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  • Make Me No Grave

  • By: Hayley Stone
  • Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
  • Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (14 ratings)

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Make Me No Grave

By: Hayley Stone
Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
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Summary

Marshal Apostle Richardson faces off against bloodthirsty outlaws, flesh witches, ruthless vigilantes, and more in this gritty, magical re-imagining of the Old West.

Almena Guillory, better known as the Grizzly Queen of the West, has done plenty to warrant the noose, but US Marshal Apostle Richardson enforces the law, he doesn't decide it. When a posse tries to lynch Almena ahead of her trial, Apostle refuses their form of expedited justice - and receives a bullet for his trouble. Almena spares him through the use of dangerous flesh magic but escapes soon after saving him.

Weeks later, Apostle fears the outlaw queen has returned to her old ways when she's spotted terrorizing Kansas with a new gang in tow. When cornered, however, Almena makes a convincing case for her innocence and proposes a plan to take the real bandits down. Working with a known killer opens Apostle up to all sorts of trouble, not the least being his own growing attraction toward the roguish woman. Turning Almena away from vengeance may be out of the question, but if he doesn't try, she'll wind up right where the law wants her: at the end of a rope.

And if Apostle isn't careful, he'll end up joining her.

If you like Red Dead Redemption and Lila Bowen's Wake of Vultures, you'll love this gun-blazing weird Western.

"A marvelously written tale, with a unique voice, strong characters, and a well-structured plot that paid off in spades in the end." (Joe Nassise, New York Times best-selling author of the Templar Chronicles)

©2018 Hayley Stone (P)2018 Audible, Inc.
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Critic reviews

"With relatable characters and delightful prose, this magic-laced gunslinger tale will transport you instantly into the Old West." (Charlie Holmberg, Wall Street Journal best-selling author of The Paper Magician)

"Hayley writes with grit, passion, and indomitable energy. A helluva ride." (Joseph Brassey, author of The Mongoliad and Skyfarer)

"A marvelously written tale, with a unique voice, strong characters, and a well-structured plot that paid off in spades in the end." (Joe Nassise, New York Times best-selling author of the Templar Chronicles)

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Rawhide with a slight twist

Fabulous oration combined, compelling story, that leaves you wanting a little more. Wildly western wonder

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All my ghosts travel with me.

Marshal Apostle Richardson's reputation precedes him: he is a man with his own clear moral code. Yes, he's killed and will kill again, but only if there is no alternative. His is not the right to say who should live and who should die. So when a lynch posse tries to take away his prisoner, he will not give her up despite her being a notorious murderous gang leader who claims she can't be killed and is looking for a dead man. She was Almena Guillery, better known as the Grisly Queen of the West, and they save each other's lives. Travelling together later, they grow to know each other's backgrounds and begin to grow closer.

This atmospheric Western is beautifully written and has a charm which belies the shootings, blood and general murderous mayhem, though it's all there and plenty of it. The characterisation is excellent, their backgrounds slowly emerging, the reader growing to know the two main protagonists as they get to know each other. On different sides of the law, both carry touch of mystery which compels a need to find out more. A romance of a gentle and unusual kind, and written from the point of view of Apostle, this is as much an introspective journey as it is an outward search for revenge and justice. And there is humour, too, amidst the gun fire.

As narrator, Oliver Wyman fully fills the persona of Apostle, his slightly gravelly western accent perfectly fitting his subject, the reading well intoned and pace perfect. He also gives excellent individual voicing to all of the other protagonists, especially that of Almena. A fine performance which further brings everything to life.

I am not usually a fan of Westerns, nor of fantasy, if it comes to it, but this book is far more than either: it is a peek into souls and choices to be made. So even if most Westerns do not appeal, give it a try. It will surprise and delight you. I do hope that there will be a sequel: it was hard to say goodbye.
Highly recommended.

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Good all round

I really enjoyed this, which is good as westerns aren't usually my favourite .Matt Jude

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A wonderful book brilliantly performed

From the opening lines I was transported away from a rainy British winter to the blistering Kansas heat
Wonderfully performed and written
A Marshall on the wrong side of heaven must learn about the rightious side of hell

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Pleasingly unusual

I throughly enjoyed this audiobook.Hayley Stone has a weird But refreshing way of story telling..Felt like the old west with great narration. For me it could have gone in to some parts of the story
In the third person for grater depth .. I hope there is a follow up
. Great Start.

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Could have been great.

I was expecting gun slinging and magic. excitement and action. what I got was a love story that touches on female empowerment towards the end. while I have no problem with either of these, I wouldn't choose a book of that genre. the narrator was awesome and if it wasnt for him I wouldn't have got as far as I did. waiting. hoping. for it to pick up. it never did....

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