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Nunslinger #1
Nunslinger Book 1
The year is 1864. Sister Thomas Josephine is on her way from St Louis, Missouri, to Sacramento, California. During the course of her journey, however, she'll find that her faith requires her to take off her wimple and pick up a gun.
Innocent Visitandine nun Sister Thomas Josephine wants nothing more than an adventure-free journey out west. But adventure is what she'll get - and heaps of it - when she's taken hostage by a desperate outlaw on the Laramie Plains of Wyoming. Before long she'll find herself torn between two men, the handsome Union Army Lieutentant Thomas F. Carthy and the mysterious drifter Abraham C. Muir. And soon, one of these men will be staring down the barrel of her gun.
Innocent Visitandine nun Sister Thomas Josephine wants nothing more than an adventure-free journey out west. But adventure is what she'll get - and heaps of it - when she's taken hostage by a desperate outlaw on the Laramie Plains of Wyoming. Before long she'll find herself torn between two men, the handsome Union Army Lieutentant Thomas F. Carthy and the mysterious drifter Abraham C. Muir. And soon, one of these men will be staring down the barrel of her gun.
63 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2012
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Stark Holborn
20 books87 followersStark Holborn is a novelist, games writer, film reviewer, and the author of Nunslinger, Triggernometry and Ten Low.
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December 20, 2014
I'm reading Nunslinger: The Complete Series, but I thought it would be easier to rate every book as I finish them before I rate all of them as one.
In the first book we get to know Sister Thomas Josephine a Visitantine nun. The wagon train she travellers with gets attacked and the survivors is left stranded in Wyoming but they get rescued by Lt. Theodore F. Carthy and his soldiers. But she isn't safe for long, the deserter Abraham C. Muir. kidnaps her...
This book was shorter than I anticipated, I didn't check up how many pages every book has. It's a ok read. I must admit I have a little bit of trouble getting into the story. But since every book is around 70 pages long (as far as I can tell) will I at least try to read a book a day...
3 stars
Review also posted on And Now for Something Completely Different and It's a Mad Mad World
In the first book we get to know Sister Thomas Josephine a Visitantine nun. The wagon train she travellers with gets attacked and the survivors is left stranded in Wyoming but they get rescued by Lt. Theodore F. Carthy and his soldiers. But she isn't safe for long, the deserter Abraham C. Muir. kidnaps her...
This book was shorter than I anticipated, I didn't check up how many pages every book has. It's a ok read. I must admit I have a little bit of trouble getting into the story. But since every book is around 70 pages long (as far as I can tell) will I at least try to read a book a day...
3 stars
Review also posted on And Now for Something Completely Different and It's a Mad Mad World
December 21, 2019
Absolutely superb. Economic prose, great characters and just the right amount of action and peril to go with the more thoughtful element. I LOVED IT
January 30, 2023
I don’t know what this book is, but it’s so much fun. And the ending? THAT’S NOT AN ENDING 😭 I might read this series this year.
It’s essentially about a nun who was traveling with a wagon train. She finds herself running when the train is ambushed and many people die. She has to survive and help a wounded man and it all boils down to a heart stopping moment at the end that left me flabbergasted.
I want more.
It’s essentially about a nun who was traveling with a wagon train. She finds herself running when the train is ambushed and many people die. She has to survive and help a wounded man and it all boils down to a heart stopping moment at the end that left me flabbergasted.
I want more.
January 13, 2014
I hate cowboy stories and westerns, but after reading so many positive reviews I thought I'd give this a go and see what all the fuss was about.
An unusual protagonist and a cowboy, what's not to like in the highly-charged and quickly paced novella. Sister Thomas Josephine adapts well to the situations she finds herself in and questions her moral stance when changes occur that she must roll with. Great short descriptive prose that sets the scenes well without too much babble and keeps the story moving at break neck speed.
the text has some imaginative turns of phrase and not a single word has been wasted. My favourite sentence in the whole book was, 'It were a livestock town, not more 'an twenty of us young men together, bare enough to keep the whores in business.'
If you're thinking of reading this book, stop thinking and download it and enjoy it today. I still hate cowboy stories and westerns, but with the exception of this one; it's a definite five star read.
An unusual protagonist and a cowboy, what's not to like in the highly-charged and quickly paced novella. Sister Thomas Josephine adapts well to the situations she finds herself in and questions her moral stance when changes occur that she must roll with. Great short descriptive prose that sets the scenes well without too much babble and keeps the story moving at break neck speed.
the text has some imaginative turns of phrase and not a single word has been wasted. My favourite sentence in the whole book was, 'It were a livestock town, not more 'an twenty of us young men together, bare enough to keep the whores in business.'
If you're thinking of reading this book, stop thinking and download it and enjoy it today. I still hate cowboy stories and westerns, but with the exception of this one; it's a definite five star read.
June 16, 2015
This was ok, but I'm definitely glad that I have the complete collection and not just this book as a stand alone.
It's done enough to make me want to carry on to the second book.
It's done enough to make me want to carry on to the second book.
