In the fall of 2000, two adolescent boys, Doroteo and Augustin, set out across the sun-scorched land of the Chihuahuan Desert in search of a legend-Pancho Villa's lost treasure, a fortune whispered through generations told to them by their grandmother. Said to reveal itself only to those in true need, the treasure becomes more than a myth-it's their last hope to keep the Reyes family from being split across two countries.
Their quest unfolds alongside the epic tales of General Pancho Villa and Jos Marcos, a brave Yoeme native, as both men navigate the chaos of the Mexican Revolution and the fading of the old world. Past and present collide as the boys race against time-one soon bound for Texas with his father, the other left behind in Mexico. But if they're bold enough, and lucky enough, to find the treasure, they just might rewrite their future.