The Book Plank

Review Round-up June Last month of this half of the year! Don't know where the time has gone, it went over to fast for sure. I said that I wanted to read 175 books this year and I am pleased to say that I am on track and have already passed the half way maker. Only about 90ish more to go. These were my favourites of June Which books did you enjoy the most in June? Cheers, Jasper ---------------------------   1. Veil of the Deserters by Jeff Salyards, Night Shade Books Last year I read Jeff Salyards debut, Scourge of the Betrayer , it proved very soon that it was one of Scourge of the Betrayer was those books directly to my liking. a great read wait till you get your hands on this sequel. The wait was pretty long for the sequel but luckily for me and many other readers it was published last month in June. I had high expectations for Veil of the Deserters but what Jeff Salyards manages to pull of went wildly above my expectations. Jeff Salyard doesn't wait on...

Dead Man's Hand by John Joseph Adams  HOW THE WEST WAS WEIRD!        From a kill-or-be-killed gunfight with a vampire to an encounter in a steampunk bordello, the weird western is a dark, gritty tale where the protagonist might be playing poker with a sorcerous deck of cards, or facing an alien on the streets of a dusty frontier town. Here are twenty-three original tales—stories of the Old West infused with elements of the fantastic—produced specifically for this volume by many of today’s finest writers. Included are Orson Scott Card’s first “Alvin Maker” story in a decade, and an original adventure by Fred Van Lente, writer of  Cowboys & Aliens . One sub genre that isn't the mainstream when it comes down to fantasy and science fiction is the western genre. I have come across a few books that do feature some great western stories, those of Joe Abercrombie, Mike Resnick and Guy Adams. Westerns, be it steampunk influenced, classical or with ...