A new book recommendation, just on the shelves this month:
Territory by Emma Bull.
I am, I must admit, a giant Emma Bull fanboy. I discovered her work back in '91, and I've been a fan ever since. Territory is her first book in a while, but it's a damn fine piece of work.
Everyone knows about Tombstone, Arizona. Everyone knows about the events that shaped that historical town and about the Great Men that walked its streets. Men like Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan Earp; Doc Holliday; and John Ringo.
Forget everything you know, or you think you know, about these men. Territory tells a story from between the lines of the histories. A story where Wyatt Earp is more than just a gunslinger, and where a drifter named Jesse Fox finds himself caught between the two sides of a war over not only the land of Tombstone, but also the power that land provides. Emma Bull writes an engaging Western fantasy that is filled with "what ifs" and "might have beens." She unfortunately wrote too much, so the second half will be out later. But Territory stands well on its own.
Eb-Bob sez: "Check it out!"
Ebony the Black Dragon
Senior Editor, Living Room Games
http://www.lrgames.com
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com
"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."
Territory by Emma Bull.
I am, I must admit, a giant Emma Bull fanboy. I discovered her work back in '91, and I've been a fan ever since. Territory is her first book in a while, but it's a damn fine piece of work.
Everyone knows about Tombstone, Arizona. Everyone knows about the events that shaped that historical town and about the Great Men that walked its streets. Men like Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan Earp; Doc Holliday; and John Ringo.
Forget everything you know, or you think you know, about these men. Territory tells a story from between the lines of the histories. A story where Wyatt Earp is more than just a gunslinger, and where a drifter named Jesse Fox finds himself caught between the two sides of a war over not only the land of Tombstone, but also the power that land provides. Emma Bull writes an engaging Western fantasy that is filled with "what ifs" and "might have beens." She unfortunately wrote too much, so the second half will be out later. But Territory stands well on its own.
Eb-Bob sez: "Check it out!"
Ebony the Black Dragon
Senior Editor, Living Room Games
http://www.lrgames.com
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com
"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."