New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2021) dj. Hardcover first edition - A prequel to the Cork O'Connor stories, set in Minnesota near the Boundary Waters. It is 1963 and Cork is 12 years old when he and a friend happen on the body hanging from a tree near the deserted logging camp of Lightning Strike. A story of a young boy on the verge of manhood, just beginning to understand his father, the sheriff of the town of Aurora, and the conflicts between the Anglos, and the Ojibwe and his own role as part of both cultures. 385 pp. ISBN: 978-1982128685.