Cowboys, Wizards, & Liars

By: VJ Garske

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Noah Farmer—Private Investigator—Finder of Lost Things & Paranormal Myth Buster

The paint is barely dry on his sign when wizard-turned-private investigator Noah Farmer gets his first official case. Saul's sister has gone missing. At her empty cabin, Noah finds a paperback novel about the Curse of the Lost Dutchman's Mine. Before he can make sense of it, an earthquake tears open a vortex and hurls him into 1880s Arizona Territory, leaving his magic sputtering like a wet candle.

Stranded in a frontier town shaped by greed, ghost stories, and outlaw charm, Noah manages to track down Gloria, only to discover she doesn't want saving. She runs a bakery and is perfectly happy living in the Weird Wild West. She convinces Noah that fate brought him back to repair a wrinkle in time, and if he fails, he'll be stuck in the past for good.

The problem is, he doesn't have a clue what the quest really is. The notorious Baron of Arizona is running a land grab con, half the town is chasing Dutchman's gold, and the restless spirits of the Superstition Mountains aren't talking. Every lead pulls him somewhere different. The Peralta stones point to one answer, while the paperback keeps rewriting itself toward another. The only one willing to level with him is a ghost seeking answers to his own murder.

The past is far more fragile than legend ever claimed. And every time he opens his mouth, he alters the future.

Can Noah finish the job and find his way home without rewriting history?

Winner of the Literary Titan Gold Book Award: "Readers who like their fantasy a little scrappy, a little heartfelt, and a little strange will have a good time here. And if you're the kind of reader who hears a title like Cowboys, Wizards, & Liars and immediately thinks, well, that sounds like fun, this book is very much for you."—Literary Titan