Calliope edition by Vincent Capone Literature Fiction eBooks
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Calliope is the western adventure of a U.S. marshal’s hunt to bring down one of the last legendary outlaws in Arizona Territory before his own life is destroyed.
The year -- 1886. The Wild West is in its last years and law and order are beginning to take hold. The Apache Wars have ended. Geronimo has surrendered. The cattle drives through Dodge City have stopped. Jesse James, Billy the Kid, and Wild Bill Hickok are dead.
Arizona Territory -- the famed town of Tombstone is dying. Silver mines are flooding. The surrounding towns are disappearing. Into this country rides Billy McKaller, a 24-year-old outlaw with a deadly past, a lightning-quick hand, and a gang of followers determined to survive the tightening noose of the law.
Hot on their trail -- the unwavering marshal Joe Calliope, veteran sheriff Wyatt Lareson, and his fiery young deputy, Dewnan Kender.
Outlaws throughout the territory flock to McKaller’s gang, ready for one final fight to the death. The three lawmen begin to gather a posse from the remnants of Tombstone's population.
Amid the impending confrontation, Lareson and Kender begin to unearth the stories of Calliope’s past, a past tied much closer to the young outlaw McKaller than either of them could imagine...
Calliope edition by Vincent Capone Literature Fiction eBooks
Calliope was something of a stereotypical work that, against all odds, defied being stereotypical. I kept feeling dragged into stereotype land, and yet it eluded the grasp of the hackneyed, run-of-the-mill, cliched, highly flawed stereotype-based work. I don't know how. Maybe I liked the characters so well that the stereotypes had no real impact on me. Whatever it was that rescued it from being mundane, I don't care, I'm eager to read more.Product details
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Calliope edition by Vincent Capone Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Calliope is a good book; with perhaps its strongest aspect being the characters. Joe Calliope, the titular protagonist, is an appropriately good, honest, dutiful man (I think perhaps the best description is the author's own "he won't let anything get in the way of his task, not even himself"), but there are ripples of something lurking under his well-controlled exterior. And as must be true of any good character, that thing is what we as readers want to discover. Surrounded by a posse (see what I did there!) of supporting characters, each of which have a sparkle of their own, he has the potential for some truly startling revelations in upcoming books.
The prose is a bit difficult to read aloud, and has a tendency towards repetition, and the cat and mouse aspect of the plot can make it drag a little.
All in all, Calliope (the book, that is, not the man) has the feel of being a prologue. It will not stand on its own (you just had to leave us with that cliffhanger ending, didn't you?!), and leaves me eagerly waiting for the sequel to discover what will become of Joe, Wyatt, Dewnan, and yes, even Billy McKaller himself the chilling villain who is the perfect foil for the level-headed Joe Calliope. .
Calliope is an interesting novel. It takes a very hands-off, distant narrator approach to its setting and characters. The time period and characters tend to be generalized with broad, sweeping statements. We are reminded repetitively of the "slow death" of the boom towns of the Old West. The prose is solid, but it reads more like an essay--the sequence of events feels like a list rather than a flowing story. In the plot, there are no real surprises or gripping twists. While we do find out a bit of information about the connection between Joe and Dewnan, it is unclear why this is so shocking and of such great importance (perhaps we'll learn in the sequel?).
The characters are not terribly believable; they are more or less two-dimensional, and the reader isn't allowed to delve into the thoughts and feelings of its major protagonists scarcely at all. The characters almost exclusively discuss the events going on around them, and are hardly ever casual or talk about other things, such as family, interests, or their own feelings. They never say, "Hey, let's get some grub, I'm starved"; they only talk about Billy and the outlaws and essentially describe the plot for the reader. The characters themselves are described in detail, but not given a chance to show what they're really like. For example, the reader is told repeatedly that Dewnan is a hot-head, but we are never shown a scenario where he loses it, or says or does something completely rash or uncalled for. As a reader, I want to be shown what the characters are like through dialogue and situations, not just told about them. In addition, the heroes don't really seem to make any mistakes (personal or plot-wise) or to have many (any?) flaws. The characters don't provoke much emotion in the reader. As I reader, I want to feel horrible when main characters are killed, I want to be sad for their families and friends, and mourn their bravery and miss their quirks. If I'm not told about their family, and they only ever talk with their friends about their jobs and the events going on around them, how can I feel for them? Also, there is a glaring lack of female characters (only one, who is featured briefly at the end of the novel!).
Stylistically, there are a number of grammar errors and a couple of typos.
All that being said, I really can't wait to find out what happens with Billy McKaller, and I'm dying to know the full story about Joe's past. You definitely did a great job with that cliffhanger. Looking forward to see what you come up with next.
Good story.
"Calliope" presents an accurate picture of the challenges people faced and overcame during that era of the early days in America...that time when the lawmen were few and the struggles they faced were many. Yet there were men of character who willingly stood their ground facing death, conquering evil, and became responsible for bringing about law and order in the territory. The aura of suspense keeps the reader wanting more, and the twists and turns woven into the story line have left me looking forward to the release of the next book. Keep up the good work!!
Calliope was something of a stereotypical work that, against all odds, defied being stereotypical. I kept feeling dragged into stereotype land, and yet it eluded the grasp of the hackneyed, run-of-the-mill, cliched, highly flawed stereotype-based work. I don't know how. Maybe I liked the characters so well that the stereotypes had no real impact on me. Whatever it was that rescued it from being mundane, I don't care, I'm eager to read more.
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