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by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
From the award-winning author of Winter Counts comes a new thriller about life—and death—on the Rosebud Indian Reservation.
Virgil Wounded Horse is desperately trying to escape his past as a hired vigilante on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. But when a legendary figure from the reservation is murdered, he's forced to return to the job. Making matters more complicated, threats are coming from the Pine Ridge 705—a street gang from a neighboring reservation who want to expand their reach into Rosebud—and Mitch Gagnon, a shady politician who will stop at nothing to gain more power.
With a heated tribal council election looming, as well as new revelations regarding past injustices at the local Native boarding school, the stakes grow even higher. Will Virgil find the justice he's seeking before it's too late?
David Heska Wanbli Weiden, whose writing "melds the gritty realism of Dashiell Hammett with the lyricism of Tommy Orange" (O, The Oprah Magazine),once again brings us a tour de force of crime fiction—and an expansive look at Native American life in a shifting world.
"Wisdom Corner is a raw yet moving journey as we follow one good man trying to do one good thing. A tour de force!" —S.A. Cosby, author of King of Ashes
"Although David Heska Wanbli Weiden's brilliant second novel is a mystery, like all great stories it spreads its wings and soars over so much important territory. Virgil Wounded Horse, Weiden's flawed protagonist with his eye always on justice, is at the center of Wisdom Corner. Through his perceptions, readers see the struggle of life on the Rosebud Reservation. Generational trauma, the spiderweb of legal jurisdictions, the insidious legacy of prejudice, all play a role in this riveting thriller that will surprise you to the very end. If you want the real picture of what it is to be Native American today, read David Weiden. It's a rare ability to entertain and enlighten at the same time, and Weiden is a master at it." —William Kent Krueger, author of Apostle's Cove
"The shocks keep coming in Wisdom Corner—David Weiden's rocketing new crime thriller! The heroic yet humble reservation enforcer, Virgil Wounded Horse, returns in this intense follow-up to Weiden's triumphant debut. I was riveted by the twisty plot, flying through pages to uncover the mystery behind violent horrors threatening Virgil's community. A propulsive ride from start to finish!" —Mona Susan Power, author of A Council of Dolls
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David Heska Wanbli Weiden, an enrolled citizen of the Sicangu Lakota nation, is the author of Winter Counts, which won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel and the Thriller Award for Best First Novel, and was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel. He received the PEN America Writing for Justice Fellowship and is the recipient of fellowships and residencies from MacDowell, Sewanee, and Tin House. A professor of English and Native American and Indigenous Studies at Stony Brook University, he lives in New York and Colorado with his family.
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