Taylor's novel is a compelling, adventurous and surprisingly funny story of a middle class couple who lose their life savings and inadvertently find themselves in the the underworld of Mexican immigrant smuggling.Initially Charlie and Denice smuggle their cargo to the U.S. for money alone. However, over time they come to see this is not "cargo" but people they identify with. Their problems, dreams, and stories are important and universal in a way that Charlie and Denice never suspected. This novel s a rarely available perspective on immigration from the participants point of view, complete with the palpable danger always present from other smugglers and the powerful U.S. Border Patrol.