"Soon to be a motion picture directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, a riveting novel of an aging rodeo star's last ride"-- Provided by publisher.

There was a time when Mike was the best rider in the rodeo circuit, but a divorce and years of hard living have worn his body down. After an accident, his career comes to an abrupt end, but his boss gives him one last job: he must cross the border into Mexico, kidnap his boss's son, Rafo, from his boss's ex-wife, to be used as leverage in their ongoing divorce. Mike arrives to find the boy has already run away, and he finds Rafo living on the streets of Mexico city, supporting himself though petty crime and winnings from the occasional cockfight. Convincing the boy to come back to Texas, the two set out on a journey northward that forges an unlikely friendship and forces both to reckon with the choices they've made in pursuit of being "macho." -- Adapted from back cover.