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The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree


A Fantasy Novel


Book 1 of the Outlaw King Series


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Portal Fantasy,
  • Steampunk,
  • Desert Fantasy,
  • Veteran Protagonist,
  • Worlds Collide
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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
Publisher Description

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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