Scout: The Tale of Billy the Kid and the Deadwood Dwarves

Mythic West #3

by Edward J. Knight

Eight years after the Jotunheim giants destroyed the Confederacy and most of the Union, the Army of the West stopped their last advance into what was left of the United States. Now the Army polices the borders while rebuilding its strength.
Billy McCarty hates army life. He loathes the daily regiments and rules. Strange sightings in the Black Hills offer him the chance to leave it all behind and lead his own small scout team to investigate.
But Billy's never led a team before. As they head into the wilderness, where only the rules of survival matter, his every decision could mean serious injury or death.
For him or his friends.
Or both.
In the Mythic West, where gunslingers battle monsters of myth, Scout continues the epic adventures of the hero, Billy the Kid.

326 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 21, 2021

About the author

A fourth generation Coloradoan, Edward J. Knight only left the Denver-Boulder area long enough to learn how to put a satellite into orbit. Four satellites (and counting) later, he’s returned to both the mountains and writing fantastical fiction. Along the way, he met the love of his life and became the father of two wonderfully curious kids. He’s a huge fan of tightly constructed universes and smart plots. He’s also recently become a fan of historical “what ifs”. Sometimes that detail is “magical,” such as in his Mythic West novels. More of his work can be found at edwardjknight.com.