The Rifters: Volume 1

· The Rifters Book 1 · M. Pax
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The Gold Rush trickles to a fool’s quest and a string of stagecoach heists. In 1888, Earl Blacke decides to make a new start and become a better man. He escapes into the mountains, heading north. In the wilds of Oregon, a rift inside an ancient volcano opens and sends him into the future, into the present day. It also shaves forty years off his age, forty years to live over again and atone for what he’s done.

Starting over is hard to do. In current day New York, Daelin Long’s dream job at a publishing house goes the way of the dinosaurs her sister chases. With no money and nowhere else to go, Daelin accepts the librarian position in her sister’s dinky town in the middle of Oregon. Nestled inside ancient volcanic peaks, the town of Settler holds onto many secrets. Residents roam the streets with weirdly fashioned devices, and odd lights pulse in the night skies. People whisper of a phantom outlaw and start dying, murdered and missing their heads. On top of it all, Daelin’s sister is missing, and Daelin doesn’t know who to trust.

Earl knows more than he’s saying. He shares a notorious history with the phantom, one he’ll see remains buried. Keeping Daelin’s sister’s secrets is his only chance at redemption, and the only way to keep this world safe.

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4.0
26 reviews
Greg Rawlins
July 8, 2016
Interesting and fully formed characters that engages the reader to care for their well being right from the start. A terrifying monster named Haw Shot is as unsettling as anything I have ever imagined. Keep up the good work MPax.
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Leslie Flinders
February 10, 2023
I'm always wary when someone uses the word awesome in a review. In this case I was right to be so. This story is a confused jumble. Not worth the time needed to figure it out.
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Dianne Yost
April 28, 2018
This book sucked me in... into the series. I found hard to put down and when I finished reading it I was wanting more! And there is more and they are awesome as well!
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About the author

 M. Pax-- Fantasy, science fiction, and the weird beckons to me, and I blame Oregon, a source of endless inspiration. I docent at Pine Mountain Observatory in the summers, and one of my cats has a crush on Mr. Spock. You can find out more by visiting my website: mpaxauthor.com

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