The SixGun Tarot, R. S. Belcher
The SixGun Tarot, R. S. Belcher
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The Six-Gun Tarot

Author: R. S. Belcher

Narrator: Fleet Cooper

Unabridged: 17 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/29/2018


Synopsis

The Six-Gun Tarot is the first audiobook in the twisted weird west world of the Golgotha series by R.S. Belcher.

Nevada, 1869: Beyond the pitiless 40-Mile Desert lies Golgotha, a cattle town that hides more than its share of unnatural secrets. The sheriff bears the mark of the noose around his neck; some say he is a dead man whose time has not yet come. His half-human deputy is kin to coyotes. The mayor guards a hoard of mythical treasures. A banker's wife belongs to a secret order of assassins. And a shady saloon owner, whose fingers are in everyone's business, may know more about the town's true origins than he's letting on.

A haven for the blessed and the damned, Golgotha has known many strange events, but nothing like the primordial darkness stirring in the abandoned silver mine overlooking the town. Bleeding midnight, an ancient evil is spilling into the world, and unless the sheriff and his posse can saddle up in time, Golgotha will have seen its last dawn…and so will all of Creation.

R.S. Belcher's The Six-Gun Tarot is "an astonishing blend of first-rate steampunk fantasy and Western adventure." (Library Journal, Starred Review)

Other Books by R.S. Belcher:

The Golgotha Series
The Six-Gun Tarot
The Shotgun Arcana

Nightwise

The Brotherhood of the Wheel

About R. S. Belcher

R.S. BELCHER won the Grand Prize in the Strange New Worlds SF-writing contest. He runs Cosmic Castle, a comic book shop in Roanoke, Virginia, and is the author of The Six-Gun Tarot.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tim on February 13, 2022

This is what would have happened if Sam Peckinpah (director of The Wild Bunch) had read the Cthulhu mythos and said “Yeah, that’s something I can work with." ... Please read that again. If it did not sell you on the book, I really don't think I can do any more. This is without a doubt the most fun boo......more

Goodreads review by Felicia on May 23, 2013

Ok I read this a while ago, and this isn't the kind of book that's easily summarized far away from reading, but I know that I enjoyed it, so that's good enough for a review. It's a fantastical mystery, if you've read Tim Powers then this is RIGHT up your alley. A strange town, lots of points of view......more

Goodreads review by Mihir on April 24, 2013

Full review over at Fantasy Book Critic ANALYSIS: Six Gun Tarot is a debut that almost flew under my radar; it was thanks to Cindy, my fellow blogger that I was able to read it. The blurb details give you a small inkling about the book’s story but truly nothing truly prepares for the actual story......more

Goodreads review by Emma on April 06, 2016

Wow! Absolutely loved this...paranormal Western sounds unlikely as a winning combination but it worked fabulously. I hope the next in the series is as good.......more


Quotes

“Belcher draws readers into a fascinating world that reads like a mashup of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Deadwood. Part western, part urban fantasy, part coming-of-age tale, Belcher's story balances all pieces perfectly.” —RT Book Reviews

“Against the backdrop of Chinese and Mormon mythology and the Civil War, with a bit of Frankenstein for color, the mix of theology, frontier justice, and zombies is merely cover for an intense and irreverent exploration of good, evil, and free will.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“A jaw-dropping first novel that explodes across genre lines. Wild, gritty, insanely inventive and a hell of a lot of fun!” —Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Dust & Decay and Assassin's Code

“A steampunk'd romp through a Mythic West drenched in blood and magic.” —Rosemary Edghill, coauthor of The Shadow of Albion

“If you want to see what Weird Westerns are all about, there's no better place to start than The Six-Gun Tarot.” —Mike Resnick, award-wining author of Santiago