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Amid the Vastness of All Else #5
San Antonio Mission
Gilbert Ptolemy — a freed slave turned monster bounty hunter — is sent by the Peregrine Estate to recruit a group of recently emancipated cattle hands, freed in the wake of Granger's Emancipation Enforcement on June 19, 1865. Joined by fellow agent Sarah Lockhart and fame-seeking gunhand Oliver Maine, Gilbert knows the work will be hard — but nothing could prepare him for what they find.
Inside a mission in San Antonio, Sarah and Gilbert discover the depth of human horror — an act of cruelty that demands vengeance. Bound by grief and fury, Gilbert and Sarah set out to hunt down those responsible, their path marked by bloodshed and a love neither of them expected.
San Antonio Mission is a novella brimming with heart and vengeance. The second book in the Peregrine Estate Trilogy, a tale of violence, raw emotion, and the impossible love that blooms in its wake.
Inside a mission in San Antonio, Sarah and Gilbert discover the depth of human horror — an act of cruelty that demands vengeance. Bound by grief and fury, Gilbert and Sarah set out to hunt down those responsible, their path marked by bloodshed and a love neither of them expected.
San Antonio Mission is a novella brimming with heart and vengeance. The second book in the Peregrine Estate Trilogy, a tale of violence, raw emotion, and the impossible love that blooms in its wake.
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First published August 12, 2025
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July 14, 2025
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Finally, the Ptolmey and Sarah lore I was desperate for. This novella, though tiny, is mighty. Par is the course for Seth and I'd read things he's written on a dirty napkin at this point. This installment of the Amid the Vastness of All Else is just as emotionally heavy and devastating as all its predecessors. Again, I really do not want to divulge much of the plot because this story is so rich with goodness that I insist y'all read it for yourselves. San Antonio Mission drops August 05, 2025 from Shortwave Books. You can order the entire 6 ebook set for $9.99 so there really is no reason not to get them. Thank you Seth for sending me the ARC!
Finally, the Ptolmey and Sarah lore I was desperate for. This novella, though tiny, is mighty. Par is the course for Seth and I'd read things he's written on a dirty napkin at this point. This installment of the Amid the Vastness of All Else is just as emotionally heavy and devastating as all its predecessors. Again, I really do not want to divulge much of the plot because this story is so rich with goodness that I insist y'all read it for yourselves. San Antonio Mission drops August 05, 2025 from Shortwave Books. You can order the entire 6 ebook set for $9.99 so there really is no reason not to get them. Thank you Seth for sending me the ARC!
July 1, 2025
Good god! This small volume was mighty in its depth.
Humble shows us here how humans are the worst horror. There is so much feeling in these few pages, the story left me breathless at times. And the finale! Poetry 🤌🏼
On to the last entry I go. With my eyes wide open.
Humble shows us here how humans are the worst horror. There is so much feeling in these few pages, the story left me breathless at times. And the finale! Poetry 🤌🏼
On to the last entry I go. With my eyes wide open.
August 22, 2025
At this point I cannot read C.S. Humble's books fast enough, they’re SO good!
This next book in the series follows Gilbert Ptolemy, who has been sent on a mission by the Peregrine Estate to recruit a group of newly freed slaves. On his travels, he meets two others who join him on his mission. We are very quickly shown that the horror in this one lies in US history itself, and the story transforms into a need for justice and revenge.
The world building in these books is so well done, the relationships between the characters are so easy to picture, and as always, Humble’s writing style is so beautiful to read.
*I was kindly gifted an ARC by the author*
This next book in the series follows Gilbert Ptolemy, who has been sent on a mission by the Peregrine Estate to recruit a group of newly freed slaves. On his travels, he meets two others who join him on his mission. We are very quickly shown that the horror in this one lies in US history itself, and the story transforms into a need for justice and revenge.
The world building in these books is so well done, the relationships between the characters are so easy to picture, and as always, Humble’s writing style is so beautiful to read.
