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Reviewed by Asher Syed for Readers' Favorite
El Señor by David Wall follows Ivan, a former construction supervisor and fruitless filmmaker, whose ordinary life ends when he shelters his coworker, Clemente. Clemente’s daughter has been taken, and those connected to a cartel leader named El Chon are on the hunt for him. Ivan agrees to help Clemente escape, carrying a camera as events unfold across deserts, borderlands, and remote mountain regions. As they flee south, deaths occur in ways that defy explanation, communities respond to ancient signs, and someone named El Señor, a figure believed to have once ruled and abandoned the same system now pursuing them, is shockingly identified. Ivan becomes the recorder of a widening campaign that draws in indigenous fighters, criminal forces, and natural events that shape the path ahead.
El Señor by David Wall is a unique supernatural fantasy thriller, and Wall does a killer job—bad pun regretfully intended—in building up a melting pot that mixes otherworldly forces into a violent, contemporary setting. I love that the former are conjured up organically through scenes where storms interrupt gunfire and animals inexplicably act like agents. Wall deftly puts all this into landscapes that are gorgeous in their ruggedness and fully realized, from poppy fields burning along the rim of the Barranca del Sinforosa, to isolated ranches reached only by switchback trails, and windmills drawing water from dry ground. Indigenous Tarahumara culture is portrayed with respect, and never once does Wall use the Rarámuri as props. Overall, this is a fast-paced and brilliant novel, with a satisfying ending that leaves the door open for more. Very highly recommended.
