Winter Counts: A Novel

"On the surface, Winter Counts is a novel about a man making a living dishing out justice with his fists, in the name of people who can’t rely on the law to do so. However, right below its surface, it’s also a story about how the law has neglected all Native American reservations for decades, allowing awful crimes to go unpunished and marginalizing the people who live there. It also explores the way the opioid epidemic has affected Native American communities – in this case, the Sicangu Lakota living in the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Timely and smart, this is a powerful narrative about identity and heritage in a shifting world."