*I was kindly gifted an ARC by the author*
July 14, 2025
It was so much fun spending time with Gilbert Ptolemy and Sarah Lockhart again. This novella is small but mighty and it’s a tense Western thriller. Another fantastic entry in Humble’s Amid the Vastness of All Else Saga.
January 17, 2026
Charging full price for a 97-page novella is not cool, but otherwise this tells a brief, satisfying anecdote whose purpose is, I would guess, to get together characters who are already acquainted in previous novels. Not even any paranormal events in this one, just a ride out for vengeance in immediate post-Emancipation Texas, with some fun gunfighter's guild mythos (elaborated further in the sequel), a meet-harsh, but also -cute, and some satisfyingly loathsome bad guys. As before, Humble's prose is at once lyrical, muscular, and empathetic, and he's plugged his story into the end of the war in Texas in a smart way that captures that heady sense of possibility, and also its almost-immediate frustration, that was evident as soon as the fall of 1865. Nice evocation of ye olde Wilde Weste milieu as well. Onward to the third, which at least is a full novel (235pp) for the price. Bought direct from the publisher, so both books came with little inscribed cards inside, which is neat.
November 9, 2025
Book 5 of the Amid the Vastness of All Else Saga gives us some time with characters we came to love in earlier books, Gilbert Ptolemy and Sarah Lockhart.
It's so great to be back with these two as they are sent on a mission from Judge Ellison to hire the recently freed slaves of a Texas cattleman and former Confederate general. We also get another view of the world of The Gunfighters Guild.
This book gives us Humble's wonderful character work and snappy dialogue. There's no supernatural in this book, just the meanness and cruelty of man, which says something for the weird Western genre that most of this saga plays in. This book is Humble's most straightforward Western.
It's so great to be back with these two as they are sent on a mission from Judge Ellison to hire the recently freed slaves of a Texas cattleman and former Confederate general. We also get another view of the world of The Gunfighters Guild.
This book gives us Humble's wonderful character work and snappy dialogue. There's no supernatural in this book, just the meanness and cruelty of man, which says something for the weird Western genre that most of this saga plays in. This book is Humble's most straightforward Western.
January 16, 2026
Wow. Torn between wanting to devour this quickly and slowly savouring each page.
Absolutely fantastic. Such an array of emotions while reading that tipped from heartbreak to hope and back again with a slice of horror in between.
I have no idea if I’m reading these in the correct or best order but truly enjoying every page.
Incredible writing.
Absolutely fantastic. Such an array of emotions while reading that tipped from heartbreak to hope and back again with a slice of horror in between.
I have no idea if I’m reading these in the correct or best order but truly enjoying every page.
Incredible writing.
July 15, 2025
This 97 page novella ruined me in the best way possible. I tend to be critical of novellas since there's only so much information that you can fit in, but I have no words after finishing this. Even though it's less than 100 pages, this packs a punch with a well built story and characters that instantly charmed me.
In this western horror, we're following some characters that are in the same organization that was mentioned in To Carry a Body To Its Resting Place. I haven't read the other trilogy, so I don't have all the information, but this was still incredible. This was simultaneously horrifying and heartbreaking. It's a story that stands by itself which is really impressive for such a short novella. The writing is also just absolutely mesmerizing. I don't know what C.S. Humble is putting in these books, but I want more.
I haven't had a great reading year, but this trilogy is reminding me why I love horror so much.
5 stars!!
Thank you to Shortwave Publishing and C.S. Humble for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
In this western horror, we're following some characters that are in the same organization that was mentioned in To Carry a Body To Its Resting Place. I haven't read the other trilogy, so I don't have all the information, but this was still incredible. This was simultaneously horrifying and heartbreaking. It's a story that stands by itself which is really impressive for such a short novella. The writing is also just absolutely mesmerizing. I don't know what C.S. Humble is putting in these books, but I want more.
I haven't had a great reading year, but this trilogy is reminding me why I love horror so much.
5 stars!!
Thank you to Shortwave Publishing and C.S. Humble for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
April 3, 2025
When I first discovered C.S. Humble’s The Massacre at Yellow Hill, I was giddy. That book mixes a gritty western mythos with vampires, secret societies, and cosmic horror, but more importantly, it does what I come to story for: it gave me new people to love.
