J. Jones has worked in places as hot as the broiling New Mexico desert depicted in Ghost of the Gray and as remote as the frigid Arctic Circle in his environmental thriller Crack in the Red Ice. His background provides a foundation for characters, locations, and plots that are inspired by faith and family. When he’s not writing, he can be found working around the house or walking in the very deserts described in Ghost of the Gray where cactus, rocks, and rattlesnakes rule.