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Cold as Hell

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Pub Date May 24 2022 | Archive Date Jul 19 2022


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Description

In the West, there are worse things to fear than bandits and outlaws.


Demons. Monsters. Witches. James Crowley’s sacred duty as a Black Badge is to hunt them down and send them packing, banish them from the mortal realm for good.


He didn’t choose this life. No. He didn’t choose life at all.


Shot dead in a gunfight many years ago, now he’s stuck in purgatory, serving the whims of the White Throne to avoid falling to Hell. Not quite undead, though not alive either, the best he can hope for is to work off his penance and fade away.


This time, the White Throne has sent him to investigate a strange bank robbery in Lonely Hill. An outlaw with the ability to conjure ice has frozen and shattered open the bank vault and is now on a spree, robbing the region for all it’s worth.


In his quest to track down the ice-wielder and suss out which demon is behind granting a mortal such power, Crowley finds himself face-to-face with hellish beasts, shapeshifters, and, worse … temptation. But the truth behind the attacks is worse than he ever imagined …


The Witcher meets The Dresden Files in this weird Western series by the Audible number-one bestselling duo behind Dead Acre.

In the West, there are worse things to fear than bandits and outlaws.


Demons. Monsters. Witches. James Crowley’s sacred duty as a Black Badge is to hunt them down and send them packing, banish them...


Advance Praise

"Bruno and Castle…kick off a new collaboration in impressive style; their fantasy-western series debut blends its two genres perfectly and offers enough worldbuilding to sustain many sequels…A gritty romp sure to please fans of Jim Butcher and Mike Carey."

-Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Gunslingers and demons, shootouts and monsters, cowboys and the supernatural-Cold as Hell is an imaginative, fun, and exciting novel."

-Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Dune: House Atreides

"Cold as Hell? More like fun as hell. Take an undead outlaw hero, match him villains of the most devilish kind, and string it all together with a plot that has more twists and turns than a hangman's noose. Westerns don't get any weirder than this."

-Matt Forbeck, New York Times bestselling author

"A weird and wild twist on the Old West that mashes gunslingers, divine intervention, and the supernatural into one hell of a story. Highly recommended!"

-Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of V-Wars and Kagen the Damned

"Undead cowboy ronin delivering the Lord's justice in the Old West? Cold as Hell snared me like a lasso and never let go."

-Scott Sigler, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Earthcore

"A badass supernatural western…It's like the Witcher goes to Tombstone."

-Larry Correia, New York Times bestselling author of Monster Hunter International

"The rich mystical elements feel every bit as authentic to the west as the gunslinging and grit, all of which deftly bring the characters and setting to life."

-Shirtaloon, Top 10 Amazon charts bestselling author of He Who Fights with Monsters

"Bruno and Castle…kick off a new collaboration in impressive style; their fantasy-western series debut blends its two genres perfectly and offers enough worldbuilding to sustain many sequels…A gritty...


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Rhett C. Bruno is the USA Today and Washington Post bestselling and Nebula Award nominated author of the Circuit Saga, the Children of Titan series, the Buried Goddess Saga, Vicarious, and The Roach, among other works. He is currently a full-time author and publisher living in Delaware with his wife and daughter.

Jaime Castle is the Washington Post and #1 Audible bestselling author of The Luna Missile Crisis, The Buried Goddess Saga-which includes the IPPY Award-winning Web of Eyes-and more. Hailing from the great nation of Texas, he lives with his wife and two children and enjoys anything creative. Castle cohosts Keystroke Medium, a popular podcast devoted to reading, writing, and everything in between. His office looks as if Marvel and DC vomited on his walls and he refuses to clean it up.

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Available Editions

EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9798200710676
PRICE $28.99 (USD)

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