In C.J. Box's Badlands, the town of Grimstad used to be a place people came from but were never headed to. Now its the oil capital of North Dakota. With oil comes money, with money comes drugs, and with drugs come the dirtiest criminals Grimstads new deputy sheriff Cassie Dewell has ever encountered. . . Twelve-year-old Kyle Westergaard dreams of getting out of Grimstad and leading a better life. Even though Kyle...
has been written off as a slow kid, he has dreams deeper than anyone can imagine. One day, while delivering newspapers, he witnesses a car accident and takes a mysterious bundle from the scene.
Suddenly hes in possession of a lot of moneyand packets of white powderand Kyle cant help but wonder whether his luck has changed
for better or for worse.