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Violence
Very heavy
Very strong; a serial killer's crimes are described; extended combat and violence in brutal winter conditions; Longmire is severely injured
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild
Substance Use
Some
Moderate; survival conditions; Longmire's physical and psychological deterioration
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Very strong; Dante's Inferno as parallel; what a man's character is when tested beyond endurance; visions and hallucinations during hypothermia; guilt and survival
What this book is about
The seventh Longmire novel and one of the most acclaimed in the series: Walt Longmire pursues a serial killer into the Big Horn Mountains during a catastrophic blizzard, cut off from backup, increasingly injured, and haunted by visions. Craig Johnson draws on Dante's Inferno as a structural blueprint and produces something that feels more like a survival novel than a mystery — a test of who Longmire is at his core when stripped of everything and everyone.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Graphic violence from a serial killer
Extended survival violence in extreme conditions
Protagonist severely injured and near death
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