Lightfall One: Clock, Cloak, Candle

Lightfall #1

by Jordan Taylor

Lightfall Book One of Eight

Six-shooters. Sidesaddles. Flamethrowers. Zombies.

Ivy Jerinson is accustomed to certain standards in life. Steam-heated plumbing, nights at the opera, fine dining and dancing, dirigibles and electricity are luxuries so ordinary in 1870s Boston they seem commonplace to sixteen-year-old Ivy.

Regrettably, the same can be said for structure fires. And zombies.

Isolated and homesick at her uncle’s horse ranch in quarantined New Mexico Territory, Ivy wishes she was back in Boston, with or without Daray’s disease. Her new life of dust, barbarity, and deprivation in the Wild West cannot get any worse ... or so it seems until plague catches up to her.

Now Ivy is running for her life, determined to return home, and acting the part of reluctant expert on the deadly affliction that transforms human beings into predatory monsters. If she ever hopes to see Boston again, she must break the law, defy society, and rely on a strange group of new acquaintances, including a convict, a bounty hunter, and an eccentric Swedish maker who just might be able to build her a ride home—for a price.

194 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 18, 2014

About the author

Author of contemporary and historical fiction. (Photo by Simon Bequoye.)

Reviews

[Susan Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book had me at sidesaddle! I love the authenticity of the young lady, Ivy, riding sidesaddle and trying to remain lady-like even in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. I am enjoying getting to know each character and truly like them as well as their horses. As a sidesaddle aficionado and someone who loves stories about the old west. I couldn't resist this book. I am glad that I got it, the story does not disappoint. It is well written and develops the story line without leaving you flat. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series. It appears that the old west and zombies do mix.