Set in the 1930s, The Man Who Loved North Wind is an intriguing historical novel that explores the fascinating cultural influences, unusual characters, and stunning scenery of a unique segment of the American Southwest. Alberto Luis Garcia, a young man who has lost his family to the Mexican government's cleansing of the Yaqui Indians from their homeland in Sonora, exacts his revenge on those who wronged his family. Of Yaqui and Tarahumara Indian heritage, Alberto is clever, strong, and-despite his terrible acts-a good Catholic. Father Julian, a Franciscan priest who had taken Alberto under his wing and sent him to school in Arizona, invites him to the small village in New Mexico to start a new life with a surprise inheritance. After purchasing a house in Santa Fe, Alberto finally confesses the violence he committed in Mexico. His penance? To provide good employment and spiritual guidance to men in need in the small community of Mora. Meanwhile, another idealistic young person has begun using her precious education and family power to help the less fortunate in Mora County. And when Alberto and Maria meet, a tentative romance blossoms...