I'd Never Believed In Luck.

Practically Any Western Has A Homesteader In Trouble, And A Mysterious Rider Shows Up Off The Range, Solves The Problem Over Two Or Three Days, And Then Rides Off Into The Sunset.

Evaluate. Long Experience Had Taught Me To Evaluate And Assess. When The Unexpected Gets Dumped On You, Don’t Waste Time. Don’t Figure Out How Or Why It Happened. Don’t Recriminate. Don’t Figure Out Whose Fault It Is. Don’t Work Out How To Avoid The Same Mistake Next Time. All Of That You Do Later. If You Survive.

I Felt Alienated By The Experience And Decided To Stay Away From Corporate Employment.

Everything You Could Want - Action, Suspense, Character And Setting, All Floating On The Easy Lyricism Of A Fine Writer At The Top Of His Game.

Lone Women Shouldn't Stop In The Middle Of Nowhere For Giant Unkempt Strangers With Duct Tape On Their Faces.