Theft (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781582438191)

A master wildlife tracker's life is thrown into upheaval when she is tapped to hunt not the animals of America's Southwestern terrain, but her own troubled brother.

Willa Robbins is a master tracker working to reintroduce the Mexican wolf, North America's most endangered mammal, to the American Southwest. But when Colorado police recruit her to find her own brother, Zeb, a confessed murderer, she knows skill alone will not sustain her. Willa is thrown back into the past, surfacing memories of a childhood full of intense love, desperate mistakes, and gentle remorse. Trekking through exquisite New Mexico and Colorado landscapes, with Zeb two steps ahead and the police two steps behind, Willa must wrangle her desire to reunite with her brother and her own guilt about their violent past.

In this remarkable debut, Loren's lyrical prose gives voice to the wildlife and land surrounding these beautifully flawed characters, breathing life into the southwestern terrain. Within this treacherous and mesmerizing landscape, Theft illustrates the struggle to piece together the fragile traces of what has been left behind, allowing for new choices to take shape. This is a story about family, about loss, and about a search for answers.

Author: Bk Loren
ISBN-10: 1582438196
ISBN-13: 9781582438191
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2012
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist
Award: Reading the West - Winner
Award: WILLA Literary Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2012