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REVIEW: The Brotherhood of the Wheel by R.S. Belcher

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The Brotherhood of the Wheel by R.S. Belcher Publishing information: Hardcover; 384 pages Publisher: Tor; 1 March 2016 ISBN: 978-0765380289 Series: Book #1 Copy: Provide by publisher Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "R.S. Belcher, the acclaimed author of The Six-Gun Tarot and The Shotgun Arcana launches a gritty new urban fantasy series about the mysterious society of truckers known only as, The Brotherhood of The Wheel. In 1119 A.D., a group of nine crusaders became known as the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon--a militant monastic order charged with protecting pilgrims and caravans traveling on the roads to and from the Holy Land. In time, the Knights Templar would grow in power and, ultimately, be laid low. But a small offshoot of the Templars endure and have returned to the order's original mission: to defend the roads of the world and guard those who travel on them. Theirs is a secret line of knights: truckers, bikers, taxi hacks, state troopers...

REVIEW: Nightwise by R.S. Belcher

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Nightwise by RS Belcher Publishing Information: Hardback; 320 Pgs Publisher: Tor; 18 August 2015 ISBN: 978-0765374608 Currently a standalone Copy: Provided by publisher Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "R.S. Belcher, the acclaimed author of The Six-Gun Tarot and The Shotgun Arcana launches a gritty new urban fantasy series set in today's seedy occult underworld in Nightwise. In the more shadowy corners of the world, frequented by angels and demons and everything in-between, Laytham Ballard is a legend. It's said he raised the dead at the age of ten, stole the Philosopher's Stone in Vegas back in 1999, and survived the bloodsucking kiss of the Mosquito Queen. Wise in the hidden ways of the night, he's also a cynical bastard who stopped thinking of himself as the good guy a long time ago. Now a promise to a dying friend has Ballard on the trail of an escaped Serbian war criminal with friends in both high and low places―and a sinister history of blood sacrifices. Bal...