Wow what a messed up book
A corrupt ex cop Micah Slow Bear, who is a one armed Indian gets on the wrong side of the head of the reservation and casino and is given a mission to uncover the dirty dealings of another former reservation Indian.
Slow bear is not the brightest Indian but has a bad habit of not dying while everyone around him does.
His sort of girlfriend gets kidnapped and sold into sex slavery and he spends the rest of the book trying to find her. Lots of violence lots of dark humor. ( )

Smith is definitely back on form with this short book--but WARNING, for those easily upset--this is clearly just the first part of the story. Still, it is the type of nonstop violence, with a great setting (North Dakota this time), that has been the hallmark of Smith's other great books. Slow Bear, the one-armed Indian protagonist (don't call him a hero, not yet at least), is a mess of strengths, weaknesses, and emotions. Someone has taken his woman--or maybe she was on his way to becoming his woman--and he wants her back. But the path leads through a bunch of folks who value human life about as much as insect life. I can't wait to see where this one goes. Highly recommended! ( )