Gilbert Ptolemy and his adopted son, Carson; Tabitha Miller and her family; these characters appear fully formed on the page, and they assert their reality with every action, every scrap of dialogue, every sacrifice.
It doesn’t hurt that Humble’s prose alternates between razor sharp observation and passages of lyrical beauty not often found in your average horror novel.
As I read on through the trilogy (A Red Winter in the West and The Light of Black Star), it became clear that there was much more at work there. Through this ever-expanding story, Humble wasn’t just spinning a great yarn. He was building worlds.
The 19th century of Humble’s books may sometimes resemble that historical era, but it is most certainly an alternative history with complex, competing occult organizations, all variety of supernatural entities, a highly regimented Gunfighters Guild, a young hero struggling with his troubling destiny, and a deep system of magic that ties all of these disparate parts together, leading up to a final battle.
I’d been hoodwinked. This wasn’t a horror-western series at all. I was reading an epic fantasy.
Ever since, I’ve been an evangelist for these books, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Hey, you want to have your heart ripped out? Have I got the books for you.
So, when I heard that Humble was releasing more books in the series, I was understandably excited, and when I learned that they were prequels, I was doubly excited. Why? Because in Humble’s world, there is no safety for anyone, especially those characters we love most. So these prequels offer us the opportunity to spend time with those we’ve loved and lost.
More importantly, they allow Humble to deepen his world building, slow down to investigate the mythology of The Peregrine Estate, the occult organization fighting for the fate of the world. We also get a deeper look at the mechanics and politics of the famed Gunfighters Guild. All of this while we see the pieces shifting slowly into place to bring us to the plot events of the original trilogy. It’s deeply imagined, fascinating stuff.
But none of that is what matters.
These books are pure character work.
The opening volume, To Carry a Body to its Resting Place, follows the early career of the lovable rogue, Ashley Sutliff. In the original trilogy, Sutliff is a kind of Han Solo figure, drawn into the occult drama against his will. He’d much rather be playing cards, though, naturally, under his brash exterior is a loyal heart.
To Carry a Body to its Resting Place rounds out Sutliff’s character to great effect, humanizing him to an almost unbearable degree.
Ashley is drawn home by the news of his father’s impending death, and while there he uncovers family secrets and eventually rides off on what will become his first action for the Peregrine Estate, but these latter details are almost incidental. The heart of this book is a meditation of fathers and sons, what is owed, and how we say goodbye that more to Larry McMurtry than any horror or fantasy writer. It’s an emotionally wrenching read that suddenly hurtles into action.
San Antonio Mission is a much more plot-driven entry, with my favorite character, Gilbert Ptolemy dispatched by the Peregrine Estate to recruit newly freed slaves to join the cause. Ptolemy, a former slave himself, is partnered with the wisecracking Sarah Lockhart and a member of the Gunfighter’s Guild because there’s no guarantee that the former owner of these people will allow them to leave, even in this post-Juneteenth era.
These suspicions turn out to be correct, but nothing could prepare our team for the depth of the horrors that await them at the mission.
San Antonio Mission focuses more on human horrors, while placing them quite explicitly within their historical contexts, allowing Humble to investigate the horrors of U.S. history itself, and its legacy of racist violence. It also offers a cathartic response to those who set themselves up as tyrants. Add in some romance and the delightful new gunslinger, Oliver Maine, and this second volume feels like a much more complete and self-contained entry into the saga.
The final book in the trilogy, The Baroness of the Eastern Seaboard, does a lot to segue into the original storyline, presenting some of the future Big Bads, while also allowing the reader to access the interior world of the Gunfighters Guild. As with the other volumes, these are mostly details. The center of The Baroness of the Eastern Seaboard is the relationship between Sven and Larry, devoted husbands who also happen to be inching perilously close to each other’s ranks within the Guild. Any day now, they will be forced to compete for rank, meaning one of them must die.
