New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series by this award-winning author, introducing Mercy Gunderson, "a straight shooter with a hard edge. On medical leave from the army, she returns home to South Dakota, which isn't much safer for her than Iraq. Arriving just after the death of her father, it is up to Mercy to decide what to do with the family ranch and try to deal with her irresponsible sister and nephew. Feeling guilty that she didn't make it home soon enough to see her father one last time, Mercy is suddenly pulled into the local community when the body of an Indian boy is found on her land." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 305 pp. ISBN: 978-1416590958.