The Adventures of Paleta Man: Tower of Skulls

By Paul Ramirez

By day, Esteban Ruiz pushes his paleta cart down Flor Street, calling out flavors to the neighborhood kids who love him. By night, he's something else entirely - a guardian whose family paletas carry real magic, passed down through generations to protect the barrio from the dark.

But an ancient evil is stirring. Tezcacoatl, the sorcerer Esteban thought he'd defeated for good, is clawing his way back through a forgotten tower buried deep in Mexico - and he believes Esteban holds the key to unleashing it fully.

With his grandmother's cryptic warnings, a crew of ghost luchadores, and two best friends with wild gifts of their own - Selena, whose paintings leap off the wall and come alive, and Lalo, a gadget-obsessed inventor whose inventions mostly work - Esteban sets off on a journey across the border and into legend. Together they'll cross a bus that isn't quite in this world, ride a mural come to life, and descend into the heart of the Tower of Skulls itself, where an army of shadows waits.

Because if the tower rises, it won't just be Flor Street in danger. It'll be everything.

Funny, heartfelt, and bursting with heart, family, and Mexican folklore, Tower of Skulls is a love letter to the neighborhood heroes who protect us in ways we never see - and a reminder that the sweetest magic of all is a kind heart.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HHYSS6PF
• ISBN13: 9798170088041
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"