Showdown City [Paperback]

FromIt???s A Disasterscreenwriter Todd Berger comes ???...a smart, witty, absurdist Western for the discerning reader.??? (Amber Benson,Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Wow. This is a cracker of a story. ???David Cross, co-creator ofMr. Showand actor,Arrested Development

Just because you???re off the grid doesn???t mean you???re not a target.

In this fiercely inventive novel of suspense and satire,Westworldby way ofDjango Unchained, a down-on-his-luck helicopter pilot named Huey Palmer finds himself hired by a small cadre of treasure hunters who set out into the Nevada desert to find a gun. It???s not just any gun that eccentric billionaire Ernie Swords wants, it???s a long-lost antique, one with a story worth a fortune, and Swords has the money and the means to get it.

Where Huey and his cohorts soon find themselves, however, is stranded far from civilization in a forgotten town dubbed Showdown City, where the infamous gun is one of hundreds readily available for the townsfolk to settle any and all disputes. After living in isolation for over a hundred years, the town has morphed into a warped, lawless community overseen by a delusional tyrant and his quick-draw henchman???and they do not take kindly to strangers.

Huey is the one who got them into this mess in Showdown City, and now, with the unlikeliest help, he has a plan to shoot their way out.

Wow. This is a cracker of a story. In fact I am now awaiting the sequel with baited breath (sorry, just ate some nightcrawlers as part of a bet I lost. What's that? It'sbatedbreath? Oh, never mind then). ???David Cross, co-creator ofMr. Showand actor,Arrested Development

???Showdown Cityis a fast-talking slip n??? slide of a ride that grabs you by the balls and doesn???t let go???each page dragging you further into a bizarre-o world full of oddball characters and even odder situations. It???s a smart, wlc