A dramatic novel of love, family, and changing cultures along Montana's rugged Rocky Mountain Front. The novel lyrically weaves the protagonist's journey through women, children, horses, and Indian spirituality, culminating in a thrilling cross-country horse race. Gustafson's beautifully crafted writing limns the intense and complex interactions between men and women, fathers and daughters, Native Americans and whites, and animals and nature. His storytelling and language is full of rhythm and surprise. Gustafson is a Montana veterinarian who has written a previous novel (Prisoners of Flight) and a guidebook (Field Care for the Active Dog).