Years of crisscrossing Central Texas yielded only extreme poverty, racism, and incomprehensible hardships for Marcelino and his wife, Maria. When Maria developed telekinesis, the women of the town suspected her of being a sorceress, and hired a Comanche witch to "fix" Maria. A crowded churchyard provided the setting for a confrontation that triggered Maria's madness. Her escalating violent behavior soon singled out her newborn son. What she planned for her children was genuine insanity.
