When Miguel nearly runs over the Lord in his pickup truck and sees him again driving a bus, he is told to "Go" but isn't told where he is to go to. His encounters with the Lord send him on a memorable journey from the fertile coastal valleys of California to the untamed Mexican deserts and sprawling beaches of his home state of Michoacan. Along the way he comes across the great Mexican pitcher, Fernando Valenzuela, an old rancher, a former president of the United States, the ghost of Pancho Villa, and others who help him unravel truths, to find peace and to discover the meaning of friendship, love and faith."