In 1996, on the publication of The Journal of Antonio Montoya, Tony Hillerman called Rick Collignon a "talented new writer with original ideas." Rudolfo Anaya praised his "haunting storytelling" and his "gifted style." And The New York Times Book Review described his second book, Perdido (1997), as "a novel that captivates and surprises all the way to its chilling end."

Now, translated into ten languages, these "Guadalupe novels" continue to be read around the world.

With A Santo in the Image of Cristóbal García, the eagerly awaited final installment in his trilogy, Collignon brings us the entire saga of the magical village of Guadalupe, New Mexico—from the long-ago winter when it was established by a solitary madman making tiny houses in the snow, to the moment when it is inexplicably set afire.

Flavio Montoya returns as the aged scion of his family, still tending his dead sister's fields and wondering how all of his family could have died before him. When the villagers accuse him of starting the fire, it becomes one more mystery that the simple Flavio must fold into his life, though he cannot quite understand it.

A Santo in the Image of Cristóbal García is a beautiful, funny, and even epic story of how all history is finally personal.