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The Haxan Series #2
Quaternity
A prequel to Haxan.
Before he became a U.S. federal marshal in Haxan, John Marwood rode with a band of killers up and down the Texas/Mexico border. Led by Abram Botis, an apostate from the Old Country, this gang of 13 killers search for the fabled golden city of Cibola, even riding unto the barren, blood-soaked plains of Comancheria. And in this violent crucible of blood, dust, and wind, Marwood discovers a nightmarish truth about himself, and conquer the silent, wintry thing coiled inside him.
Before he became a U.S. federal marshal in Haxan, John Marwood rode with a band of killers up and down the Texas/Mexico border. Led by Abram Botis, an apostate from the Old Country, this gang of 13 killers search for the fabled golden city of Cibola, even riding unto the barren, blood-soaked plains of Comancheria. And in this violent crucible of blood, dust, and wind, Marwood discovers a nightmarish truth about himself, and conquer the silent, wintry thing coiled inside him.
- GenresFantasy
298 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2015
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May 14, 2018
To mangle a Warhammer 40K slogan, in the grim past/present/future there is only war.
John Marwood doesn’t remember much about his past, but he’s willing to kill a lot of people until he figures it out. Mostly, he rides with a monster who delivers sermons about war as a holy task and his murderous gang and lets them commit tons of atrocities. But it’s OK, because *he* doesn’t. He just kills people, and the ones he does generally deserve it.
Lots of loving descriptions of scalpings, disembowellings of pregnant women, etc. I read and enjoy horror fiction and movies, and I get that Hoover's writing against an idealized version of the West, but honestly this soon lost its impact.
It’s clear Hoover’s done his research into Western life - he's talked about visiting many of the places he mentions, I had to look up a few slang terms, and I’m not sure I’ve read an author more knowledgeable about horses and their various potential injuries. I’m just not convinced a retread of Blood Meridian with a different prose style was needed.
Easter Egg - John Marwood is John Cleese’s first and middle names. I may never see Silverado the same way again.
John Marwood doesn’t remember much about his past, but he’s willing to kill a lot of people until he figures it out. Mostly, he rides with a monster who delivers sermons about war as a holy task and his murderous gang and lets them commit tons of atrocities. But it’s OK, because *he* doesn’t. He just kills people, and the ones he does generally deserve it.
Lots of loving descriptions of scalpings, disembowellings of pregnant women, etc. I read and enjoy horror fiction and movies, and I get that Hoover's writing against an idealized version of the West, but honestly this soon lost its impact.
It’s clear Hoover’s done his research into Western life - he's talked about visiting many of the places he mentions, I had to look up a few slang terms, and I’m not sure I’ve read an author more knowledgeable about horses and their various potential injuries. I’m just not convinced a retread of Blood Meridian with a different prose style was needed.
Easter Egg - John Marwood is John Cleese’s first and middle names. I may never see Silverado the same way again.
May 25, 2015
A solid prequel to "Haxan"
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June 28, 2016unbearably violent, not sure I can finish this except the style is so perversely beautiful, perfectly evoking a hopeless brutal landscape
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