In "Ancestors," Hawkins, a man adrift, finds himself in a Native American homeland called Chaco Canyon. “A stageful of sharply etched characters . . . but no one is what he appears to be. Even a posthumous retrospective exhibit devoted to a critically acclaimed local artist seems to be fraudulent, except for one painting: The Ghost Dance, which portrays the tormented townspeople “trying to dance flesh into spirit, Swan (Carnival for the Gods) has an acute eye and writes with strength.” —Publisher's Weekly on Ghost Dance "Ancestors" completes Gladys Swan’s Southwestern trilogy, following "Ghost Dance" and "A Dark Gamble," novels also available from Serving House Books.