The couples’ attempt to petition the Guild for a way around this impossibility leads to quests for each of the lovers, both of them bloody and harrowing. The most explicitly romantic of the three books, Baroness is a love story wrapped in a Peckinpah movie’s violence and propulsive action.
As a reader, all I wanted to do was protect Sven and Larry, but the facts of Humble’s universe leave no one safe, and things get just about as bad as they can get while still leaving our heroes alive to appear later on in the saga.
All in all, The Peregrine Estate Trilogy is a varied and wondrous treasure trove of stories that situate themselves less as straight prequels than as elaborate midrash, glimpses between the scenes of the larger story, illustrating Humble’s knack for not only storytelling and lush prose, but his near magical penchant for character building. It is a necessary addition to what has become a vast saga. Here’s hoping there’s more to come.
Gilbert Ptolemy and his adopted son, Carson; Tabitha Miller and her family; these characters appear fully formed on the page, and they assert their reality with every action, every scrap of dialogue, every sacrifice.
It doesn’t hurt that Humble’s prose alternates between razor sharp observation and passages of lyrical beauty not often found in your average horror novel.
As I read on through the trilogy (A Red Winter in the West and The Light of Black Star), it became clear that there was much more at work there. Through this ever-expanding story, Humble wasn’t just spinning a great yarn. He was building worlds.
The 19th century of Humble’s books may sometimes resemble that historical era, but it is most certainly an alternative history with complex, competing occult organizations, all variety of supernatural entities, a highly regimented Gunfighters Guild, a young hero struggling with his troubling destiny, and a deep system of magic that ties all of these disparate parts together, leading up to a final battle.
I’d been hoodwinked. This wasn’t a horror-western series at all. I was reading an epic fantasy.
Ever since, I’ve been an evangelist for these books, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Hey, you want to have your heart ripped out? Have I got the books for you.
So, when I heard that Humble was releasing more books in the series, I was understandably excited, and when I learned that they were prequels, I was doubly excited. Why? Because in Humble’s world, there is no safety for anyone, especially those characters we love most. So these prequels offer us the opportunity to spend time with those we’ve loved and lost.
More importantly, they allow Humble to deepen his world building, slow down to investigate the mythology of The Peregrine Estate, the occult organization fighting for the fate of the world. We also get a deeper look at the mechanics and politics of the famed Gunfighters Guild. All of this while we see the pieces shifting slowly into place to bring us to the plot events of the original trilogy. It’s deeply imagined, fascinating stuff.
But none of that is what matters.
These books are pure character work.
The opening volume, To Carry a Body to its Resting Place, follows the early career of the lovable rogue, Ashley Sutliff. In the original trilogy, Sutliff is a kind of Han Solo figure, drawn into the occult drama against his will. He’d much rather be playing cards, though, naturally, under his brash exterior is a loyal heart.
To Carry a Body to its Resting Place rounds out Sutliff’s character to great effect, humanizing him to an almost unbearable degree.
Ashley is drawn home by the news of his father’s impending death, and while there he uncovers family secrets and eventually rides off on what will become his first action for the Peregrine Estate, but these latter details are almost incidental. The heart of this book is a meditation of fathers and sons, what is owed, and how we say goodbye that more to Larry McMurtry than any horror or fantasy writer. It’s an emotionally wrenching read that suddenly hurtles into action.
San Antonio Mission is a much more plot-driven entry, with my favorite character, Gilbert Ptolemy dispatched by the Peregrine Estate to recruit newly freed slaves to join the cause. Ptolemy, a former slave himself, is partnered with the wisecracking Sarah Lockhart and a member of the Gunfighter’s Guild because there’s no guarantee that the former owner of these people will allow them to leave, even in this post-Juneteenth era.
These suspicions turn out to be correct, but nothing could prepare our team for the depth of the horrors that await them at the mission.
San Antonio Mission focuses more on human horrors, while placing them quite explicitly within their historical contexts, allowing Humble to investigate the horrors of U.S. history itself, and its legacy of racist violence. It also offers a cathartic response to those who set themselves up as tyrants. Add in some romance and the delightful new gunslinger, Oliver Maine, and this second volume feels like a much more complete and self-contained entry into the saga.
