Paul Thomas, a man seeking a break from his troubled past, stumbles onto a beautiful young woman who has been severely beaten, near death. His attempt to help her threatens all the stability and control he is striving for as she learns she is a pawn in a desperate game played by shadowy forces. A father's lust for the vast mineral resources underlying Montana's Blackfeet Nation drives his son, her lover, to madness and malevolence. Becomes a Horseman is a vivid but harrowing triumph, a worthy sequel to Headwaters. Love, hate, and guilt are all present as the reader is transported to a gritty panorama of revenge and redemption. It is a story set in the magnificent splendor of northern Montana with the people of the Blackfeet Nation. nancyleonard.net