The horse brayed and reared. For a moment, Joe saw mount and rider looming over him, an enormous shadow against night-dark clouds. The whip fell again. The horse pawed the air, then leaped forward with a grunt. Joe recoiled in terror. He heard, then felt a bone-crunching snap. And screamed. His leg. Intolerable pain engulfed him like a black avalanche. He tried to grab something, roll away. His fingers closed on ooze and shattered ice. The horse reared again, fighting rein and whip. Hooves plunged down, flashing past Joe's face, crushing his ribs with a sound like dry wood splintering. Joe's last scream was muffled by mud and honky-tonk music. And the piano played on.
- ISBN10 1590580729
- ISBN13 9781590580721
- Publish Date 1 September 2003
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 September 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Poisoned Pen Press
- Edition United States ed
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 420
- Language English