While out and about doing Game Warden-type things,  Joe Pickett notices something odd. There’s a movable building of some sort hidden  away on a ranch property, and a man who appears to be stuck with his head in the window.  When Joe approaches to see what sort of mischief is being carried out here, he realizes to his horror that the window is a fan, and the man’s upper body has been shoved into it. When he calls it in to the property owner, the man can’t seem to decide whether he’s more outraged over a trespasser, or  tight-lipped about the utility of the building. At the same time, a bad winter blizzard is moving in, and there’s not much that can be done.   There’s an air of mystery around the body, one that thickens with the snow as the sheriff and governor both tell Joe to lay off and mind his business – and the man proves to be a Chinese national who was teaching at the University of Wyoming.   At the same time, Nate Romanowski,  everybody’s favorite falconer and libertarian crank,  is approached by a man who intimates he’d like Nate to join him in a little conspiracy-type thing with fellow-minded men. Unfortunately for Mystery Man,  Nate hasn’t survived as long or as much as he has by being a gullible naif.  Improbably, these stories converge into a fairly wild story that involves geopolitics and Chinese conspiracies.     While the premise of this one bordered on far fetched,  the delivery was  solid as usual, and I continue to like Sheridan’s increasing presence in the novels: unlike April and Lucy, at this point she’s more of an actor than supporting cast.