Unfortunately, the real Cynthia Ann Parker never talked about her capture and her life with the Comanches, so her story is wide-open to exploitation by amateurish sensation writers.On the technical side, the narrative jumps haphazardly from one character to the next, which is confusing because the reader never knows whose eyes (s)he is looking through.On the plot side, the story suffers from an overabundance of flat characters and unnecessary sidestories. Combined with the wobbly POV and the detailed descriptions of violence and sex, this makes for an uninspiring, often outright annoying read.