The final book in the trilogy, The Baroness of the Eastern Seaboard, does a lot to segue into the original storyline, presenting some of the future Big Bads, while also allowing the reader to access the interior world of the Gunfighters Guild. As with the other volumes, these are mostly details. The center of The Baroness of the Eastern Seaboard is the relationship between Sven and Larry, devoted husbands who also happen to be inching perilously close to each other’s ranks within the Guild. Any day now, they will be forced to compete for rank, meaning one of them must die.
The couples’ attempt to petition the Guild for a way around this impossibility leads to quests for each of the lovers, both of them bloody and harrowing. The most explicitly romantic of the three books, Baroness is a love story wrapped in a Peckinpah movie’s violence and propulsive action.
As a reader, all I wanted to do was protect Sven and Larry, but the facts of Humble’s universe leave no one safe, and things get just about as bad as they can get while still leaving our heroes alive to appear later on in the saga.
All in all, The Peregrine Estate Trilogy is a varied and wondrous treasure trove of stories that situate themselves less as straight prequels than as elaborate midrash, glimpses between the scenes of the larger story, illustrating Humble’s knack for not only storytelling and lush prose, but his near magical penchant for character building. It is a necessary addition to what has become a vast saga. Here’s hoping there’s more to come.
December 12, 2025
Loved this short story!
I was quite thrilled to see Gilbert and Sarah meet for the first time and what was to be their bond, spoken of in the TLS series.
Perhaps I am biased, but I loved this book beginning to end. While I was a bit sad to see what happens to one of the characters in this novel, it came as no surprise that no character is ever truly safe and we must appreciate their living moments told across the pages of each novel.
In the end, the book finishes with a great ending I was more than happy to see. The TLS series left a lot of cliff hanger moments with each book, characters in distress, that I didn’t know how much I would appreciate seeing the way this one wraps up. I only wish it had been longer!
I’ve got one more book to go, but Amid the Vastness of All Else truly is one of the best sagas written!
10/10!
I was quite thrilled to see Gilbert and Sarah meet for the first time and what was to be their bond, spoken of in the TLS series.
Perhaps I am biased, but I loved this book beginning to end. While I was a bit sad to see what happens to one of the characters in this novel, it came as no surprise that no character is ever truly safe and we must appreciate their living moments told across the pages of each novel.
In the end, the book finishes with a great ending I was more than happy to see. The TLS series left a lot of cliff hanger moments with each book, characters in distress, that I didn’t know how much I would appreciate seeing the way this one wraps up. I only wish it had been longer!
I’ve got one more book to go, but Amid the Vastness of All Else truly is one of the best sagas written!
10/10!
March 4, 2026
This little novella is a fascinating character study of our protagonist Gilbert Ptolemy. From his deep love for his adopted son to his righteous rage at injustice, the reader gets it all. I really enjoyed being in his headspace and seeing the world from his point of view.
Although I was disappointed to not see more of the Sutliff brothers here, I can't get enough of the author's writing style and the depth and richness of his characters. There's not any paranormal aspects in this one, but we do get wild west style violence!
Although I was disappointed to not see more of the Sutliff brothers here, I can't get enough of the author's writing style and the depth and richness of his characters. There's not any paranormal aspects in this one, but we do get wild west style violence!
January 18, 2026
I love this series so much.
My first 5 star read of the year!
1865: Gilbert Ptolemy, freed slave turned monster bounty hunter, is sent by the Peregrine Estate to recruit a group of recently emancipated cattle hands, freed in the wake of Granger's Emancipation Enforcement. Joined by fellow agent Sarah Lockhart and fame-seeking gunslinger Oliver Maine, Ptolemy knows the work will be hard - but nothing could prepare him for what they find.
And now we come to book five in the Amid the Vastness of All Else, a novella with Ptolemy and Sarah in the spotlight in an exploration of human horrors. I really love them. Okay YES, I love all of the characters, I can’t help it! Another great novel by CS Humble, giving us a rich backstory for characters we met in the original That Light Sublime trilogy.
