"Here is the New Western at its very best. Held to the light, Galloway's story is a familiar collision of individuals and institutions. But spin it and watch that light refract, warp, and fracture into a prism of surprise after surprise. She writes from a deep knowledge of both land and faith, sky and soil, and her characters breathe, sing, and thrum with that love that is the province of this most American genre--a love that borders on and bleeds into violence. A stunning and assured debut, and hopefully the first of many books to come." --Kyle Beachy, The Most Fun Thing
"Shay Galloway's The Valley of Sage and Juniper is a lyrical, suspenseful novel about a pair of sharp-shooting, knife-wielding, sometimes-spooky sisters and their struggles to keep the family ranch running. It's as eerie, romantic, violent, and beautiful as the landscape for which it's named." --Christian TeBordo, Apology