December 20, 2022
This rousing story is written in colorful, authentic language that easily coaxes mental imagery in the reader's mind. The raw, honest narrative is a good match for the sparse, no-frills life on the wagon trails of the old west. Every word has to earn its keep.
Our protagonist, Sister Thomas Josephine, is traveling west when her wagon train is attacked. She survives, but bounces from being helped to being kidnapped in quick order.
There's 18 chapters in the book, but most of them are just a few pages long. This is a quick, addictive read and you'll easily finish it in one sitting. But, you're going to need the second book to get yourself off that cliff the author hung you on! The Nunslinger series is twelve books, so cinch that saddle, cowboy, you've got a long ways yet to go.
Our protagonist, Sister Thomas Josephine, is traveling west when her wagon train is attacked. She survives, but bounces from being helped to being kidnapped in quick order.
There's 18 chapters in the book, but most of them are just a few pages long. This is a quick, addictive read and you'll easily finish it in one sitting. But, you're going to need the second book to get yourself off that cliff the author hung you on! The Nunslinger series is twelve books, so cinch that saddle, cowboy, you've got a long ways yet to go.
June 23, 2014
NUNSLINGER [Book 1] pits Sister Thomas Josephine and a mysterious outlaw, Abe Muir, against the elements, each other than the advancing Union army.
As a piece of narrative fiction it is unlike any else out there. Sister T.S's voice is a strong yet compassionate one, the story is rich and interesting and it reads (at least to me) like the best Exploitation movie never made. This is the highest compliment possible as I love that type of cinema. Great start, more please.
As a piece of narrative fiction it is unlike any else out there. Sister T.S's voice is a strong yet compassionate one, the story is rich and interesting and it reads (at least to me) like the best Exploitation movie never made. This is the highest compliment possible as I love that type of cinema. Great start, more please.
March 13, 2015
A very raw tale in the Wild West, well paced and very enjoyable. IT's the first part of a broader story divided in chapters, so don't expect a conclusion in this volume.
Warning: this seems to come from Hugh Howey's school of cliffhangers.
Warning: this seems to come from Hugh Howey's school of cliffhangers.
May 5, 2019
This was an off-the-nose Thriftbooks purchase and I’m so glad I snagged it! Book 1 = interesting start to a “nun gone rogue” storyline; I love how the stage is now set for the rest of the books/character development . // I have the complete volume (books 1-12) but want to rate them each as I go, to note certain lines. At the fire, with Muir, Sister says:
...That there were hard edges to this world I had never imagined; a world of unbound wounds and blood on the earth and shattered teeth, where a man like Muir lived alone.
Sort of set the tone, IMO.
...That there were hard edges to this world I had never imagined; a world of unbound wounds and blood on the earth and shattered teeth, where a man like Muir lived alone.
Sort of set the tone, IMO.
February 15, 2018
Got this taster(?) free via Google books, and although westerns aren't really a genre of choice, it was ok, though not rivetting enough to make me want to buy further parts of it, though I'd happily read them if I could get it at my local library.
January 2, 2018
Talk about one helluva cliffhanger. I immediately bought the first omnibus.
May 8, 2019
Fast paced and easy to read with an intriguing setting.
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January 10, 2014
First book of the year and I loved it! It's hard to pick faults with something so fast-paced and captivating. With action from the start, I was pulled into this western world, fully visualising the environments described. The ending was marvellous, one which is changes the protagonist and forces you to pick book 2 up. If anything, this is a grand western book with its only fault that is should be a lot longer.
March 15, 2014
NUNSLINGER [Book 1] pits Sister Thomas Josephine and a mysterious outlaw, Abe Muir, against the elements, each other than the advancing Union army.
As a piece of narrative fiction it is unlike any else out there. Sister T.S's voice is a strong yet compassionate one, the story is rich and interesting and it reads (at least to me) like the best Exploitation movie never made. This is the highest compliment possible as I love that type of cinema. Great start, more please.
As a piece of narrative fiction it is unlike any else out there. Sister T.S's voice is a strong yet compassionate one, the story is rich and interesting and it reads (at least to me) like the best Exploitation movie never made. This is the highest compliment possible as I love that type of cinema. Great start, more please.
January 2, 2015
I wasn't sure what to expect when I got this book, to be honest I picked it because I liked the look of the cover! it took me a little while to get into it but as soon as I did I didn't want to put it down! its like nothing else I have read before, a series of events and characters I wouldn't have put together, it was a fantastic read I cant wait to read the next one!!
April 9, 2015
Nuns - and guns. Surely a winning combination. I wanted to like this and the characters and situation had real potential but every short chapter was another slice of action so it was all plot, no development. One thing happened after another, in quick succession but there was nothing to get me wondering so I stopped reading pretty early on.
February 22, 2015
Keeps you guessing until the very end, then you're guessing again and wanting more. I'm really hooked to this series.
December 25, 2014
Wow!...I'm hooked...ready for book 2
February 23, 2015
terrific and very unusual book, fast moving, and great reading, would have liked to see Abe get it together with the nun, but overall a great read, would redcommend
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