Summer of '92. The Rodney King riots are over in L.A. and the rebuilding has begun. The President is about to make a visit to observe the progress (and to pick up a few political points), and the People's Triumphant Army (PTA), a ragtag group of homegrown terrorists led by former fashion model, Wanda Blade, will be waiting. Throw in a Mexican Coyote, a crooked INS officer, a housepainter with a frightening vision and an acrophobic Secret-Service agent and you get just a hint of the darkly funny antics of Shocks and Bar-B-Q, the latest novel from the author of Animal Rites.