<p><b>''Immersive, involving, suspenseful, and intriguing, with a main character you''ll love'' Lee Child</b><br><br><b>From the No. 1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series and the inspiration behind HBO''s <i>True Blood,</i> comes an electrifying new thriller centered on a young gunslinging mercenary, Lizbeth Rose. </b><br><br>Set in a fractured United States, in the southwestern country now known as Texoma, this is a world where magic is acknowledged but mistrusted. Battered by a run across the border to Mexico, gunslinger Lizbeth Rose takes a job offer from a pair of Russian wizards. <br><br>She may be young, but Gunnie Rose has acquired a fearsome reputation and the wizards are at a desperate crossroads, even if they won''t admit it. They''re searching frantically to locate the only man whose blood they believe can save their tsar''s life.<br><br>As the trio journey through an altered America, they''re set upon by enemies. It''s clear that a power