He battles with the basic concepts of right and wrong, good and evil, as his desire to rescue a horse that’s being beaten ends in murder. If it only ended there he could justify it, but Dell’s relatives are a vengeful lot. As Jim travels the roads of Colorado and New Mexico, engrossed in the wonders of nature and painting along the way, he tries to outrun the law and the bad guys. But maybe he’s the bad guy. “The story is at times suspenseful, at times melancholy, at times spiritual, but always engrossing.”