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How Weird can the West Be?

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From critically acclaimed author Laura Bickle (DARK ALCHEMY) comes the first novel in the Wildlands series, NINE OF STARS. Longmire meets Patricia Brigg’s Mercy Thompson in this exciting new series that shows how weird and wonderful the West can truly be. Winter has always been a deadly season in Temperance, but this time, there’s more to fear than just the cold…

As the daughter of an alchemist, Petra Dee has faced all manner of occult
horrors – especially since her arrival in the small town of Temperance, Wyoming.
But she can’t explain the creature now stalking the backcountry of Yellowstone,
butchering wolves and leaving only their skins behind in the snow. Rumors
surface of the return of Skinflint Jack, a nineteenth-century wraith that kills
in fulfillment of an ancient bargain.

The new sheriff in town, Owen Rutherford, isn’t helping matters. He’s a
dangerously haunted man on the trail of both an unsolved case and a fresh kill –
a bizarre murder leading him right to Petra’s partner Gabriel. And while Gabe
once had little to fear from the mortal world, he’s all too human now. This
time, when violence hits close to home, there are no magical solutions.

It’s up to Petra and her coyote sidekick Sig to get ahead of both Owen and the
unnatural being hunting them all – before the trail turns deathly cold.

β€œBickle is well on her way to establishing her work as a cornerstone of her genre.” – Publishers Weekly Starred Review

β€œβ€¦Laura Bickle’s latest hits that sweet spot.” – John DeNardo, Kirkus

β€œFollowing the prequels Dark Alchemy and Mercury Retrograde, Bickle’s series launch mixes alchemy, folklore, and Native American traditions with a wintry Western landscape that will intrigue fans of the Weird West subgenre.” – Library Journal

β€œFull marks to Bickle for being unafraid to shake things up on this still relatively new, but consistently engaging series.” – RT Book Reviews (4 Stars)

About Laura Bickle

Laura Bickle

Laura Bickle grew up in rural Ohio, reading entirely too many comic books out loud to her favorite Wonder Woman doll. After graduating with an MA in Sociology – Criminology from Ohio State University and an MLIS in Library Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, she patrolled the stacks at the public library and worked with data systems in criminal justice. She now dreams up stories about the monsters under the stairs, also writing contemporary fantasy novels under the name Alayna Williams. The latest updates on her work can be found at http://www.laurabickle.com/.

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NINE OF STARS by Laura Bickle

Wildlands #1

Nine of
Stars

From critically acclaimed author Laura Bickle (Dark Alchemy) comes the first novel in the Wildlands series, NINE OF STARS. Longmire meets Patricia Brigg's Mercy Thompson in this exciting new series that shows how weird and wonderful the West can truly be.

Winter has always been a deadly season in Temperance, but this time, there’s more to fear than just the cold…

As the daughter of an alchemist, Petra Dee has faced all manner of occult horrors – especially since her arrival in the small town of Temperance, Wyoming. But she can’t explain the creature now stalking the backcountry of Yellowstone, butchering wolves and leaving only their skins behind in the snow. Rumors surface of the return of Skinflint Jack, a nineteenth-century wraith that kills in fulfillment of an ancient bargain.

The new sheriff in town, Owen Rutherford, isn’t helping matters. He’s a dangerously haunted man on the trail of both an unsolved case and a fresh kill - a bizarre murder leading him right to Petra’s partner Gabriel. And while Gabe once had little to fear from the mortal world, he’s all too human now. This time, when violence hits close to home, there are no magical solutions.

It’s up to Petra and her coyote sidekick Sig to get ahead of both Owen and the unnatural being hunting them all – before the trail turns deathly cold.

Fantasy | Science Fiction [Harper Voyager, On Sale: December 27, 2016, Mass Market Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780062437662 / eISBN: 9780062437655]

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