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As a young girl, Willow watched her mother leave their home in Washington State in a literal blaze of glory: she set the mattress of her cheating husband on fire in her driveway, roasting marshmallow peeps and hot dogs before the fire department arrived. And with that, she and Willow set off to New Mexico, to a new life, to a world of arroyos and canyons bordering an Apache reservation. Willow was devastated. Her eccentric mother believed in this new life and set about starting a winery and goat ranch. But for Willow, it meant initially being bullied and feeling like an outsider.

In the Realm of Sa Neo, dreams are doorways between worlds. For three years, Lily has tried to forget the magical world she once visited—and the chaos she may have left in her wake. But when haunting visions of a dark-eyed merman plague her nights, she knows she must return. The enchanted realm she discovers is not the one she left behind: merpeople are being hunted, dark forces hold children captive, and an ancient evil spreads like poison through the lands. To save Sa Neo, Lily must first face the truth of what she's done. As she travels through lands of eternal wisdom and forgotten ...

New Mexico native and travel and food writer Carolyn Graham goes beyond the standard restaurant guide to detail her personal experiences traveling and eating around the state. The result is a distinctive road map of flavors, ingredients, and fusions that bring these New Mexico food trails to life.