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By Patrick Dearen

               ***WINNER of 5 AWARDS, together with THE SPUR AWARD***
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Will Brite is a cut down 5 cowboy operating within the center Concho sector of Texas within the iciness of 1884 while a snowfall descends upon him--the likes of which he hasn't ever obvious. Trapped below his horse and entangled in a barbed twine fence, Will reveals an unforeseen (and unwelcome) savior within the type of Zeke Boles, a former slave at the run from a bloody, guilt-filled past.

In Zeke's darkish positive aspects Will sees a mirrored image of the haunting stories he has been attempting to break out for therefore lengthy, yet he reluctantly deals him protect for the evening on the scale down 5 camp. Little does he recognize that their lives could be inexorably associated within the spring of '85 via what is going to be probably the most brutal roundups of the 19th century.

Follow Will, Zeke, and the remainder of the lower Fives as they journey via West Texas looking for stray farm animals in an unforgettable story of affection, redemption, and precise grit.

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