by Emma Bull
First published 2011
Wyatt Earp walks the dusty streets of Tombstone, but something supernatural stirs beneath the familiar legend. Doc Holliday knows more than he lets on about the strange forces gathering in this Arizona territory. The Clantons sense it too. Power flows through the town like an underground river, bending events toward an inevitable confrontation. Bull transforms the mythic American tale into something darker and more mysterious. Magic explains what history could not. The gunfight everyone expects becomes something far more dangerous when supernatural compulsion drives ordinary men toward extraordinary consequences. This is the Tombstone story you thought you knew, but forces beyond bullets and badges control the outcome.
Genres: american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, american, adventure, fantasy, supernatural, 19th-century
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, supernatural-compulsion
Setting: Tombstone, Arizona Territory
Period: 19th Century
318 pages · Paperback · Tor Books