Living alone with his dog in the remote cabin in the woods, Julius Winsome is not unlike the barren winter lands that he inhabits: remote, vacant, inscrutable But when his dog Hobbes is killed by hunters, their carelessnessor is it cruelty?sets Julius's precarious mindset on end He is at once more alone than he has ever been; he was at first with ожэцд his father, until he died; then with Claire, until she disappeared with another man into a more normal life in town; and then with Hobbes, who eased the sorrow of Claire's departure Now Hobbes is gone Julius is left with what his father left behind: the cabin that he was raised in; a lifetime of books, lining every wall of his home, which have been Julius's lifelong friends and confidantes; and his great-grandfather's rifle from World War I, which Julius had been trained to shoot with uncanny skill and with the utmost reluctance But with the death of his dog, Julius's reluctance has reached its end More and more, simply and furtively, it is revenge that is creeping into his mind Fresh snow is on the ground as the hunters lumber into his sights They're well within the old gun's range They pause, and they're locked into the crosshairs Julius's finger traces the trigger Will he pull it? And what will that accomplish? What if he simply has nothing left to lose?.  Редакторы:2006 г Твердый переплет, 224 стр ISBN 158567849X.