Make Me No Grave

By: Hayley Stone

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins

Publisher's summary

Marshal Apostle Richardson faces off against bloodthirsty outlaws, flesh witches, ruthless vigilantes, and more in this gritty, magical re-imagining of the Old West.

Almena Guillory, better known as the Grizzly Queen of the West, has done plenty to warrant the noose, but US Marshal Apostle Richardson enforces the law, he doesn't decide it. When a posse tries to lynch Almena ahead of her trial, Apostle refuses their form of expedited justice - and receives a bullet for his trouble. Almena spares him through the use of dangerous flesh magic but escapes soon after saving him.

Weeks later, Apostle fears the outlaw queen has returned to her old ways when she's spotted terrorizing Kansas with a new gang in tow. When cornered, however, Almena makes a convincing case for her innocence and proposes a plan to take the real bandits down. Working with a known killer opens Apostle up to all sorts of trouble, not the least being his own growing attraction toward the roguish woman. Turning Almena away from vengeance may be out of the question, but if he doesn't try, she'll wind up right where the law wants her: at the end of a rope.

And if Apostle isn't careful, he'll end up joining her.

If you like Red Dead Redemption and Lila Bowen's Wake of Vultures, you'll love this gun-blazing weird Western.

"A marvelously written tale, with a unique voice, strong characters, and a well-structured plot that paid off in spades in the end." (Joe Nassise, New York Times best-selling author of the Templar Chronicles)

©2018 Hayley Stone (P)2018 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"With relatable characters and delightful prose, this magic-laced gunslinger tale will transport you instantly into the Old West." (Charlie Holmberg, Wall Street Journal best-selling author of The Paper Magician)

"Hayley writes with grit, passion, and indomitable energy. A helluva ride." (Joseph Brassey, author of The Mongoliad and Skyfarer)

"A marvelously written tale, with a unique voice, strong characters, and a well-structured plot that paid off in spades in the end." (Joe Nassise, New York Times best-selling author of the Templar Chronicles)

Not bad.

I have never played Red Dead Redemption so I wouldn't be able to parallel elements of this story to that game other than it's a Western tale.

So I have to admit that the story is pretty original and it kept me interested, however, the ending felt very anti-climatic. My problem with this book is that I had to listen to it on at least 1.5X speed because the base narration was painfully slow.

I have other books with this narrator and he didn't seem to bring his A-game this time around.

I can't bring myself to recommend an entire credit on this particular book. If this title ever goes on sale it's definitely worth your attention or consideration.

fun story

this was a fun listen. the narration was one of the better ones I've heard on audible.

Fun and unusual.

Finished it in a day. Leaving me wanting more. The performance was incredible. Great story and very well written .

Kansas in the 1870s

First time author for me and I really enjoyed this book.

A lighthearted, witty story about two lonely people, a US Marshall tasked with tracking down criminals in the wild west which Kansas was part of at that time and a notorious female criminal he is chasing at the moment. They have some interesting encounters along the way.

this book was fun, I enjoyed the story line

the story was great! I enjoyed the struggle internally with apostle. good fun and definitely recommend

Eager for more

Fantastic story & excellent performance. Seamless integration of fantasy and gritty realism of the old west.

Characters lack authenticity. Voice acting wanting

The characters lacked a certain depth of believability, and the voice acting had a quality that I can't describe but was distracting.

Atmospheric

This book was amazing. Oliver Stone knocks it out of the park as Apostle. It’s also not very sci-fi. If you can believe in Medicine Women you will be fine. That being said, definitely worth a credit.

cowboy gittie up

the narrator sounds like a real cowboy and the characters were well done. the story was good and I enjoyed it.

Well worth the time

The voice actor was pretty legit. He does every voice and it’s pretty dang impressive. The story is enjoyable and in my opinion the voice actor takes it over the top.