The Witch of Sonora
Evil rides the borderlands—and it knows your name.
Haunted by a witch only he can see, a traumatized Comanche-Mexican border agent joins an elderly rancher who shelters trafficked girls to stop ritual murders tied to Palo Mayombe, facing cartel brutality, generational trauma, and spiritual warfare in the violent, unforgiving borderlands of West Texas.
Early Reviews for The Witch of Sonora
“Johnnie Bernhard reminds us that the battle between good and evil runs straight through the human heart and the Texas soil beneath it. The Witch of Sonora is a powerful story that lingers long after the final page.”
–Jerry Wayne Longmire Jr., host of The Reckon Yard Podcast and author of The Reckon Yard.
“Johnnie Bernhard steps into a gritty, hardscrabble, and unforgiving world in The Witch of Sonora, but she does it with the grace and dignity of a seasoned writer who knows how to traverse through the gray. What is right and what is wrong? It’s a balance of law, of spirit, of life in a border town where bullets fly and secrets haunt. A heartfelt and hard hitting novel.”
–Michael Farris Smith, author of Lay Your Armor Down and Desperation Road
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