Once the leash is severed by a young tribal-lone-wolf, his patterned-yet-unplanned existence cycles outward in widening spirals of self-induced disaster, short-lived redemption, and general calamity. Roberto Preza's bold-yet-self-dreprecating narration guides the reader through the reckless life and adventures of his first twenty years as a tribal lone wolf in El Salvador and California, with multiple sojourns in and journeys through Guatemala and Mexico, first as part of a Tom-and-Huck runaway duo and later on solo treks.