"In 1899, Frank Adams, a cowboy from Pincher Creek, joins the Canadian Mounted Rifles and sets out to defend the Empire in South Africa. There, against a landscape of extremes, Frank forms intense bonds with Ovide Smith, a reluctant soldier from the Alberta plains, and Jeff Davis, son of a Blood Indian determined to prove himself in a white man's war. This is a deeply satisfying novel, marked by the complexities of its plot, the subtleties of its relationships, and the scale of its terrain."--Publisher.

Maps on endpapers.