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Territory

by Emma Bull

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ISBN13: 9780812548365
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Wyatt Earp. Doc Holliday. Ike Clanton.

 

You think you know the story. You dont.

 

Tombstone, Arizona in 1881 is the site of one of the richest mineral strikes in American history, where veins of silver run like ley lines under the earth, a network of power that belongs to anyone who knows how to claim and defend it.

Above the ground, power is also about allegiances. A magician can drain his friends' strength to strengthen himself, and can place them between him and danger. The one with the most friends stands to win the territory.

Jesse Fox left his Eastern college education to travel West, where hes made some decidedly odd friends, like the physician Chow Lung, who insists that Jesse has a talent for magic. In Tombstone, Jesse meets the tubercular Doc Holliday, whose inner magic is as suppressed as his own, but whose power is enough to attract the sorcerous attention of Wyatt Earp.

 

Mildred Benjamin is a young widow making her living as a newspaper typesetter, and—unbeknownst to the other ladies of Tombstone—selling tales of Western derring-do to the magazines back East. Like Jesse, Mildred has episodes of seeing things that cant possibly be there.

 

When a failed stage holdup results in two dead, Tombstone explodes with speculation about who attempted the robbery. The truth could destroy Earp's plans for wealth and glory, and he'll do anything to bury it. Meanwhile, outlaw leader John Ringo wants the same turf as Earp. Each courts Jesse as an ally, and tries to isolate him by endangering his friends, as they struggle for magical dominance of the territory.

Events are building toward the shootout of which you may have heard. But you haven't heard the whole, secret story until you've read Emma Bull's unique take on an American legend, in which absolutely nothing is as it seems...

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A magical tale of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral—unlike any other version you have ever read

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From the author of the popular "War for the Oaks" comes a magical version of the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona--a unique take on an American legend, in which nothing is as it seems.

About the Author

Emma Bulls War for the Oaks won the Locus Award for Best First Novel. Her subsequent works have included Falcon, the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-finalist Bone Dance, Finder, and (with Steven Brust) Freedom and Necessity. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.

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emmejo, June 7, 2011 (view all comments by emmejo)
This isn't 1881 Tombstone, Arizona as history books show it. Here there aren't just conflicts of politics and less-than-legal activities, but the silver underground tends to attract people with unusual powers. Jesse Fox, a young man reluctant to admit to himself that he has supernatural powers, rides into town and into the middle of a messy situation. The Earp brothers are at the center of a growing unrest in the town. Things get messier when a holdup out of town goes bad and people are killed, but the townsfolk start to suspect that the Earps are protecting whoever actually committed the crime. When a friend of Jesse's is murdered by one of the factions, he decides he can't stand by and ignore what he knows is the underlying problem: magic and people using it to control others.

Bull's writing is sharp and matter-of-fact, making the story seem more realistically solid and historical rather than a light, alt-history. The use of magic is subtle and well-developed. Pacing is good, and although the plot can get a bit wandering, it isn't bad enough to be distracting.

Characters are well-crafted and given good motivation. Bull did a good job researching a lot of the people who lived in the town at that point and including them as background characters. If you look up information on the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and check out witness names and people who provided information on the people involved you'll notice a lot of names that show up in this book. Her two main fictional characters Jesse Fox and Mildred Benjamin, a typesetter/reporter who helps Fox, are enjoyable and realistic.

I would have to say this is one of the best historical fantasy books I've read. It's just too bad the author doesn't seem to be in any kind of hurry with the sequel.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780812548365
Author:
Bull, Emma
Publisher:
Tor Books
Subject:
Fantasy - General
Subject:
Fantasy - Historical
Subject:
Science Fiction and Fantasy-Fantasy-Historical
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Edition Description:
Mass Market Paperbound
Publication Date:
20081231
Binding:
MASS MARKET
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
432
Dimensions:
6.70x4.10x1.10 in. .40 lbs.

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