First Frost

Craig Johnson

eBook - 2024

The past and future collide in this gripping new addition to the beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series.It’s the summer of 1964, and recent college graduates Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear read the writing on the wall and enlist to serve in the Vietnam War. As they catch a few final waves in California before reporting for duty, a sudden storm assaults the shores and capsizes a nearby cargo boat. Walt and Henry jump to action, but it’s soon revealed by the police who greet them ashore that the sunken boat carried valuable contraband from underground sources.The boys, in their early twenties and in the peak of their physical prowess from playing college football for the last four years, head out on Route 66. The questi...on, of course, is how far they will get before the consequences of their actions catch up to them—the answer being, not very.Back in the present day, Walt is forced to speak before a Judge following the... more