Really fun horror western, with great characters, pacing, and edge of your seat action! Highly recommend!

Fun supernatural western read.

I'd a hankering for some pulpy weird west, and this fit the bill. Young Charlie's family is cursed to fall prey to a water sprite, so he enlists a monster hunter to help him. Along the way, the two bond and uncover more enemies to foil than just a nix. Charlie's a nice kid, Lutheran, son of German immigrants. Though the tale is written from his adult perspective, I thought he behaved in a pretty age-appropriate manner. Samuel, the monster hunter, is the cool, dark, tortured soul who won't believ...

This weird west novella succeeds by staying focused on what it was doing, and doing it well.The story follows Charlie Kirchner, first generation German American from the Missouri Rhineland. In the first scene of the book, Charlie's father is killed by a strange creature and dragged to the river. The only lead he has is a letter in which a man named Samuel promises to help his father, if he can.What follows is a horror story of flight from unknown and powerful pursuers, hopeless stands against po...

The Witcher in a western

I thought this is a fantastic novel. Reminded me of Geralt the witcher in a western world, nothing wrong with that !

This book surprised me. When I first started it, I was expecting your usual weird west tale. Instead, once I started reading, I couldn't put the book down, devouring most of it fairly quickly in the opening days of reading it.Allen has crafted a really good story in this novel. The action is steady, and there is a constant stream of dread as the protagonist is stalked by the unknown creature. (and the fact that what it is isn't revealed until later in the novel just added to the mystery of the s...

Characters were engaging, setting was colorful and felt well researched, and the action was on point. There were some issues with typos in the ebook version, but I didn't think that detracted from my overall enjoyment. I'm really excited for the next book to come out. This is a quick read, and has a distinct pulpy feel.

If you like westerns and legendary creatures, this book is for you. I highly recommend it.

The gentle setting, the countryside of post-Civil War Missouri and its communities of German settlers, makes a wonderful contrast with the creepy horror of the monster stalking the countryside. The story of Charlie, a young boy whose father was killed by the demon, and the world-weary monster hunter he recruits to help him hunt down the monster, and their adventures through the frontier on the path of this monster that materializes through water, is engaging, suspenseful, and enjoyable.