Inspired by his late father's antique pistol, author, urbanite, firearm novice (and skeptic) Eli Gottlieb traveled through Colorado to figure out why guns still hold such fascination.

Marrying into the American West that occupied my dreams as a child.

Listen to a message from the author about the novel and hear an audio reading of the first five chapters of this beautifully wrought portrait of childhood friendship, lust, murder, and the way our tenuous loves direct the course of our lives.

An impending visit by elderly parents provokes a chain of volatile memories.