It’s medicine, it’s fuel, it’s a food preservative and a spice, it’s ammunition, and it’s even the thing that powers children’s toys and dyes fabrics. Shine has become the miracle elixir of life. Those who commit crimes of vandalism and theft against the mines and the Shine company are the most hated outlaws on everyone’s hit list. Those who trade their lives to the shine company to work in the mines are noble, hard-working young men doing the right thing for their families. Those who have an abundance of shine are wealthy. Those who can’t use shine are feared and hated. The primary conflict in this world is the people vs the shine company, even if the average citizen of this world is too dependent on and indoctrinated into shine culture to realize what a villain the company is and how their lives have been altered. It just happens to be taking place in something that looks more like a North American mining region of that time. Normally I’m not a fan of fantasy westerns as they end up being a John Wayne or Roy Rogers script with magic, but not this time! Of Honey and Wildfires feels more like the Victorian/Edwardian era historical fantasies set in Europe that I love so much. Of Honey and Wildfires is gaslamp fantasy unlike any I’ve ever read before! It’s humanity on the Old West frontier, except instead of gold the economy and new world powers are based on shine, a magical rainbow oil that has a million miraculous uses. Somehow, Arlen and Cassandra must find their own truths in the middle of a garden of lies.Īmazon US | Amazon CA | Amazon UK My Review When the lives of those she loves are threatened, she realizes that she is uniquely placed to change the balance of power in Shine Territory once and for all. The daughter of an infamous saboteur and outlaw, Cassandra has her own dangerous secrets to protect.
In his hands lies a decision that will determine the fate of everyone he loves-and impact the lives of every person in Shine Territory.
The son of a powerful mogul, Arlen is kidnapped and forced to confront uncomfortable truths his father has kept hidden. What began as a simple scouting expedition becomes a life-changing ordeal for Arlen Esco. Now, everything revolves around that magical oil. From the moment the first settler dug a well and struck a lode of shine, the world changed.
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