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"Winter Counts is a marvel. It's a thriller with a beating heart and jagged teeth. This book is a brilliant meditation on power and violence, and a testament to just how much a crime novel can achieve. Weiden is a powerful new voice. I couldn't put it down."
--Tommy Orange, author of There There
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A groundbreaking thriller about a vigilante on a Native American reservation who embarks on a dangerous mission to track down the source of a heroin influx.
Virgil Wounded Horse is the local enforcer on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. When justice is denied by the American legal system or the tribal council, Virgil is hired to deliver his own punishment, the kind that's hard to forget. But when heroin makes its way into the reservation and finds Virgil's nephew, his vigilantism suddenly becomes personal. He enlists the help of his ex-girlfriend and sets out to learn where the drugs are coming from, and how to make them stop.
They follow a lead to Denver and find that drug cartels are rapidly expanding and forming new and terrifying alliances. And back on the reservation, a new tribal council initiative raises uncomfortable questions about money and power. As Virgil starts to link the pieces together, he must face his own demons and reclaim his Native identity. He realizes that being a Native American in the twenty-first century comes at an incredible cost.
Winter Counts is a tour-de-force of crime fiction, a bracingly honest look at a long-ignored part of American life, and a twisting, turning story that's as deeply rendered as it is thrilling.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Weiden, David Heska Wanbli
- ISBN: 9780062968951
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.00 x 0.90
- Number Of Pages: 352
- Publication Year: 2021
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Thrilling & Informative
Megan B. - 6 years agoVirgil Wounded Horse is a vigilante on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. When justice fails, Virgil is there to take care of sexual predators, murders, and other violent criminals. When the nephew in his care almost overdoses on heroin, Virgil is obligated to seek out the people responsible. I especially welcomed the learning my own brain endured—I’ve known for many years that the Native population endured horrible treatment by America, but just to what extent was new to me. My heart hurts for the people that still get treated like they are less. This was just as much informative as it was thrilling.