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The Liberators
Grant Westerly lost more than just the war…
He lost his home, he lost his family and he lost his pride.
Deserting soldiers from the Union burned his house to the ground and his parents with it.
All he has left is his revenge.
And Joseph – a former slave of the family but now a free man.
Despite his suffering as a slave, Joe cannot accept the violence of the ex-Union soldiers and together he and Grant seek them out in the hope of taking them down once and for all.
When Grant and Joe pursue the vengeance trail, hardship and danger are their constant companions.
With all that has come between them, can Joe and Grant be allies?
And if they can, will they find the strength to finish what they’ve started?
Travel South, down into Grant’s homeland and then further still into Mexico.
The Liberators is a story that moves between civilisations and looks with fresh eyes upon the bond of true friendship.
'A thrilling read.' - Robert Foster , acclaimed author of The Lunar Code .
Edwin Charles Tubb was a British writer of western novels, science fiction and fantasy. The author of over 140 novels and 230 short stores and novellas, Tubb used 58 different pen names over five decades. He passed away in 2010, but his legacy lives on.
He lost his home, he lost his family and he lost his pride.
Deserting soldiers from the Union burned his house to the ground and his parents with it.
All he has left is his revenge.
And Joseph – a former slave of the family but now a free man.
Despite his suffering as a slave, Joe cannot accept the violence of the ex-Union soldiers and together he and Grant seek them out in the hope of taking them down once and for all.
When Grant and Joe pursue the vengeance trail, hardship and danger are their constant companions.
With all that has come between them, can Joe and Grant be allies?
And if they can, will they find the strength to finish what they’ve started?
Travel South, down into Grant’s homeland and then further still into Mexico.
The Liberators is a story that moves between civilisations and looks with fresh eyes upon the bond of true friendship.
'A thrilling read.' - Robert Foster , acclaimed author of The Lunar Code .
Edwin Charles Tubb was a British writer of western novels, science fiction and fantasy. The author of over 140 novels and 230 short stores and novellas, Tubb used 58 different pen names over five decades. He passed away in 2010, but his legacy lives on.
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Published March 15, 2016
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E.C. Tubb
382 books85 followersEdwin Charles Tubb was a writer of science fiction, fantasy and western novels. He published over 140 novels and 230 short stories and novellas, and is best known for The Dumarest Saga (US collective title: Dumarest of Terra) an epic science-fiction saga set in the far future.
Much of Tubb's work has been written under pseudonyms including Gregory Kern, Carl Maddox, Alan Guthrie, Eric Storm and George Holt. He has used 58 pen names over five decades of writing although some of these were publishers' house names also used by other writers: Volsted Gridban (along with John Russell Fearn), Gill Hunt (with John Brunner and Dennis Hughes), King Lang (with George Hay and John W Jennison), Roy Sheldon (with H. J. Campbell) and Brian Shaw. Tubb's Charles Grey alias was solely his own and acquired a big following in the early 1950s.
An avid reader of pulp science-fiction and fantasy in his youth, Tubb found that he had a particular talent as a writer of stories in that genre when his short story 'No Short Cuts' was published in New Worlds magazine in 1951. He opted for a full-time career as a writer and soon became renowned for the speed and diversity of his output.
Tubb contributed to many of the science fiction magazines of the 1950s including Futuristic Science Stories, Science Fantasy, Nebula and Galaxy Science Fiction. He contributed heavily to Authentic Science Fiction editing the magazine for nearly two years, from February 1956 until it folded in October 1957. During this time, he found it so difficult to find good writers to contribute to the magazine, that he often wrote most of the stories himself under a variety of pseudonyms: one issue of Authentic was written entirely by Tubb, including the letters column.
His main work in the science fiction genre, the Dumarest series, appeared from 1967 to 1985, with two final volumes in 1997 and 2008. His second major series, the Cap Kennedy series, was written from 1973 to 1983.
In recent years Tubb updated many of his 1950s science fiction novels for 21st century readers.
Tubb was one of the co-founders of the British Science Fiction Association.
Much of Tubb's work has been written under pseudonyms including Gregory Kern, Carl Maddox, Alan Guthrie, Eric Storm and George Holt. He has used 58 pen names over five decades of writing although some of these were publishers' house names also used by other writers: Volsted Gridban (along with John Russell Fearn), Gill Hunt (with John Brunner and Dennis Hughes), King Lang (with George Hay and John W Jennison), Roy Sheldon (with H. J. Campbell) and Brian Shaw. Tubb's Charles Grey alias was solely his own and acquired a big following in the early 1950s.
An avid reader of pulp science-fiction and fantasy in his youth, Tubb found that he had a particular talent as a writer of stories in that genre when his short story 'No Short Cuts' was published in New Worlds magazine in 1951. He opted for a full-time career as a writer and soon became renowned for the speed and diversity of his output.
Tubb contributed to many of the science fiction magazines of the 1950s including Futuristic Science Stories, Science Fantasy, Nebula and Galaxy Science Fiction. He contributed heavily to Authentic Science Fiction editing the magazine for nearly two years, from February 1956 until it folded in October 1957. During this time, he found it so difficult to find good writers to contribute to the magazine, that he often wrote most of the stories himself under a variety of pseudonyms: one issue of Authentic was written entirely by Tubb, including the letters column.
His main work in the science fiction genre, the Dumarest series, appeared from 1967 to 1985, with two final volumes in 1997 and 2008. His second major series, the Cap Kennedy series, was written from 1973 to 1983.
In recent years Tubb updated many of his 1950s science fiction novels for 21st century readers.
Tubb was one of the co-founders of the British Science Fiction Association.
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December 19, 2019
Great read
I really enjoyed this book. Very well written, full of color. I highly recommend, and will be looking for more of E C's material
I really enjoyed this book. Very well written, full of color. I highly recommend, and will be looking for more of E C's material
March 23, 2016
The Liberators by E.C. Tubb- I read a lot of E. C. Tubb's science fiction over the years, manly the Dumarest series of 30 or more science fiction adventures, but this is the first time I've read a western from him. During his career Tubb wrote over a hundred novels and several hundred short stories in mostly science fiction, but also mysteries, romance, and westerns. This book first appeared sixty years ago. It's a tale of vengeance as Grant Westerly, a Confederate soldier returning home at the end of the Civil War, finds his parents killed, his family home burned down, and little else to welcome him except a former slave, Joseph. Joseph tells Westerly of a gang of Union deserters that did this terrible thing and the two set out following a trail West seeking a reckoning. It is a simple adventure tale, told with some artistic grace, but nothing exceptional, just a good read. Some of the Indian and Mexican stereotypes are a bit off-putting, but generally fit in with the simple plot. Not a long book, it seems to have been put together in scenes rather than flow naturally with occasional jumps from one location to the next. A nice relaxing read.
March 26, 2016
An enjoyable and easy to read story. This has become my favourite type of Western, Revenge. The Author has done a great job, and I like his writing style, and descriptions. At times you could almost picture yourself riding along on a horse with the characters. You can understand why Grant is after revenge, after getting home from the Civil War to find is parents killed. Joseph and Grant go out to hunt for the killers together, and end up in knife fights over gambling. Then they need to stay on the right side of the Indians, so they don’t get killed by them. There is plenty of action and adventure, and all the things you would expect from a good Western.
June 30, 2016
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