Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire doesn't have time for cowboys and criminals. His daughter, Cady, is getting married in two weeks, and the wedding locale arrangements have just gone up in smoke signals. Fearing Cady's wrath, Walt and his old friend Henry Standing Bear set out for the Cheyenne Reservation to find a new site for the nuptials. But their expedition ends in horror as they witness a young Crow woman plummeting from Painted Warrior's majestic...

The horribly savaged body of a once-beautiful Vegas showgirl is discovered in the desert not far from the world-famous Strip, plunging Detective Sergeant Romulus Poe into the heart of a bizarre, full moon-soaked mystery that could cost him everything he holds dear in life, including his sanity.

With stories as rich as the Great Plains soil, Dakota Land takes you back to the days when Native Americans still wandered freely, sod-busters struggled to survive, and dust storms and the Great Depression did their best to destroy all signs of progress and prosperity on an untamed land. You will laugh, you will cry, and you will never forget the people who made the Dakotas great.