Desperate to fix his ruptured marriage and slumping literary reputation, Jesse Reverchon takes a leap of faith in search of redemption. Jesse transplants his corporate wife, Rebecca, and adolescent son, Travis, from Houston to the mythic Big Bend of Texas in hopes of salvaging his marriage and clearing the decks to write his next epic novel. Rebecca throws herself into a challenging remodel of the family home outside of Alpine, Texas, with the same ambitious drive she used to build her venture capital firm. Having a hard time forgetting Jesse’s infidelity and boozing, she expects nothing less than a full return on her biggest investment—Jesse's career. Jesse, however, shirks his novel in favor of coaching Travis’s Little League baseball team, which consists mostly of alienated, fatherless boys. The obsessive commitment he makes to any project leads to conflict with parents, rival coaches, and most every cowboy he encounters. His attempts to acclimate to West Texas yield mixed and often comic results as his turbulent personality clashes with the cantankerous, wind-blown eccentrics rooted to the stark, desert mountains. Then he meets his match in the Little League commissioner, the fiery, free-spirited artist and gallery owner, Luz Reyes. Meanwhile, his novel has stalled out, and Rebecca is running out of patience. Haunted by a family curse—the howling black dog that once preyed upon his ruined father—Jesse soon stumbles back into self-destructive patterns. His personal life crumbles, plunging him headlong toward devastating tragedy and loss in the all-or-nothing battle for redemption in a wild and harsh landscape where the mountains are thieves. Where the Mountains Are Thieves is a heartbreaking yet heartwarming Texas tale of redemption, a worthy successor to Larry McMurtry’s Duane’s Depressed and a perfect next-read for fans of Fredrik Backman, Richard Russo, and Michael Chabon. "In Where the Mountains Are Thieves, David Marion Wilkinson breaks your heart and then builds you a new, better one. A writer of dazzling beauty and haunting vision, he is among the best to ever call Texas home."-Steven L. DavisWittliff Collections Curator at Texas State UniversityWinner of the PEN Center Literary Award "With a fierce innate talent, David Marion Wilkinson tells another absorbing, unforgettable, pass-along story that dramatizes the complexity of intimate human conflicts."-William J. Scheick, Ph.D.Millikan Centennial Professor of American Literature, at the University of Texas at Austin "Gifted novelist David Marion Wilkinson is at his most mature in Where the Mountains Are Thieves. He richly captures the stark, splendid beauty of West Texas and its Anglo-Hispanic culture; the dialogue snaps like a whip. In a brilliant literary move, Little League baseball runs through the book like a river remaking everyone in its path. To borrow the author's metaphor, Wilkinson hits the ball out of not just one ballpark, but two or three." -James W. KunetkaNew York Times Best-Selling Author "Fine writing, much of it funny, as Wilkinson's writer protagonist wrestles with the world and his past and everything slugs back, none so low as the mother of his beloved son."-Jesse SublettAuthor of Last Gangster in Austin "There are lots of things I love about the book-the feel for the Big Bend, the baseball, the kids, the humor, and the heartbreak ... the artistry is breathtaking." -Jan Reid Author of Comanche Sundown and Sins of the Younger Sons David Marion Wilkinson is a novelist, nonfiction author, and screenwriter. His novels include the award-winning Not Between Brothers, The Empty Quarter, Spur Award-winner Oblivion's Altar, and Where the Mountains Are Thieves. He co-authored One Ranger, a memoir by legendary Texas Ranger Joaquin Jackson. He has written, co-written, or helped develop a variety of feature-length films and limited series, including Texas Rising, the History Channel's series on the Texas Revolution, and the upcoming The Gray House, a Civil War limited series on Paramount. David lives in Austin, Texas.