I can highly recommend this western horror I received a copy of this book through Netgalley This review is voluntary and is my own personal opinion Sing Me A Death Song I got this arc for review on netgally Might be 4. I was intrigued with the synopsis and very quickly got invested in the story and it s characters even if a lot of them weren tvery lukeable It was gruesome in parts and the death songs very terrifying to think about I really liked the book Sing Me A Death Song

Sing Me A Death Song By Robert Essig

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9781639511792

English

250

Paperback

Word travels slowly across a desert plane By the time Blue Covington arrived back to La Plateau after word that his family ranch had been taken over by marauders.

Robert Essig is the author of over a dozen books and well over 100 short stories His latest books are Follow the Maggot Wagon Infected Voices and Tweaker Creatures The Evil Cookie He is the editor of several small Press anthologies most recently Chew On This Blood Bound Books which was nominated for a Splatterpunk Award Robert is on all major social media platforms He lives with his family in east Tennessee. Saddle up partners for this fantastic western horror novella which features gruesomely bloody kills a revenge story and black magic Blue is a bounty hunter with a reputation When he finds out his momma s ranch has been taken over he heads back home to reclaim it But his town has another problem A group of traveling musicians with supernatural powers sing death songs each night Whomever they sing it to is brutally killed in the night and it appears they can t die With a psychopathic group holed up at the ranch waiting to kill Blue and this group of murderous musicians Blue is headed back to than he bargained for This story is going to place all these elements together and creates a horrifying bloody and at times heartfelt narrative which will keep you reading until the end The characters are ones you ll love and loathe and there s a palm reader who will play her part and really rounds this novella out wonderfully Filled with wild west vibes and teeming with atmosphere and dread he found another mystery plaguing the townsfolk Three musicians have been singing death songs terrorizing the locals Those who can leave are fleeing but pride keeps others around hoping a death song isn t sung for them Those unfortunates don t make it through the night and the aftermath is a testament to brutality After such a strange homecoming Blue seeks guidance from an old flame Louise uses her psychic abilities but the cloud of darkness hanging over La Plateau is thick The people are scared Blue has to face the fears of an entire town and partner up with unlikely allies to have a chance at getting the family ranch back from a gang of psychopaths with one vengeance against Blue Covington Who s name will be on the lips that sing the next death song Sing Me A Death Song.

.5 stars but definitely of a 5 stars then a 4 stars