She is a go-between for many groups, including gangs and cartels. She lives in a restored, four-story brownstone in Hastings, which doubles as the Peña Caridad, a bar and music venue, popular gathering place for a wide range of inks. Meche is an affluent, green-tatted, Cuban-born immigrant. There are other prominent characters, at least one of which I wish had been another narrator. The story is told in alternating first-person accounts by four people: Finn, an American journalist in the fictional big city of Hastings Mari, a blue-tatted citizen, born in Guatemala, brought to the US as a child by her American father Del, a sometimes carpet-layer, sometimes artist, married to Finn's sister Abbie, a teenage computer whiz in the small town of Smithville. There are some undocumented who wear unauthorized or fake tattoos in order to find work. There are variations of tattoo colors, signifying different levels of immigration status, from newly arrived undocumented workers (black), to those granted permanent residency (green), to citizens of mixed heritage (blue), whether or not they were born in the US. The title refers to the tattoos imposed on immigrants, as well as being a nickname for the people themselves. At the same time, it can also be viewed from the historical perspective of different countries in different eras Germany in the 1930s, various periods of US history, or any number of other countries during civil wars and political unrest, including the author's ancestral home of Turkey.
Here at the end of 2018, after finishing the new edition of Ink from Rosarium Publishing, I'd say it's like reading tomorrow's headlines.
Following the original publication from Apex Books in 2012, the author said she was met with a lot of skepticism, that some considered her scenario too far-fetched.
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