Terrible plot, terrible pacing, terrible characters. On three occasions, Carew gets out of scrapes by explaining to and convincing crooked sheriffs that the people the sheriffs were in cahoots with were lying. Stacey, who was 18, although alone in the wilderness and on the run, immediately trusts Carew and obeys him in everything. There were so many times that Carew was wanted by the law and then not wanted by the law and then wanted by the law and ... I soon lost track and quick caring.