![]() ![]() And the servants of the Line are on the march. Book Details Felix Gilmans 'Lightbringers and Rainmakers' is a short story set in the universe of his Half-Made world series, a fantastical reimagining of the American West which draws its influence from steampunk, the American western tradition, and magical realism. John Creedmoor, reluctant Agent of the Gun and would-be gentleman of leisure, travels west, too, looking to steal the secret or die trying. Felix Gilman - 'The world is only half made. Now Liv Alverhuysen, a doctor of the new science of psychology, travels west, hoping to heal the general's shattered mind. But locked in his memories is a secret that could change the West forever, and the world's warring powers would do anything to take it from him. The Republic is now history, and the last of its generals sits forgotten and nameless in a madhouse on the edge of creation. Felix Gilman’s new novel, The Half-Made World, does this with an exhilarating level of self-assurance. The world that now exists has been carved out amid a war between two rival factions: the Line, enslaving the world with industry, and the Gun, a cult of terror and violence. Thirty years ago, the Red Republic fought to remake the West-fought gloriously, and failed. ![]() ![]() Between the wild shores of uncreation, and the ancient lands of the East lies the vast expanse of the West-young, chaotic, magnificent, war-torn. ![]()
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