02793cam a2200337 4500 606230296 TxAuBib 20221001120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780786049264 078604926X B09PJ1D5D4 Amazon 21c8b4dd-94dd-4405-ae1d-cdf089b97fc0 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 8627415 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Shirley, John. Axle Bust Creek [Libby eBook]. Pinnacle Books, 2022. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1035kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<b>The first book in a thrilling new western series from John Shirley, the acclaimed co-author of the Sundown Riders western series.<br /> GOLD FEVER. BLOOD FEVER.</b><br /> <br /> From the battlefield of Shiloh to the prisoner camp at Slocum, former Union soldier Cleveland Trewe has seen more than enough carnage for one lifetime. Now that the war is over he's found work as a peacekeeper and prospector—the perfect set of survival skills for a town like Axle Bust, Nevada, a place seething with danger.<br /> <br /> Cleve's uncle staked a claim in Axle Bust only to lose it to a murderous con-man partnered with Duncan Conroy, owner of the Golden Fleece Mine and a man determined to build an empire by means fair and foul. The only person keeping Conroy in check is his sister Berenice, a freethinker whose scientific education benefits the family interests—even while catching Cleve's eye.<br /> <br /> To reclaim his uncle's mine, and bring justice to a town under tyranny, Cleve finds himself turning the streets into a bullet-riddled battlefield. Conroy is about to learn there just isn't room for both men in a town like Axle Bust.<br /> <br /> <b>Praise for John Shirley</b><br /> <b>"Gritty realism, thrilling—this is a good one."<br /> —<i>Lincoln Journal Star</i> on <i>Wyatt in Wichita</i></b><br /> <b>"One of our best and most singular writers. A powerhouse of ideas and imagery."<br /> —William Gibson</b><br />. Historical Fiction. Thriller. Fiction. Western. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-09-30 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=21c8b4dd-94dd-4405-ae1d-cdf089b97fc0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=21c8b4dd-94dd-4405-ae1d-cdf089b97fc0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=21c8b4dd-94dd-4405-ae1d-cdf089b97fc0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)