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I am a big fan of Emma Bull's books which have various settings. One thing they all share is the magical prose. Bull is a pretty good stylist and she writes well. This book is an unconventional take on the events prior to the Gunfight at the OK Corral. The story opens with a stage coach robbery in which 2 men are killed. The robbers are 4 men -- one of whom is secretly Morgan Earp -- Wyatt Earp's brother. Wyatt Earp, who is a lynchpin of the story, turns out to be a black sorcerer, who is using any means that he can to hunt down the men who can identify his brother as one of the robbers in order to protect his brother but also to maintain his power in the town. Another main character is Jesse Fox, a man with magical skills who comes to Tombstone to meet a Chinese Mystic who is a friend and wants Fox to use his magic. A third major character is Mildred Benjamin, a widow and newspaper writer who Fox is attracted to. Bull uses all of these characters and many historical figures to spin a light airy story about murder and the protection of ones family. Doc Holiday is there and John Ringo, Ike Clanton. Bull brings in many characters as she fills her stage with great imagination prior to the ultimate confrontation between Fox and Earp. Its a period piece. Its a detective story. Its a fantasy. Its a western. Its the story of a man, Fox, who learns how to use his magic for good and a woman Benjamin who ventures out of her widow past.

Its very good