This is the story that began it all: the first novel that is mostly biographical. A Rogue, a descendant from the Southcoast Natives that taught then Lieutenant Phil Sheridan how ruthless he must be to fight Indians if he wanted to win, Jay Shoulders again disappears after befriending a petty drug dealer. A former Vietnam sniper, Shoulders is finally located-and CCCP Special Squads discover what Sheridan learned: a Rogue is best left alone, when he has returned to being a part of the natural world.
Born in Indiana in 1946, Homer Kizer graduated from a small, Oregon coast high school, and entered Willamette University at sixteen. He was declared an emancipated minor during that school year. He transferred the following year to Oregon Tech where he entered the Gunsmithing program in 1964; he opened a gunshop near Siletz, Oregon, in 1967, relocated to Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula in 1974, and began writing fulltime in 1979. Kizer has a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from University of Alaska Fairbanks, with post graduate work in English and Art at Idaho State University.