The Demon of Devil's Cavern
A Rory Daggett Story
by Brennan LaFaro
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Pub Date Aug 26 2024 | Archive Date Nov 13 2024
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Description
Six months after the death of Noose Holcomb, Buzzard's Edge rests in an uneasy quiet, but can a town that resonates with such hatred remain peaceful for long?
Dark forces conspire to chase Rory Daggett and his mute adopted daughter, Alice, into exile, framed for a crime they didn't commit.
With a new sheriff and a notorious killer for hire tracking their every move, the two must choose between starting a new life and saving the soul of the town that betrayed them.
Strap yourselves in tight, folks, 'cause the blood-curdling saga of Rory Daggett and Buzzard's Edge is fixin' to unleash a harrowing storm. Get ready to face a nightmarish landscape where gunpowder and the macabre collide in a haunting dance of terror.
Advance Praise
“The Demon of Devil’s Cavern is a wild ride along some very dark trails in a weird version of the Old West. Fast-paced and highly entertaining. Brennan LaFaro comes out with both guns blazing!”
—Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of Cave 13 and The Sleepers War
“With The Demon of Devil’s Cavern, LaFaro snaps the reins taut and keeps the gallop strong. The characters and events herein are scrawled in dust and sap, framed in rawhide and wire and hung on your heart. A full-bore fire-fueled adventure. I had a blast!” —John Boden, feller what wrote Snarl
“The Demon of Devil’s Cavern moves like a runaway stagecoach, careening toward its inevitable end. LaFaro returns with a worthy successor to Noose, upping the ante with more bullets, more bodies, and more supernatural strangeness. Buzzard’s Edge might not be a place you’d want to live, but it’s sure fun to visit.”
—Josh Rountree, author of The Legend of Charlie Fish
“There’s a new sheriff in town—and also plot twists, supernatural evils, and mad scientists galore. In this riveting sequel to Noose, LaFaro weaves multiple genres into the standard Western mythos. The result? One hell of a tale.”
—Drew Huff, author of Free Burn
“LaFaro returns to the world of Buzzard’s Edge with both six shooters reloaded and ready to fire. The Demon of Devil’s Cavern sees LaFaro at his best, combining the western horror adventure of Noose with all the heart of his Slattery Falls trilogy for his best book yet.”
—John Lynch, author of The Warrior Retreat
"Elements of horror and fantasy pop up in this genre-blurring story about family, loyalty, and good versus evil." —BOOKLIST
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781963355154 |
| PRICE | $4.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 162 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
Cat T, Reviewer
Poor Rory Daggett just can’t seem to catch a break. Just when things look like they’ve settled down with his quest for revenge satisfied, another mess of problems is knocking at his door.
Brennan LaFaro clearly loves Rory and Alice, but as is the nature of these books, has them facing even more otherworldly challenges in a tale that’s both action-Western and mystery. The stakes are higher than ever before, and when it’s a race against time with every resource at hand being kicked away, what are our heroes supposed to do to save not only the town, but also the world beyond?
I love that there’s only one perspective in these books, almost as if Rory’s telling the tale like an old Western movie voiceover. The twists and turns kept me turning the pages to figure just what the heck is going on, and the rules of physics are soon thrown to the four winds as the legacy of Noose doesn’t want to die…
Buzzard’s Edge is loosely drawn, allowing for greater scope in future books (I hope), but it reminds me of a Wild West ‘Twin Peaks’. Nobody’s quite what they appear on the surface and there’s an undercurrent of the supernatural that just seems reasonable after a while. Rory’s seen enough to know that he needs to keep pushing at the boundaries of reality in order to succeed, while still holding on to his humanity and his friends. It’s utterly gripping, and like its predecessor, had me gulping it down in one sitting.
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