Life and Limb
Life and Limb by Jennifer Roberson is a first edition published by Penguin in 2019, featuring 352 pages in English. This book introduces readers to a modern western fantasy narrative where a biker and a cowboy must confront an impending apocalypse. The story begins with Gabe, a recently released prisoner, who receives a summons from his grandfather, leading him to a cowboy bar in Northern Arizona. As he navigates this unexpected journey, he discovers his unique identity and the significant role he is destined to play in a battle that transcends ordinary conflicts.
In this tale, Gabe’s path intertwines with a diverse cast of characters, including a country-music-loving rodeo cowboy and various mythological figures such as an ancient Celtic goddess of war and an African Orisha. The narrative explores themes of destiny and the supernatural, as Gabe grapples with his conscription into a war that is unlike any other. Readers will find a blend of action and adventure set against a backdrop of dark fantasy elements, as the characters confront forces that challenge their understanding of reality and their own identities.
Official synopsis Publisher
A biker and a cowboy must stop the apocalypse in the first book of the Blood and Bone modern western fantasy series.
His voice was rich, a much loved baritone, as he handed his seven-year-old grandson a gun.
“It’s time we had a talk, you and I. You won’t remember it, but you need to know it, and one day, when it’s time, I’ll call it up in you. You’ll know who you are, and what you’re intended to do. You’ll be a soldier, boy. Sealed to it. Life and limb, blood and bone. Not a soldier like others are, for it’s not the kind of war most people fight on earth. But because we’re not ‘most people,’ you and I, it will be far more important. The fate of the world will hinge upon it.”
Now no longer that wide-eyed child, Gabe is fresh out of prison, a leather-clad biker answering Grandaddy’s peremptory summons to, of all places, a cowboy bar in Northern Arizona. He is about to find out just how different he is from “most people”–and to meet the stranger with whom he will be sealed: life and limb, blood and bone, conscripted to fight an unholy war unlike any other.
For the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.
When he does.
And Gabe, thrown into the unlikely company of a country-music-loving rodeo cowboy from West Texas, an ancient Celtic goddess of war, an African Orisha who sings volcanoes awake, a Chinese goddess of mercy, Nephilim, and Grigori, finds himself fighting a battle he was bred for, but wants no part of.
Author
Publisher
Topics
FAQ
What is “Life and Limb” about?
Who is the author of “Life and Limb”?
When was “Life and Limb” published?
What is the ISBN for “Life and Limb”?
What are the book details (language, pages, edition)?