This novella is short but impactful; it gives us so much in so few pages. There’s a richness, a depth, to this saga, and I just enjoy reading them so much. The worldbuilding was excellent, the characters are well drawn and the prose, again, was amazing. I also really love the dialogue and the friendships throughout – they feel so real.
Highly recommended! You should start from book 1 The Massacre at Yellow Hill though. You can start with book 4, but I don’t recommend it. They won’t have near the same impact if you haven’t read books 1-3 first.
My first 5 star read of the year!
1865: Gilbert Ptolemy, freed slave turned monster bounty hunter, is sent by the Peregrine Estate to recruit a group of recently emancipated cattle hands, freed in the wake of Granger's Emancipation Enforcement. Joined by fellow agent Sarah Lockhart and fame-seeking gunslinger Oliver Maine, Ptolemy knows the work will be hard - but nothing could prepare him for what they find.
And now we come to book five in the Amid the Vastness of All Else, a novella with Ptolemy and Sarah in the spotlight in an exploration of human horrors. I really love them. Okay YES, I love all of the characters, I can’t help it! Another great novel by CS Humble, giving us a rich backstory for characters we met in the original That Light Sublime trilogy.
This novella is short but impactful; it gives us so much in so few pages. There’s a richness, a depth, to this saga, and I just enjoy reading them so much. The worldbuilding was excellent, the characters are well drawn and the prose, again, was amazing. I also really love the dialogue and the friendships throughout – they feel so real.
Highly recommended! You should start from book 1 The Massacre at Yellow Hill though. You can start with book 4, but I don’t recommend it. They won’t have near the same impact if you haven’t read books 1-3 first.
August 21, 2025
San Antonio Mission by C. S. Humble
August 12th | 118 pages
Recommended for readers who enjoy:
-Weird, Supernatural/Paranormal Westerns (more of a Western setting/aesthetic than genre)
-Character-driven storytelling
-Vibrant, authentic dialogue
-Peak emotional investment
-High stakes
-Romance
-A series of books to enhance longterm enjoyment of recurring characters in a sweeping saga you wish would never end
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Book 5 in the, Amid the Vastness of All Else series and readers who have already taken the That Light Sublime trilogy journey will be delighted to know that San Antonio Mission shows reveals the origin story of two favorite characters we never got enough time with--Gilbert Ptolemy and Sarah Lockhart. They meet on a mission that takes a gruesome turn and they join forces in a shared state of shock, grief and outrage over the violent atrocity they witnessed and decide to avenge.
At this point, as an avid reader and fan of Seth's work, it is abundantly clear that I show up to his books time and time again expecting the same sure-footing and master craftsmanship he brings to the table every, single time.
Yes, this is under 200 pages, in fact, it's barely over a hundred but the amount of heart and horror he manages to infuse into every page is impressive but not surprising. This is what his core fanbase know we're going to get in spades. You can jump into this saga with any of the books 5-7, but I don't recommend it. Start with The Massacre of Yellow Hill, get hooked, move to A Red Winter in the West, get wrecked, chase it down with The Light of a Black Star for the full hollowing out of your soul and THEN you can move into these three novellas known collectively as Amid the Vastness of All Else. You're Welcome.
August 12th | 118 pages
Recommended for readers who enjoy:
-Weird, Supernatural/Paranormal Westerns (more of a Western setting/aesthetic than genre)
-Character-driven storytelling
-Vibrant, authentic dialogue
-Peak emotional investment
-High stakes
-Romance
-A series of books to enhance longterm enjoyment of recurring characters in a sweeping saga you wish would never end
.
Book 5 in the, Amid the Vastness of All Else series and readers who have already taken the That Light Sublime trilogy journey will be delighted to know that San Antonio Mission shows reveals the origin story of two favorite characters we never got enough time with--Gilbert Ptolemy and Sarah Lockhart. They meet on a mission that takes a gruesome turn and they join forces in a shared state of shock, grief and outrage over the violent atrocity they witnessed and decide to avenge.
