A few weeks ago, I mentioned the forthcoming book from N. D. Wilson, Outlaws of Time.  Wilson recently posted some backstory to the new endeavor, setting it in the context of his attempt to embrace more of the “myth of America.”  For this novel, he turns his pen to the Southwest:

As I set out to write a superhero origin story—a genre with deep Jewish roots in the Old Testament judges and prophets, the same roots that power classic “lonely lawdog” westerns—I knew this wouldn’t be a story on the prairie (I’ve done Kansas, after all). I wanted to introduce the atmosphere of a mythical and legendary Southwest to the imaginations of contemporary kids around the world. Trains and outlaws and San Fran and Tombstone and Earps and Navajo and empty cliff cities to remind us all of civilizations and histories that predate the white faces.

You can read more about Wilson’s “origin story” thoughts here.  And here’s the “book trailer” for Outlaws of Time:

Outlaws of Time drops April 19.