The Santana March

The fifth book by V.M. Straka, published around 1920. Benno Fontana and Otto Grahn prepared a film adaptation of the book but received harsh criticism from Straka and, as a result, none of his books were ever adapted.

Contents
It talks about the man's struggle against the vicissitutes of capitalism and exploitation by other humans.

The protagonist is Jack Frost who receives material rewards but also physical injury, public scorn, unjut imprisonment and alienation from friends and family. He is plagued by fatalism about the prospects of his shallow corrupt culture, which is so much bigger than himself, in which affecting any change is futile. He makes an expedition to a dangerous mountain terrain and finds a form of redemption. All the book takes place in a desert. the book also features ruined maps and a ruined compass.