The Spine of the World is more than just an adventure set in and around the famous Rocky Mountains. “The Spine of the World” is a guide to a special coordinate system, to a special worldview of people from a special world, where warriors adorn themselves with necklaces made from severed human fingers, and women dance around the fire, holding severed enemy heads in their hands. Bloody massacres, mysterious initiation rituals and much more - this is “The Spine of the World”. From the author: “The Spine of the World” is a collection of stories about the Wild West. Four stand-alone stories with unpredictable plot lines explore the lives of the Indians and the first white traders to penetrate the wild territory. A lot of ethnography, a lot of controversy, a lot of courage mixed in with romance, a lot of love - simple, even rough, but still love. The book talks about the Pierced Noses, the Absarokas, the Lakotas, and the Blackfeet.