{"product_id":"9781250208576","title":"The Shotgun Arcana","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Shotgun Arcana\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): R. S. Belcher\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eR. S. Belcher's debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Six-Gun Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e, was enthusiastically greeted by critics and readers, who praised its wildly inventive mixture of dark fantasy, steampunk, and the Wild West. Now Belcher returns to Golgotha, Nevada, a bustling frontier town that hides more than its fair share of unnatural secrets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1870. A haven for the blessed and the damned, including a fallen angel, a mad scientist, a pirate queen, and a deputy who is kin to coyotes, Golgotha has come through many nightmarish trials, but now an army of thirty-two outlaws, lunatics, serial killers, and cannibals are converging on the town, drawn by a grisly relic that dates back to the Donner Party...and the dawn of humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSheriff Jon Highfather and his deputies already have their hands full dealing with train robbers, a mysterious series of brutal murders, and the usual outbreaks of weirdness.  But with thirty-two of the most vicious killers on Earth riding into Golgotha in just a few day's time, the town and its people will be tested as never before--and some of them will never be the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shotgun Arcana\u003c\/i\u003e is even more spectacularly ambitious and imaginative than \u003ci\u003eThe Six-Gun Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e, and confirms R. S. Belcher's status as a rising star.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Really engrossing…. If you love complex, fantastical worlds, this is very intriguing!” —\u003ci\u003eFelicia Day, writer, producer, and star of The Guild on The Six-Gun Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A jaw-dropping first novel that explodes across genre lines. Wild, gritty, insanely inventive and a hell of a lot of fun!” —\u003ci\u003eJonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author on The Six-Gun Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eThe Six-Gun Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e, author R.S. Belcher has crafted the perfect novel. Blending themes of fantasy, western, romance, and action, there is nothing missing from this brilliant story.” —\u003ci\u003ePortland Book Review on The Six-Gun Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Six-Gun Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e, a strong first novel by R.S. Belcher, features a genre mix that's very much in vogue these days: the dark and twisted western . . . Belcher takes to it like a natural. He jumps right in!” —\u003ci\u003eLocus on The Six-Gun Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If you want to see what Weird Westerns are all about, there's no better place to start than \u003ci\u003eThe Six-Gun Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e.” —\u003ci\u003eMike Resnick, award-wining author of Santiago on The Six-Gun Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Part western, part urban fantasy, part coming-of-age tale, Belcher's story balances all pieces perfectly.” —\u003ci\u003eRT Book Reviews (four stars) on The Six-Gun Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An astonishing blend of first-rate steampunk fantasy and Western adventure.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, starred review on The Six-Gun Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250208576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Tor Fantasy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40706877718734,"sku":"9781250208576","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_c23593b1-4319-4375-969a-07b5c796051d.jpg?v=1640583439","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250208576","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}