in circumstances in your country that become more distressing as time moves on. You watch an election unfold, all the while seeing how close to disaster your nation is moving . . . and with a growing desire to leave. You go to Mexico to hunt for property. You start to develop an escape route, and you have the money to do that. When Trump wins the presidency, your mind is made up to move to central Mexico, and you buy a house there and start the process of leaving the U.S. But you can't do this without giving up some things. Your only way to Erailes is through a portal only one man can create for you. You can't leave New Mexico until Matias knows where to find you, how to create a gateway from his dimension to where you will be in Mexico.
Yout story is also one of dealing with all the problems that come with leaving America - like taking a wife with you, one that is reluctant to leave. It's about people who'd like to go with you but can't because they're trapped by situations and circumstances. And as a writer, you become more convinced than ever that this story must be told. Few readers will believe what you have to say about separate dimensions, strange horsemen, or even government, politics, and society in this country. But some will, you decide, and so you start a book that can only be finished when your story is finished - the transition from here to there, a dream fulfilled.
In this book, you the reader are the time walker, the traveler. And even if the physicists are wrong about the fourth dimension, that time can't be mastered and there's no chance to travel to another dimension, there is still one dimension open to you. It's a dimension with closed doors you'll have to learn to open, and it's called The Dimension of Wonder. It starts with, "And I wonder what would take place if . . . " How would I feel if my time suddenly changed to someone else's time, in another place my imagination knows nothing of . . . until I experience it? And so, you ponder the question long enough, until finally, the gateway swings open, and you are there. Read Jinetes. I'll wait at the gate for you. I have been there.
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