The ending of the saga was all I could hope for. As with the previous volumes, Erdelac does a fantastic job tying together elements from Christianity, Judaism, and the Cthulhu mythos. Goodworks, and Yates made worthy allies for the Rider on his final journey. Any doubts I had that Erdelac could weave a novel length tale have been put to rest.įaustus Montague, Kabede, Dick Belden, The Reverend Mr. It's the biggest book in the series by a hundred pages. Unlike the previous three volumes, this one is a single story, not a series of linked stories. Couple this with the Rider dying of a bullet wound, a sigil-covered train, and the manure hitting the windmill on every page and you have one book that is impossible to put down.Īll the seeds Erdelac planted in the previous three volumes are finally bearing squamous, cyclopean fruit. We are treated to such wonders as a steampunk cyborg created with Yithian technology, shoggoths, a scientist with an alien mind, an angel from another universe, and a golem made of pieces of dead gunfighters. Erdelac pulls out all the stops in this one. Here we are, the ultimate volume in the best weird western series since the big daddy, The Dark Tower. But whose side will Lucifer take in the conflict? And which of the Rider's friends is fated to betray him.? We are treated to suc With a bullet lodged near his heart and the Hour of the Incursion just days away, the Rider and his small group of stalwart friends do everything in their power to stop Adon from rousing the Old Ones and ending existence. But whose side will Lucifer take in the conflict? And which of the Rider's friends is fated to betray him.? Here we are, the ultimate volume in the best weird western series since the big daddy, The Dark Tower. With a bullet lodged near his heart and the Hour of the Incursion just days away, the Rider and his small group of stalwart friends do everything in their power to stop Adon from rousing the Old Ones and ending existence. And he has an agent among the Rider's companions.more But Lucifer the master of hell watches from his capitol city, ready to commit his legions to the winning side. The Rider and Kabede, in a last bid to stop Adon, recruit their own band, including an unstoppable preacher more steam engine than man, an alien entity from the dawn of time, a young witch, and the enigmatic Faustus Montague, an angelic being from another universe. Seeking to rouse the Old Ones, Adon has gathered together the Creed - an army of fallen Hasidic mystics - and a host of dark allies including skinwalkers, necromancers, an undead master gunslinger, Lilith the Queen of Demons, and the Angel of Death himself. The Great Old Ones, beings of immeasurable power from the roiling chaos before the dawn of Creation, are stirring in their ancient slumber. For years the Rider, one of the last of an ancient Jewish order of astral travelers, has sought his renegade teacher Adon across the demon haunted American west. The Great Old Ones, beings of immeasurable power from the roiling chaos before the dawn of Creation, are stirrin THE CONCLUSION OF THE ACCLAIMED WEIRD WESTERN SERIES. THE CONCLUSION OF THE ACCLAIMED WEIRD WESTERN SERIES.
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