Lightning Wolves

by David Lee Summers

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Part of the The Clockwork Legion series:

Editions:Audiobook - First Edition: $ 15.99ePub - Second Edition: $ 3.99Paperback - Second Edition: $ 14.95

ISBN: 978-1885093981
Size: 5.50 x 8.50 in
Pages: 258

The year is 1877. Russians have invaded the Pacific Northwest and are advancing into California. New weapons have proven ineffective or dangerously unstable and the one man who can help has disappeared into Apache Country, hunting ghosts. A healer and a former sheriff lead a band into the heart of the invasion to determine what makes the Russian forces so unstoppable while a young inventor attempts to unleash the power of the lightning wolves.

Published: December 7, 2021
Publisher: Hadrosaur Productions
Editors:

Phyllis Irene Radford

Cover Artists:

Laura Givens

Narrators:

Edward Mittelstedt

Genres:

Sci Fi, Sci Fi - Aliens, Sci Fi - Alternative History, Sci Fi - Steampunk

Tags:

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Tropes: Aliens Among Us, Band of Misfits, Found Family, Mad Scientist
Word Count: 86000
Setting: Arizona, New Mexico, California
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Tropes: Aliens Among Us, Band of Misfits, Found Family, Mad Scientist
Word Count: 86000
Setting: Arizona, New Mexico, California
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters

Reviews:Deby Fredericks wrote:

The Old West as we wish it had been. Full of adventure and crazy inventions but with some honesty about the prejudices and mores of the day. This is as much alternate history as adventure tale, with an ethnically diverse cast fighting battles that never were. Appearances by a few historical figures, like Geromino, add spice. There's a poignant undercurrent on how inventions meant to lift humanity up can draw us into the same old quagmire of ambition and greed, plus an intriguing alien race trying to find its way through First Contact with humans. Nicely done.

Neal Wilgus on Small Press Review wrote:

David Lee Summers is a talented spinner of pseudo-science adventures with nary a vampire or zombie in sight. This may not be ground-breaking literature but it's great fun to read and well worth the time spent doing so. Don't miss it!

About the Author

David Lee Summers lives in Southern New Mexico at the cusp of the western and final frontiers. He's written novels about space pirates, vampire mercenaries, mad scientists in the old west, and astronomer ghosts. He's edited thrilling anthologies of space adventure that imagine what worlds discovered by NASA's Kepler mission might be like. When he's not writing or editing, David explores the universe for real at Kitt Peak National Observatory. To learn more about David or his books visit his website at http://www.davidleesummers.

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