For Vietnam veteran turned wildlife ranger Nick Drake, the war at home proves just as deadly. Harney County, Oregon, 1968: Nick Drake has a boxful of medals and enough demons to fill a duffle bag. He's been trained to kill, but never retrained to rejoin society. Nick flees to the high lonesome in search of redemption and takes a job patrolling wildlife refuges where the only conflicts are keeping out stray cows and ticketing poachers. But then he stumbles across a girl's body ritually placed in a gully. Her murder is only the beginning, and Nick must face humanity's heart of darkness once again if he's to stop a killer from turning even more gullies into graves. What readers are saying: Nick Drake is wonderfully complex. His backstory is beautifully (and horrifically) described. The old lawman, Pudge Warbler, is as flinty and resolute as his pitiless territory. I absolutely loved the Native American character, her language and myths. Got it on Friday and finished it on Saturday. Smart, thrilling, and action-packed. The prose crackles like the high desert setting. The descriptions of the natural surroundings put me right there.
ASIN: 0999146858
VSKU: PKV.0999146858.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Holing, Dwight
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteed—but the story's all there!