Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place> when she was young. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village--they've all gone north. While watching <i>The Magnificent Seven, </i>Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men--her own "Siete Magníficos"--to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over. <br><br>Filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun, <em>Into the Beautiful North</em> is the story of an irresistible young woman's quest to find herself on both sides of the fence.