This was a very enjoyable book. It felt rushed at the end and at only 246 pages I don't think there would have been any complaints about a few more chapters. Set just before the Dust Bowl days when threshing operations traveled throughout wheat country helping farmers bring in the harvest the government had promoted, the story's main character is Charlie Krueger. A North Dakota farm boy with plenty of reasons to leave town, he does just that one night and stumbles across a serial killer with a self-appointed mission to cleanse the land with blood. Charlie finds a new life and a new name traveling with a unique group of people.
Charlie and his friends were likable and I appreciated how they approached and adapted to situations instead of wasting time with disbelief or arguments. No doubt that helped the story move along as quickly as it did.
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