Green Apple Books keeps their perfect record with great staff recommendations. I stepped into the bookstore a couple weeks ago and saw this book on their recommended shelf and took it home. I love westerns, and I particularly like the time and setting of this book (similar to my favorite movie "The Wild Bunch") where the characters are right on the cusp of history changing. The book is set in 1916 and the main characters are soldier/cowboys searching for Pancho Villa. So they are true cowboys, on horseback, sleeping under the stars, tracking down bandits and carrying revolvers. At the same time, people have now begun driving cars, a plane helps them track Villa, and World War I has just begun. The characters are the last in a line of horse soldiers. The settings are vivid, the story is great, but stark, with all the violence in full display. It reminds me a bit in tone of "Blood Meridien" but it's simpler and more straightforward. If you've got no interest in westerns, it's probably not the right book, but if you've got any interest, this is a great book.