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Showdown (Wyrd West Chronicles Book 1) by [Morrison, Diane]

Showdown (Wyrd West Chronicles Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Diane Morrison (Author), James Field (Editor)

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Book 1 of 3 in Wyrd West Chronicles (3 Book Series)

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In Queenstown, an untried youth is the only one who can face down a notorious Desperado. But Graeme Walsh is not a Gunslinger: not yet. Will his training and his secret sorcerer's powers be enough to get the drop on the Outlaw, before the Outlaw gets the drop on him?

Welcome to the Wyrd West, the world next door, where Western meets high fantasy, apocalyptica and a dash of steampunk. This novelette serial will be published bimonthly in e-format, with collections published in print format once a year.

Length: 40 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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"I loved this book. It was like Fallout meets Firefly meets Supernatural meets Shannara. . . I found myself wanting to know much more about the world the author has created. Though this is a quick read (being a novella), it is packed full of good characterization, a steady plot, and worldbuilding you can really sink your teeth into. I've already pre-ordered the next book in the series!" -- Katje van Loon, author of Bellica and Stranger Skies.

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The Wyrd West Chronicles serial is a series of "Weird West" fantasy-Western-cattlepunk novelettes that will be published bimonthly for Kindle, with a print collection edition to be published once a year. "Showdown" is the first novelette in the series.

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File Size: 839 KB
Print Length: 40 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publication Date: March 20, 2017
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B06XC85VJZ
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Screen Reader: Supported

Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #339,456 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #62 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Westerns > Science Fiction
- #238 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short Reads > One hour (33-43 pages) > Science Fiction & Fantasy
- #857 in Kindle Store > Kindle Short Reads > One hour (33-43 pages) > Literature & Fiction

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Everything about this story intrigued me!

ByTroglodyteon August 6, 2017

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The author describes SHOWDOWN as a "Weird Western fantasy-cattlepunk short-fiction serial." Seriously! That description made me laugh and doubt that I'd get past the first few paragraphs. But I was firmly entrenched after the second sentence. Everything about the story intrigued me. For a short, or story of any length, her characters are astonishingly well developed, each with a unique voice. While I’m not a huge fan of fantasy--it so often feels forced to me--those aspects of the story were deftly woven into the plot and through flashbacks. Morrison has a knack for description and world building and paints her scenes in the same way an artist paints a picture. Only the reader doesn't just see the story but hears and smells it, as well. If I'm gushing it's because SHOWDOWN deserves to be gushed over. I can't wait to read more installments.

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An intriguing, neopagan western with six shooters and sorcery!

ByStan Farynaon July 17, 2017

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An intriguing, neopagan western with six shooters and sorcery! This fantasy, paranormal, cattlepunk novellette is a short read that leaves room for dessert. I'm thinking a big bowl of ice cream - right now. Big enough to contemplate a quick draw elf and a damnable desperado.

Dianne Morrison's Showdown is new territory for me. This could become a thing considering the successes of Westworld, Hell on Wheels and Deadwood. Myself, I'll need more world-building backstory to wrap my mind around an elf that can break onetwothreefourfivesix pigeonsjustlikethat a la Cumming's Buffalo Bill. But I'm not opposed to such a world.

I'll be reading the next book in this series.

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A Terrific Tale

ByAmazon Customeron April 11, 2017

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With vivid descriptions and a world you can almost reach out and touch, Showdown is a story that pleases. It's hopeful and gritty in all the right places with crystal-clear characters and a touch of toungue-in-cheek humor. Loved it!

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Wonderful, unique mash-up!

ByAmazon Customeron May 9, 2017

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Love this colorful cast of characters in this exciting genre mashup. Characters were very well developed. Well worth a read, and need more!

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Like a Western-style Fallout with Fae

ByKatjeon May 12, 2017

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I loved this book. It was like Fallout meets Firefly meets Supernatural meets Shannara. Set in Canada (yay! MOAR FANTASY SET IN CANADA PLS) along the Assiniboine River, ages after a Cataclysm that has destroyed our modern world, there is now magic in the world again -- fae, trolls, gnomes, dwarves, and various other non-human races intermingle with humanity in a future Wild West. The religion practiced by the Gunslingers is a mash-up of Christianity and Wiccanate Paganism, but sorcery is considered dangerous and must be hidden from the public eye, lest one ends up on the wrong end of a witch hunt.

I found myself wanting to know much more about the world the author has created. Though this is a quick read (being a novella), it is packed full of good characterization, a steady plot, and worldbuilding you can really sink your teeth into. I've already pre-ordered the next book in the series!

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A Good Start to a Series

ByDan Melsonon July 4, 2017

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The Good:

A setting rich in thought, with lots of world-building behind it. The Wild West with Elves and Dwarves and Trolls and many more such things, including magic. This is NOT More Brand New Same Old Thing. Some serious thought has gone into building the world that is the background for the story. I could sit here and pick some things about it to pieces, but I could do that with a lot of good stories. The story works, at least on the surface level. It held my interest for as long as it needed to.

The Needs Improvement

Hops around in time with excessive information-dumps. It's a novellette, and a shortish one, not a novel. I didn't do a word-count, but I would be surprised if it was over ten thousand words. The hopping around in time conducting information dumping was distracting. This would be a better story told in a less non-linear fashion. The climax begs a big question of where the protagonist's father/trainer is.

With that said, each individual segment flows well from start to finish. It comes together to build a coherent picture of the protagonist that makes the climax make sense. I would like to read more.

I would give it about a seven on a ten scale. By Amazon's definitions, a four star product.

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Get my gun.

ByShakyra Dunnon August 17, 2017

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This honestly is not a genre that I would normally read. I never really touch anything Western.

...That's why I was surprised that I liked it so much. I loved the dialogue structure, the characters were so dynamic despite the story being so short, and the theme of necromancy is one that has always appealed to me! I love the way this evolved in such a short time!

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