An Easy Death (1) (Gunnie Rose)

An Easy Death (1) (Gunnie Rose)

“Immersive, involving, suspenseful, and intriguing, with a main character you’ll love.” —Lee Child, #1 internationally bestselling author of the Jack Reacher novels<BR> <BR> “When a master of her craft offers to tell you a story, let her. The results are dazzling.” —Seanan McGuire, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Alex, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning Wayward Children series.<BR> <BR> <b>The beloved #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, the inspiration for HBO’s <i>True Blood, </i>and the Midnight Crossroad trilogy adapted for NBC’s <i>Midnight, Texas</i>, has written a taut new thriller—the first in the Gunnie Rose series—centered on a young gunslinging mercenary, Lizbeth Rose. </b><BR><BR>Set in a fractured United States, in the southwestern country now known as Texoma. A world where magic is acknowledged but mistrusted, especially by a young gunslinger named Lizbeth Rose. Battered by a run across the border to Mexico Lizbeth Rose takes a job offer from a pair of Russian wizards to be their local guide and gunnie. For the wizards, Gunnie Rose has already acquired a fearsome reputation and they’re at a desperate crossroad, even if they won’t admit it. They’re searching through the small border towns near Mexico, trying to locate a low-level magic practitioner, Oleg Karkarov. The wizards believe Oleg is a direct descendant of Grigori Rasputin, and that Oleg’s blood can save the young tsar’s life.<BR> <BR>As the trio journey through an altered America, shattered into several countries by the assassination of Franklin Roosevelt and the Great Depression, they’re set on by enemies. It’s clear that a powerful force does not want them to succeed in their mission. Lizbeth Rose is a gunnie who has never failed a client, but her oath will test all of her skills and resolve to get them all out alive.