{"product_id":"the-sorrow-hand","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","brand":"Dwight Holing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51942324109543,"sku":"9780999146859","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_5fd9d371-9175-4818-b552-d5a264b70335.jpg?v=1775250377","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-sorrow-hand","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}