The Sorrow Hand: 1 (Nick Drake Novel)

For Vietnam veteran turned wildlife ranger Nick Drake the war at home proves just as deadly. A contemporary western thriller. Harney County Oregon 1968: Nick Drake has a chest full of medals and enough demons to fill a duffle bag. Hes 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 girls body ritually placed in a gully. Her murder is only the beginning and Drake must face humanitys heart of darkness once again if hes to stop a killer from turning even more gullies into graves. What readers are saying: ★★★★★ Fits right alongside Craig Johnson C.J. Box and Nevada Barr. ★★★★★ Im a huge fan of contemporary westerns married with a mystery. This nails it. ★★★★★ Nick Drake is wonderfully complex. His backstory in Vietnam is beautifully (and horrifically) described. ★★★★★ The supporting characters feel so real. The old lawman Deputy 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. An amazing read. ★★★★★ Smart thrilling and action-packed. ★★★★★ The prose crackles like the high desert setting. ★★★★★ The descriptions of the natural surroundings put me right there. I could touch smell and hear it.