Brainteasers from the Mojave Desert is packed with puzzles tied to Mojave Desert lore in some way. As the book explores wacky and wonderful aspects of North America's driest desert, you'll be challenged to solve posers as diverse as the area's history. You will join prospectors, aerospace experts, rattlesnakes, Serrano Native Americans, and Las Vegas gamblers on head-scratching brainteasers.

Most of the puzzles are original brainteasers presented in the style of puzzle masters Sam Loyd and Henry Dudeney. A few are variations on classic conundrums inspired by the desert theme. They cover a wide spectrum of puzzle types: mazes, riddles, wordplay, rebuses, math, science, logic, lateral thinking, sequential movement, and pattern recognition. Hints provide readers with extra information and suggest approaches to conquer each challenge. As the puzzles get more difficult, the Answers section goes into more details and step-by-step solutions for those who want it.

You can treat the book as a travel guide to this unique corner of America, but the puzzles will cause you to stop and think. It has everything from tumbleweeds to test pilots.