Signed by the author on the title page. Tight, clean, flat, square, sharp and crisp book in lightly wrinkled DJ. Author's first novel. First Place for Fiction at the Los Angeles Black Book Expo in March 2005 and 2nd place at the Independent Book Awards held in New York City in 2005. Snake Walkers also won first place in the USA Best Book Awards 2005. Beaten out by Amy Tan's Saving Fish from Drowning for General Fiction award the same year. An inexplicably deserted town, fourteen missing townspeople and a dark secret held by one family for over a decade lead Anthony Andrews, the first black reporter for the Arkansas Sun in the 1960's, through a maze of violence and deception as he seeks answers while searching for his own salvation. This gripping story begins with Anthony Andrews as a young boy witnessing the heinous hanging of a young boy. A murder that he relives in his nightmares, yet he keeps it a secret. This traumatic event plays a direct part in the path his life takes." "Years later, Anthony becomes the first African American reporter at the Arkansas Sun. He is given an assignment to investigate the mysterious disappearance of several men in the town of Evesville." "During the assignment Anthony becomes very close to one of the families linked to the men who disappeared. The closeness he feels towards this family is no coincidence as they share something in common that will bond them together forever." "As Anthony comes close to finding answers his life is threatened and he comes to the realization that he is being used by those who have a hidden agenda. He is forced to make some difficult decisions in order to protect his life and the lives of those he loves."