Book Review
The Legend of Diablo
The
Devil's Revolver #4
by V.
S. McGrath
Independent
Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
Pub
Date 17 Sep 2019
Description
Hell’s not so scary when you’ve been there twice already…
It’s been three years since she lost her sister, Abby, to the
Division, and Hettie Alabama has gone rogue. Roaming the West with an outlaw
posse, robbing banks and stealing magic, she’s broken every rule she once
believed in. Nothing matters anymore but finding Abby.
Meanwhile, the world is on fire. Hungry for power, the Division
leaches magic from the vulnerable, with dire consequences that set Hettie’s
pursuit of her sister on a collision course with dangerous monsters and even
more dangerous men. It’s up to Hettie and her cursed revolver, Diablo, to find
a way to save the world—or end it.
The Legend of Diablo delivers an action-packed conclusion to the
Devil’s Revolver series steeped in violent history, dark magic, and hope that
demands an accounting.
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Note From the Publisher
EPUB - 9781948559362
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$21.95 (USD)
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The Legend of Diablo (The Devil’s
Revolver #4) is the fourth and final book in The Legend of Diablo series. Set
in the wild west of America in the 1890’s with a twist of the supernatural,
fans of weird west fiction will find this a great read.
My favourite series of novels is
Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series, so I was immediately attracted to this
book based on the description. Anything with six guns and sorcery has to be
good, right. With organisations titled, Division of Sorcery,
The Blackthorn Rogues and Pinkerton Agency, you know that there’s going to be
some mischief afoot without even knowing what the book is about.
The main protagonist is a
strong woman with almost fatal flaws, Hettie Alabama. Unlike most traditional
western novels, plenty of the characters in this story were strong and smart
women. The previous three books in the series have had such strong inclusivity
and diversity that you don’t normally see in western novels, and that structure
continues in this fourth and final book in the series. It isn’t forced like you
see in some writing where the author just wants to make everyone from a diverse
background at the expense of the actual plot or pace of the story. This novel
flows naturally with well developed and believable characters.
The story starts with Jane
Pinkerton of Pinkerton Detecting Agency after the blood of Hettie for her
murder of a large number of agency staff and police but having to take on other
cases until a later date. The first case being one relating to The Devil’s
Revolver. The Devils Revolver is a mystical firearm that was reportedly
possessed by a demon, Diablo, which took over the wielder’s soul. It’s not long
before the two main protagonists paths meet.
McGrath’s character
development is excellent and even if you haven’t read the previous books in the
series you will still enjoy reading this novel on its own. It is full of action and flows along at a fast
pace.
If you haven’t read the
first three books I’d highly recommend reading them as well as the series is
just brilliant and if you enjoy this book you will love the rest of the novels.
4 ½ stars out of 5
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