{"product_id":"the-sorrow-hand-9780999146859","title":"The Sorrow Hand","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor Vietnam veteran turned wildlife ranger Nick Drake, the war at home proves just as deadly. A contemporary western thriller.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Harney County, Oregon, 1968: Nick Drake has a chest full of medals and enough demons to fill a duffle bag. He's been trained to kill, but never retrained to rejoin society. Drake flees to the lonesome high desert 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 Drake must face humanity's heart of darkness once again if he's to stop a killer from turning even more gullies into graves.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWhat readers are saying: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ★★★★★ \u003cem\u003eFits right alongside Craig Johnson, C.J. Box, and Nevada Barr.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ★★★★★ \u003cem\u003eI'm a huge fan of contemporary westerns married with a mystery. This nails it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ★★★★★ \u003cem\u003eNick Drake is wonderfully complex. His backstory in Vietnam is beautifully (and horrifically) described.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ★★★★★ \u003cem\u003eThe supporting characters feel so real. The old lawman, Deputy Pudge Warbler, is as flinty and resolute as his pitiless territory.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ★★★★★ \u003cem\u003eI absolutely loved the Native American character, her language and myths.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ★★★★★ \u003cem\u003eGot it on Friday and finished it on Saturday. An amazing read.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ★★★★★ \u003cem\u003eSmart, thrilling, and action-packed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ★★★★★ \u003cem\u003eThe prose crackles like the high desert setting.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ★★★★★ \u003cem\u003eThe descriptions of the natural surroundings put me right there. I could touch, smell, and hear it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoling, Dwight:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Dwight Holing lives and writes in California. His genre-spanning work includes novels, short fiction, and nonfiction. His mystery and suspense thriller series include The Nick Drake Novels and The Jack McCoul Capers. The stories in his collections of literary short fiction have won awards, including the Arts \u0026amp; Letters Prize for Fiction. He has written and edited numerous nonfiction books on nature travel and conservation. He is married to a kick-ass environmental advocate; they have a daughter and son, and a dog who'd rather swim than walk. Learn: dwightholing.com Follow: @DwightHoling Like: facebook.com\/dwight.holing","brand":"Dwight Holing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527484150034,"sku":"9780999146859","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3bab28f7-a24e-4502-aa96-7dca017ce404.jpg?v=1731303671","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sorrow-hand-9780999146859","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}