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The Yellow Painted Man (The Dead Wind, #1)
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In 1863, as war rages in Mexico and the United States, another millennia old conflict is escalating. Fueled by the whims of an eldritch intelligence, all of mankind is subject to its sway.Samuel Sheldon is a chosen heir of the Trust, an enigmatic and gold obsessed cabal with origins seeped in the secret history of the world. When his prisoner, Mangas Coloradas, is murdered
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Kindle Edition, 648 pages
Published
October 28th 2019
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What an immersing complex story. Set in the mid 19th Century and geographically spanning the American West to Old Europe Balkans there is a little bit of every part of the globe included in this yarn. This is one you get in and hold on as it is a fast and engaging story with multiple closely interwoven threads - at times a classic Western, at others a Lovecraftian tome with its mystical entities and at others a fantastical American historical fiction novel. I've read stories that have attempted
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Book is set in 1863 as war is going on in US and Mexico, with other conflicts arising. It is all fueled by gold and the fight for power. One man is in charge of the Trust and he must decide if it is all worth the risks.
This was a basic good vs evil story, and it did not pull me into the story. I found myself speed reading through passages to get through the book.
This was a basic good vs evil story, and it did not pull me into the story. I found myself speed reading through passages to get through the book.

Good story line and ability to describe scenes/people. Very confusing/hard to follow though when the author would constantly switch between using a character's last name & first name within the same scene. Kept thinking it was a new character until I realized what was happening.
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