The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On

'The Desire of the Moth' is a novel written by Eugene Manlove Rhodes. The story begins while John Wesley Pringle is on a leisurely ride from Prescott to the Rio Grande. As he traverses through the landscape, he takes in the view of the desert, the distant San Mateo and Magdalena mountains, and the Mesilla Valley below, with Las Uvas and its lush greenery. The vast unknown land before him gives the impression of an infinite ocean rushing towards him.