I was told I would not need to read the first book in this series first, in order to follow the story – but I think that was doing a disservice to the author. She has sent the deadly bounty hunter Azra Vanya after Desa, who is determined to leave Aladar once more and go to stop Adele. Adele Delarac has now also discovered how to do this and been possessed by a powerful entity calling itself ‘The Weaver’. It seems people able to use the Ether in this way are susceptible to being possessed by a more powerful being. She left to chase and try to stop a Field Binder called Bendarian who found a way to use another form of the Ether (referred to as the nether) differently, making him more deadly. There are now cars and electric light, for instance. It turns out that Desa has been away from her home city of Aladar for a decade and much has changed in her absence. “She’s one of the best Field Binders Aladar has ever known,” Miri replied. We learn from one of her companions that she is particularly good at this She is a Field Binder able to use the Ether to infuse items with forces and make them blow apart, illuminate, or become extra susceptible to gravity. We then move into the main story, written in third person with different characters being focused on as we learn more about each of them.ĭesa Kincaid is in jail in her home city of Aladar. I received a Kindle version of this book in return for an honest review.ĭescribed as a Sci-Fi Western, Bullets and Bones opens with a prologue in which Bounty hunter Azra Vanya is chasing and catching her prey through a narrow canyon. To recover it, Desa will take a journey into the very heart of the ancient world and confront an enemy more powerful than any she has faced so far… Her own guilt. Hope beckons in the form of the mysterious Spear of Vengeance, a weapon forged by the gods. Now, she finds herself a prisoner in her own city, navigating a web of political intrigue.

Desa Kincaid set out to save her world from the machinations of a madman.

Bullets And Bones by R.S. Penney