At this point, as an avid reader and fan of Seth's work, it is abundantly clear that I show up to his books time and time again expecting the same sure-footing and master craftsmanship he brings to the table every, single time.
Yes, this is under 200 pages, in fact, it's barely over a hundred but the amount of heart and horror he manages to infuse into every page is impressive but not surprising. This is what his core fanbase know we're going to get in spades. You can jump into this saga with any of the books 5-7, but I don't recommend it. Start with The Massacre of Yellow Hill, get hooked, move to A Red Winter in the West, get wrecked, chase it down with The Light of a Black Star for the full hollowing out of your soul and THEN you can move into these three novellas known collectively as Amid the Vastness of All Else. You're Welcome.
July 1, 2025
Well, C. S. Humble officially has solidified himself as one of my favorite authors. I. have read five of his novels and not a single one falls below a five star. I was very lucky to receive an eARC to San Antonio Mission (as well as the rest of The Peregrine Estate) from Shortwave Publishing.
San Antonio Mission is shorter than I'd like, but seems so much bigger since I'd already read The Massacre at Yellow Hill.
Ptolemy is one of my favorite of Humble's characters. I read this one in one sitting because I just couldn't put it down. I've said it many times before, but Humble has a way with characters that is just amazing. There's so much depth and a feeling you get when you read about them that just creates a connection very hard to let go of. They're incredibly memorable. Each character is their own distinctive being.
All that being said, I also had so much fun with this one. I laughed so hard during the first half. In my head, I read these books with my own accent (very Arkansan) so it makes it even more hilarious. Cid and J.J....best scene by far. I have saved screenshots of it and will be copying it in my journal to remember. LOL!
Again, I just wish they were longer. The characters are well missed when the novel is done. I know every time I pick up one of C. S. Humble's books, I'm going to laugh, cry, or both, and I will be finishing with yet another favorite book.
San Antonio Mission is shorter than I'd like, but seems so much bigger since I'd already read The Massacre at Yellow Hill.
Ptolemy is one of my favorite of Humble's characters. I read this one in one sitting because I just couldn't put it down. I've said it many times before, but Humble has a way with characters that is just amazing. There's so much depth and a feeling you get when you read about them that just creates a connection very hard to let go of. They're incredibly memorable. Each character is their own distinctive being.
All that being said, I also had so much fun with this one. I laughed so hard during the first half. In my head, I read these books with my own accent (very Arkansan) so it makes it even more hilarious. Cid and J.J....best scene by far. I have saved screenshots of it and will be copying it in my journal to remember. LOL!
Again, I just wish they were longer. The characters are well missed when the novel is done. I know every time I pick up one of C. S. Humble's books, I'm going to laugh, cry, or both, and I will be finishing with yet another favorite book.
March 6, 2025
This fast-paced novella takes you by the throat immediately and DOES.NOT.LET.GO! It's breathtakingly violent, at times sultry, and always teeming with heart--as is all of Humble's work.
I had the true honor of reading this early and can promise you will rocket through these pages. It will appeal to
- fans of revenge storylines
- lovers of horror with a dash of spice
- western lovers
- strong women
- anybody who enjoys a good gunfight
Nobody in the game writes like C.S. Humble. If you haven't read his work yet, this is an excellent place to start.
I had the true honor of reading this early and can promise you will rocket through these pages. It will appeal to
- fans of revenge storylines
- lovers of horror with a dash of spice
- western lovers
- strong women
- anybody who enjoys a good gunfight
Nobody in the game writes like C.S. Humble. If you haven't read his work yet, this is an excellent place to start.
July 9, 2025
Well it took me all of a day to read this!!!
Ptolemy is such a great character and to get more of an adventure with him was great.
These stories have so much heart and really show you the terrible things that happen, but also the moments of good.
The church scene is gruesome and draws you into the righteous anger
Ptolemy is such a great character and to get more of an adventure with him was great.
These stories have so much heart and really show you the terrible things that happen, but also the moments of good.
The church scene is gruesome and draws you into the righteous anger
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