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and landscapes bring vibrancy and warmth to this powerful story

twelve-year-old nephew Zeus

Winter Counts fiction lushly imagined prose"Winter Counts is both a propulsive crime novel and a wonderfully informative book. David Heska Wanbli Weiden has written the first of what I hope is a series of books about life on Rosebud Reservation. Virgil Wounded Horse, his nephew Nathan, and Marie Short Bear are more than characters; they brim with intrigue and authentic life." Louise Erdrich "Winter Counts is a marvel. It's a thriller with a beating heart and jagged teeth. This book is a