An illustrated Mojave trilogy

Tina the Tarantula

Tina the Tarantula leaves the only home she has known — and learns that the desert’s hardest paths can still lead toward hope.

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Tina the tarantula with Jasper the tortoise and Roxanne the iguana in a Mojave desert landscape

The books

Books 1 and 2 are ready now. Book 3 — Renewal Comes to the Mesa — arrives September 2026. Amazon buy links will appear on each book page once listings go live.

Book 1

Tina the Tarantula

Tina feels the desert’s suffering as keenly as its beauty. With Roxanne, she leaves the Creosote Wash for a dangerous crossing of the Mojave toward the Mountain of Three Peaks.

Book 2

Camp Mindfulness

Home is hard-won — and not the end of the journey. From the wisdom of their journey, Tina and Roxanne build Camp Mindfulness: a place of togetherness and refuge, where creatures learn the true meaning of survival.

Book 3 · September 2026

Renewal Comes to the Mesa

The desert begins to heal. Pinyons grow. The Navo family travels toward the sacred site — and Tina walks the trail with her companions.

Book 3 scene: the Navo family travels toward the sacred site and a stand of pinyon pines, with Tina and companions on the trail. Art by Tad Richard Garrety.

Book 3 preview · Coming September 2026

Renewal Comes to the Mesa

A first look at the journey ahead — the Navo family on the trail toward the sacred site, where the ancient pinyon stands among new growth, and Tina walks the path with her companions.

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Trailers

See the Mojave journey in motion — narrated trailers for Books 1 and 2.

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Desert creatures making music together near canyon rock art