A rugged, lean and mean piece of work by the always reliable
[to my mind, at least] Mr. Steve Frazee.
The author often does seriocomic picaresque tales, this ain’t
one of them. The tale opens with this
bit of bleakness
“The boy walked out of
the wilderness in the late summer of 1855, carrying the sun-blackened remains
of a jack rabbit he had been eating on for two days. He had been alone in there
for ten days.
Behind him he had left three graves. With him always was the memory of a family named Snelling, that he would one day hunt down and destroy - slowly, terribly.”
Behind him he had left three graves. With him always was the memory of a family named Snelling, that he would one day hunt down and destroy - slowly, terribly.”
I shall give away no further particulars so that the author’s work can speak for itself.
The novel has grimness on its surface, but there is also much heart at its
core.
An exceptional work.