Amid the magnificent desolation of the American Southwest ran a river of hope, bringing life to the desert, and pioneers to a forbidding land. They gathered on the banks of the Purgatory...wandering souls on the run from the past...or in search of the future: Hernan Eduardo and his sister Elena, posing as husband and wife to hide her shame; Aaron, who has fled from danger his whole life, and who now would have to summon the courage to stand up for his rights; and Talks To Ghosts, a native on a vision quest, about to discover the tragic fate of his people. They joined in love and violence along the waters of the Purgatory...
