num_pages: 54
description: An American Indian womans past and future collide in unthinkable ways in this richly imagined short story of deep secrets and Lovecraftian horrors by a New York Times bestselling author.Millie Two Bears lives alone in a trailer in the heart of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana. Since her husband went to jail shes been on the outs with the reservation. And its not just people she has to contend with. Now the prairie dogs are moving in on her patch of land. When a strange woman comes into Millies life and Millies rodent war escalates a fateful confrontation with vengeance secrets and survival is just underfoot.Stephen Graham Joness The Backbone of the World is part of Trespass a collection of wild stories about animal instincts human folly and survival from award-winning bestselling authors. Read or listen to each in a single sitting.
language: English
title: The Backbone of the World
publisher: Amazon Original Stories