21st in the series, and action-packed as always. Box wastes no time dropping Joe Pickett in trouble - even a reader who had never heard of Joe Pickett before would know within a few pages exactly what's going to happen. That' said, it's still a fun read watching Joe get out of his predicament. Box paints the scenery so well you can smell the pine trees, you can see the action unfolding before you. But I've read this plot before - it's got to be at least the 3rd or 4th time Joe gets stranded in the wilderness, hunted by sociopathic men and stuck with a semi-helpless dunce. There's several long harangues about the evils of social media, to which Joe, who doesn't use it, can contribute nothing. In fact Joe doesn't get to say a lot except his signature "real Western" line. Nate is back with an interesting subplot which I would have liked to know more about (but I also would have liked Box to tone down that villain a bit). Loved the ending. A few novels back, I was wondering if Box is going to phase out Joe and let Sheridan start to shine and with the ending of this one that is really starting to make me curious.
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