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The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree
A Fantasy Novel by S.A. Hunt
Book 1 of the Outlaw King Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Portal Fantasy,
- Steampunk,
- Desert Fantasy,
- Veteran Protagonist,
- Worlds Collide
This book is for you if you're into...
- Meta fantasy where fans enter the author's own invented world
- Time-bending gunslingers and steampunk Western vibes
- Stories where mythic beings threaten both reality and fiction
After coming home from a stint in Afghanistan, veteran Ross Brigham learns that his father has passed away. Dearly departed Dad was a famous fantasy novelist, and the 300 fans that show up for the funeral demand that Ross finish E. R. Brigham's long-running magnum opus.
Ross and two of the author's devotees investigate his untimely death and discover that he might have been murdered...and the time-bending gunslingers of Dad's steampunk novels might be real.
As they try to acclimate to the arid deserts of the author's fantasy world, the three damaged heroes become pawns in a war for humanity's survival. The Muses have grown tired of immortality and now incite atrocities on Earth, trying to lure down a leviathan from the stars.
Can Ross and his new friends stop the scheming satyrs before both worlds are eaten?
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