"An eye-opening chronicle of interspecies cooperation and a gripping dramatization of how hard-won is the ideal balance between tameness and wildness... beautiful wrought."ùKirkus<BR><BR>"Dan O'Brien's Equinox is an improbabiv beautiful book the life of a falconer. By comparison. it makes nearly all other sporting books look childishly simple. I can't recommend it too highly.ùJim Harrison, author of Legends of the Fall<BR><BR>"O'Brien is one of the West's stellar talents, and this is one of his finest books."ùPublishers Weekly<BR><BR>The South Dakota Winter Gives A Man Time To Think. One subzero morning, as Dan O'Brien approaches his fiftieth year, the autumnal equinox of his life, he takes stock. Feeling a waning sense of purpose, he decides to devote himself entirely, for the first time in his life, to his greatest lovesùfalconry, his bird clogs, and the prairie he calls home.<BR><BR>That summer he obtains a remarkable falcon chick who immediately distinguishes herself by her ferocity. Ile names the bird I Iarley and trains her in the Nvays of falconry. I Iarley's powers of flight are awe-inspiring, her hunting success astounding, and like a lover, she captivates him. O'Brien hunts with her obsessively, reveling in her prowess and beauty. What he learns from her and from what happens one wind-driven day lead him to see fully things he had :miv just begun to glimpse. in this lyrical evocation of the grasslands. Equino.ò: is a story of a life lived close to the natural cycles of the earth and of a midlife revelation of the importance of staving connected to all things held dear.