The Damnation Affair - Lilith Saintcrow

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The Damnation Affair - 
Lilith Saintcrow
Released: December, 2012
Publisher: Orbit

Synopsis: Jack Gabriel's been the sheriff in Damnation almost since the town grew out of the dust and the mud. He keeps the peace--sort of--and rides the circuit every dawn and dusk with the chartermage, making sure the wilderness doesn't seep into their fragile attempt at civilization. Away from the cities clinging to the New World's eastern rim, he doesn't remember what he was. At least, he tries not to. Good enough.

But Damnation is growing, and along comes a schoolmarm. Catherine Barrowe is a right proper Boston miss, and it's a mystery why she would choose this town where everything scandalous and dangerous is probably too much for a quality lady like her. Sometimes the sheriff wonders why she came out West--because everyone who does is running from something. He doesn't realize Cat may be prickly, delicate, and proper, but she is also determined. She's in Damnation to find her wayward older brother Robbie, whose letters were full of dark hints about gold, trouble...and something about a claim.

In a West where charm and charter live alongside clockwork and cold steel, where hot lead kills your enemy but it takes a blessing to make his corpse stay down, Cat will keep digging until she finds her brother. If Jack knew what she was after, he could solve the mystery--because he was the one who killed Robbie.

The thing is, Cat's brother just won't stay dead, and the undead are rising with him..
 


What I thought: Lilith Saintcrow is a wonderful writer and I really hate to say that this was a did-not-finish for me. I found the olden day terminology confusing and off-putting and the story line also extremely confusing. Despite this, I fell in love with Jack Gabriel as a character, and the little charm of Damnation, but unfortunately it just wasn't enough to keep me going. Which is sad, because I love a good zombie story.


Rating:

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1 comment:

  1. I still haven't read any of Saintcrow's books, but it's unfortunate that this one wasn't as good as you expected.

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