A Book of Tongues (Hexslinger, #1)

Posted on 19 February 2017 by Gemma Files

Two years after the Civil War, Pinkerton agent Ed Morrow has gone undercover with one of the weird West s most dangerous outlaw gangs the troop led by Reverend Asher Rook, ex Confederate chaplain turned hexslinger, and his notorious lieutenant and lover Chess Pargeter Morrow s task get close enough to map the extent of Rook s power, then bring that knowledge back to help Professor Joachim Asbury unlock the secrets of magic itself.Magicians, cursed by their gift to a solitary and painful existence, have never been than a footnote in history But Rook, driven by desperation, has a plan to shatter the natural law that prevents hexes from cooperation, and change the face of the world a plan sealed by an unholy marriage oath with the goddess Ixchel, mother of all hanged men To accomplish this, he must raise her bloodthirsty pantheon from its collective grave through sacrifice, destruction, and apotheosis.Caught between a passel of dead gods and monsters, hexes galore, Rook s witchery, and the ruthless calculations of his own masters, Morrow s only real hope of survival lies with the man without whom Rook cannot succeed Chess Pargeter himself But Morrow and Chess will have to literally ride through Hell before the truth of Chess s fate comes clear the doom written for him, and the entire world. Free Download A Book of Tongues (Hexslinger, #1) [ By ] Gemma Files [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr the world is my oyster and this book is my olive.i do not like olives.but everyone else likes olives and i have tried time and again to understand olives i have eaten them in different contexts, and have willed myself to like them, but to no avail they are just not for me and it s weird because i like capers and pickles and marinated artichokes etc but not olives.this book has very high ratings here on the goodreads.com, so i know that it is simply me and my shortcomings preventing me from the world is my oyster and this book is my olive.i do not like olives.but everyone else likes olives and i have tried time and again to understand olives i have eaten them in different contexts, and have willed myself to like them, but to no avail they are just not for me and it s weird because i like capers and pickles and marinated artichokes etc but not olives.this book has very high ratings here on the goodreads.com, so i know that it is simply me and my shortcomings preventing me from liking this book and i have liked every other czp book i have read, so i am confident that this is something i have to work on.because it sounds g...For a full review, check the Bitten by Books websiteSo.shitthe star rating for this was fluctuating while I was reading this If GoodyReedz had half stars, this would have been a solid three and a half stars But there are no halves, so I rounded right the fuck up.That being said, I should have loved this book Ultra violence in the Weird West Cowboys and cussin and magic and old gods and graphically hot gay sex C mon I think it must be me, because this book was playing all the right notes I just couldn t get into the tune.The writing So.shitthe star rating for this was fluctuating while I was reading this If GoodyReedz had half stars, this would have been a solid three and a half stars But there are no halves, so I rounded right the fuck up.That being said, I should have loved this book Ultra violence in th...5 StarsA Book of Tongues Book one of the Hexslinger series by Gemma Files is a triumph in originality, kick ass violence, and a fantastic addition to the urban fantasy world This book works on the world building and the magic This is a western, an alt history fiction, a steampunk, and a new weird book rolled up into one It is also a graphically sexual novel I admit that the sex turned me off at first, not because it details the relations between two men, but simply due to the fact that I f 5 StarsA Book of Tongues Book one of the Hexslinger series by Gemma Files is a triumph in originality, kick ass violence, and a fantastic addition to the urban fantasy world This book works on the world building and the magic This is a western, an alt history fiction, a steampunk, and a new weird book rolled up into one It is also a graphically sexual novel I admit that the sex turned me off at first, not because it details the relations between two men, but simply due to the fact that I find very little interest in reading anything in the romantic or sexual genres A Book of Tongues actually required the explicit sex and depravity as it is synergistic with the hex magic within After I came to see the connections between the two, I hardly noticed it any.Enough about the sex.The Hex magic is awesome.Chess is one crazy son of a bitch.The Rev is scary and is clearlythan he lets others see.Ed was a needed...This was a bit of a tough one Wildly inventive, beautifully written but sometimes a bit hard to follow, and suffering from an acute case of the too many awesomes itis I mean, I love gunslingers, and magical woo woo, and Mayan death gods, and corrupted preachers, and historical au s, and gay romance, and apoc...Reviewed on Hearts On Fire Damn this book was one wild ride and definitely not the kind of western Grandpa read Set a couple of years after the civil war, Asher Rook is a powerful hexslinger or sorcerer With his lover and budding hexslinger, Chess Pargeter, they and their gang of outlaws wreak havoc in the old west Rook s magic is unstoppable and what Rook seems to miss, Chess just shoots A Pinkerton agent, Ed Morrow, is sent to infiltrate Rook s gang to g Reviewed on Hearts On Fire Damn this book was one wild ride and definitely not the kind of western Grandpa read Set a couple of years after the civil war, Asher Rook is a powerful hexslinger or sorcerer With his lover and budding hexslinger, Chess Pargeter, they and their gang of outlaws wreak havoc in the...Please note I read this book in November, 2011 from an e galley I received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.Book Info Genre Weird Western Supernatural Horror SteampunkReading Level AdultRecommended for Fans of Weird West, horror, those interested in Meso American religious practicesTrigger Warnings for Book 1 Murder, violence, fairly graphic M M sex, drug abuse, suicide, rape m m f m with woman as instigator , human sacrificeMy Synopsis Reverend Ash Rook and Chess Parge Please note I read this book in November, 2011 from an e galley I received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.Book Info Genre Weird Western Supernatural Horror SteampunkReading Level AdultRecommended for Fans of Weird West, horror, those interested in Meso American religious practicesTrigger Warnings for Book 1 Murder, violence, fairly graphic M M sex, drug abuse, suicide, rape m m f m with woman as instigator , human sacrificeMy Synopsis Reverend Ash Rook and Chess Pargeter run one of the most notorious gangs in the weird west, using Rev s hexes in order to rob and murder their way across the country They are also lovers, as in love as two apparently soulless outlaws can be However,...Okay, maybe I m biased because I m the publisher, but MAN is this a good book Perhaps not for everyone but if you like Weird West stories, with some gay gunslingers hexslingers plus the rise of an ancient Aztec goddess who does Bad Thingswell, this is for you Graphic, violent, lyrical.This debut novel first of a trilogy by a very talented Canadian short story writer takes place a few years after the US Civil War A former Reverend become Hex witch and his out of control lover and their outlaw gang are about to bring death and destruction to a monumental scale with the h...5 StarsReread before moving on to book two.Original ReviewA Book of Tongues Book one of the Hexslinger series by Gemma Files is a triumph in originality, kick ass violence, and a fantastic addition to the urban fantasy world This book works on the world building and the magic This is a western, an alt history fiction, a steampunk, and a new weird book rolled up into one It is also a graphically sexual novel I admit that the sex turned me off at first, not because it details the relation 5 StarsReread before moving on to book two.Original ReviewA Book of Tongues Book one of the Hexslinger series by Gemma Files is a triumph in originality, kick ass violence, and a fantastic addition to the urban fantasy world This book works on the world building and the magic This is a western, an alt history fiction, a steampunk, and a new weird book rolled up into one It is also a graphically sexual novel I admit that the sex turn...

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