twelve-year-old nephew Zeus

lushly imagined prose

It tells the story of twelve characters

stand-alone musings into a memoir that stares down colonialism while chastising hipsters for abusing pumpkin spice

and traveling to faraway places

Winter Counts fiction twelve-year-old nephew Zeus"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