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Spoiler: No happy ending here. This story was a little tough to read because the protagonist, while he shared many DF hero traits, he also suffered from depression and often shared his suicidal musings. How Gene Hawkins manages to track down three missing horses and then retrieve them was pretty cool. Lots of suspense involved in both retrievals. This was a reread and despite knowing the outcome I was worried about the time it was taking. Two negatives. I wasn’t happy about Walt. No details. I was disturbed by 39-year-old Gene’s attraction to barely eighteen Linnie. Here’s Gene’s description of her as she’s sleeping; her skin was close-textured like a baby’s and her face was that of a child. The woman inside was still a bud, with a long way to grow. Ick.