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Will and Billy, half‑Cherokee ranchers living on the border of New Mexico, stumble upon a dead body and a suitcase brimming with nearly a million dollars. Faced with the temptation of the money, they must decide what to do next. Their choices set off a tense chain of events—drug traffic, betrayal, and mounting peril—that compels them to confront not only external threats but also the weight of their own moral decisions.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Louis Owens
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