This fair-condition '72 paperback is from the collection of my friend Marty.

It's a very unusual story, opening with a manhunt for a militant Native American who has kidnapped the 13-year-old son of a government official. News items and documents provide the background: Charles Hobuhet, fed up with the treatment of his people by the government, has renamed himself Katsuk, and claims that he's taken the boy as a sacrifice to repay the deaths of his people. We learn more from scenes of Katsuk (past and present) as he thinks about his situation, from the boy David, who finds himself - after his initial fear - going on a rather exciting wilderness journey with this strange man; and other viewpoints appear in the form of ongoing news items, directives to various search parties, comments by academics... But the heart of the story is the time that these two disparate people spend together, the things they learn from each other, and the choices they make. It's a very involving story, and I don't want to say too much more about it than that it drew me in and surprised me; there's awe and anger and joy and grief here. Recommended.

I'm adding this book to the I Hate SF bookbox, which will soon be on its way to BCer grubsneerg in Pennsylvania. Hope everyone enjoys the selection!