Work of Wolves

This story of a horse trainer and a rich man's wife is "e;a gorgeously written, exacting exploration of duty and retribution set in dusty rural South Dakota"e; (Publishers Weekly). When fourteen-year-old Carson Fielding bought his first horse from Magnus Yarborough, it became clear the teenager was a better judge of horses than the rich landowner was of humans. Years later, Carson now a skilled and respected horse trainer grudgingly agrees to train Magnus's horses and teach his wife to ride. But as Carson becomes disaffected with the power-hungry Magnus, he also grows more and more attracted to the rancher's wife, and their relationship sets off a violent chain of events that unsettles their quiet town in South Dakota. Thrown into the drama are Earl Walks Alone, a Lakota trying to study his way out of the reservation and into college, and Willi, a German exchange student confronting his family's troubled history. Described by Howard Frank Mosher as "e;the best western-based fiction I've read since Lonesome Dove and Plainsong,"e; this "e;compelling"e; story of love and hatred by the author of Twisted Tree offers "e;fine characterizations, crisp dialogue and fully realized sense of place"e; (The Denver Post). "e;Kent Meyers's new novel is the kind of book that demands and rewards fierce loyalty. . . . I instantly fell under its spell."e; The Christian Science Monitor