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Keeper of the Books
If he stays, he dies. If he goes, he steps into an unknown world. That's the decision of an outlaw. With a bounty hunter on his trail and an unknown journey ahead of him, the outlaw must seek the help of wary strangers. And getting back won't be so easy.
- GenresFantasy
294 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 12, 2016
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June 4, 2016
If you like westerns this might be a great book, if you don't well then this book isn't for you. I can tolerate westerns when mixed with fantasy, but the only fantasy in this is a portal to another world with elves and the like, I've been trying to finish this book for a month now and just have no interest in continuing except I hate to leave a book half finished (ok I'm at 68% no more than half done). Very slow pace and the character development is limited to a couple central characters, but there are several supporting characters that could be removed and not missed because of lack of development
January 8, 2020
Uniquely Intriguing!
Keeper of the books is a fascinating tale combining time travel with a western. All of the main characters operate outside of the law, even those who are supposed to uphold the law. Levi Thompson, a bounty hunter, is pursuing Nate Cole and his brother Joe for personal revenge and calling it justice. Nate and his gang are hired to steal a magic book by Tyler Montgomery. Joe and Nate follow Tyler into the book and find themselves separated not just within the new world of Galamore, but by time as well. Levi continues his pursuit of Nate into the book. That is when things get really interesting!
Keeper of the books is a fascinating tale combining time travel with a western. All of the main characters operate outside of the law, even those who are supposed to uphold the law. Levi Thompson, a bounty hunter, is pursuing Nate Cole and his brother Joe for personal revenge and calling it justice. Nate and his gang are hired to steal a magic book by Tyler Montgomery. Joe and Nate follow Tyler into the book and find themselves separated not just within the new world of Galamore, but by time as well. Levi continues his pursuit of Nate into the book. That is when things get really interesting!
December 10, 2016
What a great way to twist the setting and tell a story!
May 9, 2016
Have you ever played the RPG ‘Changeling’ by White Wolf? Did you know there’s a Wild West edition? Well, I have and I LOVE it. I’m just telling you this so you grasp from the beginning that ‘Keeper of the Books’ is very much my cup of tea.
Set in the historically accurate West Texas of the late 1800s, Elliot gives the setting a strong sense of the reality of a harsh existence and steers clear of the romanticised West of so many clichés. The Cole brothers and the man who hunts them are all 3 sides of the same coin – each could be the other and it’s a dialectic not lost to the reader nor to the characters themselves.
So right there it has the making of a classic. But Elliot, not content with throwing another coin into the already full well of that genre, throws our boys into a new world: Galamore. Galamore is a lot like West Texas. It’s also a lot like feudal Europe. It’s also a bit like Pandora. But only a bit.
What it is like is an intricate and well-crafted plot with a ‘chose your own’ story for each of the compelling characters. The characters themselves are so well drawn that I found I couldn’t look at them in terms of ‘good guys’ and ‘bad guys’, ‘hunter and hunted’, what they are instead is human, and that is something sorely lacking in the depiction of people in the Wild West genre as a whole. The reader is along for the ride, indeed, I found myself shouting at the book as if they could hear me at several times in each of their plot lines!
I was very much on board with this adventure and I really enjoyed reading it. I would recommend it to lovers of fantasy, westerns, adventure, the list goes on.
Rating 8.5/10: Another couldn’t-put-down book, I read it in 3 days. The bath water didn’t get time to cool!
Review by Vikki Heaven @ Escapology Reviews . com
Set in the historically accurate West Texas of the late 1800s, Elliot gives the setting a strong sense of the reality of a harsh existence and steers clear of the romanticised West of so many clichés. The Cole brothers and the man who hunts them are all 3 sides of the same coin – each could be the other and it’s a dialectic not lost to the reader nor to the characters themselves.
So right there it has the making of a classic. But Elliot, not content with throwing another coin into the already full well of that genre, throws our boys into a new world: Galamore. Galamore is a lot like West Texas. It’s also a lot like feudal Europe. It’s also a bit like Pandora. But only a bit.
What it is like is an intricate and well-crafted plot with a ‘chose your own’ story for each of the compelling characters. The characters themselves are so well drawn that I found I couldn’t look at them in terms of ‘good guys’ and ‘bad guys’, ‘hunter and hunted’, what they are instead is human, and that is something sorely lacking in the depiction of people in the Wild West genre as a whole. The reader is along for the ride, indeed, I found myself shouting at the book as if they could hear me at several times in each of their plot lines!
I was very much on board with this adventure and I really enjoyed reading it. I would recommend it to lovers of fantasy, westerns, adventure, the list goes on.
Rating 8.5/10: Another couldn’t-put-down book, I read it in 3 days. The bath water didn’t get time to cool!
Review by Vikki Heaven @ Escapology Reviews . com
May 2, 2016
Not the usual time travel
I couldn't give it a five star review because it took me too long to figure out what a.o.m. meant. Once I had that in my mind and had backtracked in the book to several different chapters to cement what the author was doing with the story line, then it all began to fall into place. From that point on the story took on new depths and the twists and turns of each of the characters helped to thicken the plot. Pay close attention to the chapter titles for they are the key to really falling into the thick of the plot(s). I am looking forward to the next book in the story... what happens? What surprises lay in store in Galamore? The only thing that could make this better would be a map of this world.
I couldn't give it a five star review because it took me too long to figure out what a.o.m. meant. Once I had that in my mind and had backtracked in the book to several different chapters to cement what the author was doing with the story line, then it all began to fall into place. From that point on the story took on new depths and the twists and turns of each of the characters helped to thicken the plot. Pay close attention to the chapter titles for they are the key to really falling into the thick of the plot(s). I am looking forward to the next book in the story... what happens? What surprises lay in store in Galamore? The only thing that could make this better would be a map of this world.
December 27, 2016
This one was all the reader.
Liked the sound of his voice but his way of pausing at strange places within the sentence was like a subtle version of the doctor from the movie Dark City.
Not sure if it was because he was unfamiliar with the text or just talked in a ...slightly unusual... way.
Because of that, had to turn it off 26 minutes in.
Liked the sound of his voice but his way of pausing at strange places within the sentence was like a subtle version of the doctor from the movie Dark City.
Not sure if it was because he was unfamiliar with the text or just talked in a ...slightly unusual... way.
Because of that, had to turn it off 26 minutes in.
August 18, 2016
Time travel western style
Time travelers from old west to odd west. Not sure the message, maybe people can change? But why do all books now require you to buy the sequel? Need more information on the history, culture, and climate of the odd west.
Time travelers from old west to odd west. Not sure the message, maybe people can change? But why do all books now require you to buy the sequel? Need more information on the history, culture, and climate of the odd west.
April 7, 2016
Best book I've read in a while
Good book interesting story and plot development, good characters with decent back story's wish there was more inclusion of the brights
Good book interesting story and plot development, good characters with decent back story's wish there was more inclusion of the brights
September 7, 2016
TOOK ME Awhile to get into was reading 15 min at a time at work, but really enjoyed when i got to read a big chunk at home!! neat premise, going into a different world through abook )
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