His eyes dragged closed and he tried to let his body go loose and
limp. Tightening up against pain was the worst thing you could do. If you could
go loose, completely and absolutely loose, the body would float away from the
mind where the pain was held, and the pain wouldn't be so bad. A gray-haired
old private first class, a man whose past owners had not always been
considerate, taught Leon that a very long time ago and the advice had been
proven sound.
A simple Western tale of a black soldier cashiered out of the cavalry
who heads to Arizona to work his own land. The town simply does not want a
black man around.
On one hand this is a simple, straight-forward story and in the end no
surprises but…be damned if this thing did not have heart to burn. While
“simple” it is never really that—there are a few characters that I would love
to know in real life. A heart-breaker.
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