Complice una dose eccessiva di cannabis e qualche chilo di creta rubata nel laboratorio di educazione artistica, Len Bronstein, un giovane insegnante ebreo di Brooklyn, ridà inavvertitamente vita al Golem, il leggendario gigante della tradizione ebraica che i rabbini possono evocare, nei momenti di peggiore pericolo, a difesa del Popolo Eletto. Nel giro di poche ore il Golem assume per la prima volta l'lsd, impara l'inglese da una sit-com e scopre l'esistenza del neonazismo; starà a Len e alla sua nuova amica Miri, lesbica ripudiata da una famiglia di ebrei ultraortodossi, capire come (e se) impedire che il Golem piombi nel bel mezzo di una manifestazione di estremisti di destra nel Kentucky e faccia vendetta. Il folklore ebraico, la comicità fulminea da sit-com, la commedia on the road e la satira sociale (ma anche la storia americana e la poesia di Iosif Brodskij) sono gli ingredienti di un romanzo esuberante che affronta con l'umorismo i temi attualissimi della violenza politica, dell'intolleranza, del tribalismo identitario, e delle armi con cui combatterli.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach comes an electrifying action-adventure tale set in the dangerous terrain of the Tex-Mex borderland

In The Dead Run, outlaw with a conscience Jess Galvan made a devil's bargain with El Cucuy, a fearsome, five-hundred-year-old Aztec priest and crime kingpin determined to bring about hell on earth. Now, months later, Galvan's mind is infested by the ancient monster. No longer able to trust his own judgment, he is estranged from his daughter, Sherry—and from his own body. But Cucuy's presence has endowed Galvan with superhuman abilities.

Meanwhile, shell-shocked from her confrontation with Cucuy, Sherry is living with Sheriff Bob Nichols and his girlfriend, psychologist Ruth Cantwell. And in the bowels of Ojos Negros prison, a territory once controlled by the ancient priest, the drug cartels are at war with one another and on the hunt for Galvan.

In this chilling sequel to The Dead Run, New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach mixes horror, the supernatural and gritty suspense to deliver a high-octane, high-concept adventure filled with nasty bad guys, fearsome magic, and an unlikely hero caught in the dangerous terrain of the Tex-Mex borderland.

Locked in a Mexican jail for a crime he didn’t commit, Jess Galvan made a devil’s bargain to escape and make it back home. Now, he’s trapped in his own personal hell, his mind and body inhabited by the soul of Cucuy, a fearsome, five-hundred-year-old Aztec priest and major crime kingpin determined to bring about hell on earth. Estranged from his daughter, Sherry, and now his own body, Galvan’s every moment is a battle to keep the evil priest at bay. But there is a silver lining—his presence has endowed Galvan with superhuman strength and endurance.

Meanwhile, in the bowels of Ojos Negros prison, Cucuy’s second-in-command, Domingo Valentine, is trying to run the empire Cucuy left behind when he vanished, but the drug cartels they once controlled are at war with one another. Desperate for answers, Valentine springs the imprisoned leader of a deadly biker gang and now they’re on the hunt for Galvan—who must find a way to exorcise his inner demon and save the world from annihilation.

Locked in a Mexican jail for a crime he did not commit, Jess Galvan makes a devil's bargain to escape only to confront the hellish challenges of having his mind and body possessed by the five-hundred-year-old ghost of an Aztec priest.