America broke apart at some point and now there is a small portion in the mid-west called New America, while the rest of the former country has been taken over or ceded to neighboring nations. They are welcoming to those with magic, wizards, although it seems to be strictly regulated and these people are used in part to keep their Emperor alive since he suffers from a blood disease. The Romanov’s escaped the revolution and came to the west coast of America where they eventually established The Holy Russian Empire, or the HRE for short.

At some point the history of this world took another direction from our own. I absolutely loved the world the author created here.

An Easy Death is a sort of post-apocalyptic alternate history weird western–that’s a lot of genre mashing but she totally makes it work here. I’ve been a fan of her writing for many years now so I was pretty excited when I found out she was coming out with a new series. Lizbeth Rose is a gunnie who has never failed a client, but her oath will test all of her skills and resolve to get them all out alive.Ĭharlaine Harris really knows how to write engaging stories with fun characters. It’s clear that a powerful force does not want them to succeed in their mission. The wizards believe Oleg is a direct descendant of Grigori Rasputin, and that Oleg’s blood can save the young tsar’s life.Īs the trio journey through an altered America, shattered into several countries by the assassination of Franklin Roosevelt and the Great Depression, they’re set on by enemies. They’re searching through the small border towns near Mexico, trying to locate a low-level magic practitioner, Oleg Karkarov. For the wizards, Gunnie Rose has already acquired a fearsome reputation and they’re at a desperate crossroad, even if they won’t admit it. Battered by a run across the border to Mexico Lizbeth Rose takes a job offer from a pair of Russian wizards to be their local guide and gunnie. A world where magic is acknowledged but mistrusted, especially by a young gunslinger named Lizbeth Rose. Set in a fractured United States, in the southwestern country now known as Texoma.

An easy death charlaine harris