Wisdom Corner by David Heska Wanbli Weiden (2026), 320 pages
Somehow it missed me (and several
others) that this is actually Book 2 in the Virgil Wounded Horse series. So, as
I will be doing that shortly - go read Winter Counts first.
Virgil Wounded Horse is a
former enforcer/vigilante for hire on the Rosebud Reservation where he resides.
He is trying to shake that lifestyle, but a murder on the Reservation and
potential gang activity from the neighboring Pine Ridge Reservation are pulling
him back in.
Overall, I enjoyed the book. It
is touted as a thriller, but the pacing does not lend it to that. It more of a
slow burn. Weiden does an excellent job of portraying current Native life on a
Reservation, but sometimes bogs the story down with too many side-details and
historical notes. I find these details very interesting, but others will find
them distracting. As always, though, I will forever feel angry for how Native
Americans were/are treated on their own land.
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