Nevada, 1869: Beyond the pitiless 40-Mile Desert lies Golgotha, a cattle town that hides more than its share of unnatural secrets. The sheriff bears the mark of the noose around his neck; some say he is a dead man whose time has not yet come. His half-human deputy is kin to coyotes. The mayor guards a hoard of mythical treasures. A bankers wife belongs to a secret order of assassins. And a shady saloon owner, whose fingers are in everyones business, may know more about the towns true origins than hes letting on.
A haven for the blessed and the damned, Golgotha has known many strange events, but nothing like the primordial darkness stirring in the abandoned silver mine overlooking the town. Bleeding midnight, an ancient evil is spilling into the world, and unless the sheriff and his posse can saddle up in time, Golgotha will have seen its last dawnand so will all of Creation.
R.S. Belchers Six-Gun Tarot is an astonishing blend of first-rate steampunk fantasy and Western adventure. (Library Journal, Starred Review)
Review
Belcher draws readers into a fascinating world that reads like a mashup of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Deadwood. Part western, part urban fantasy, part coming-of-age tale, Belchers story balances all pieces perfectly.
RT Book Reviews
Against the backdrop of Chinese and Mormon mythology and the Civil War, with a bit of Frankenstein for color, the mix of theology, frontier justice, and zombies is merely cover for an intense and irreverent exploration of good, evil, and free will.
Publishers Weekly, starred review
A jaw-dropping first novel that explodes across genre lines. Wild, gritty, insanely inventive and a hell of a lot of fun!
Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Dust & Decay and Assassins Code
A steampunk'd romp through a Mythic West drenched in blood and magic.
Rosemary Edghill, coauthor of The Shadow of Albion
If you want to see what Weird Westerns are all about, theres no better place to start than The Six-Gun Tarot.
Mike Resnick, award-wining author of Santiago
About the Author
ROD BELCHER won the Grand Prize in the Strange New Worlds SF-writing contest.He runs Cosmic Castle, a comic book shop in Roanoke, Virginia.This is his first novel.
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