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    Judgment Valley: Dark West
    Judgment Valley: Dark West
    Judgment Valley: Dark West
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    Judgment Valley: Dark West

    By Erica Lindquist and Aron Christensen

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    A story of the Dark West.

    Jane doesn't care about the war that Hell won against Heaven. That happened centuries ago. She made her deal with one of the demons who rule over what remains and lost everything, so now Jane is crawling alone through the desert of Arizona in search of the Verde River and its promise of a new life.

    Ben only cares about one thing: Ana, the woman he has been searching all the shattered world to find. He's been wandering the West for a long time, chasing Ana and his own dreams.

    Their search will lead them to a hidden valley, and a river that will carry Jane and Ben to their destinies.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLoose Leaf Stories
    Release dateOct 25, 2020
    ISBN9781643190013
    Judgment Valley: Dark West

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      Judgment Valley - Erica Lindquist

      Judgment ValleyTitle page

      Copyright © 2017

      Erica Lindquist & Aron Christensen

      and Loose Leaf Stories

      All rights reserved

      ISBN: 9781643190013

      Cover by Erica Lindquist

      Edited by Amber Presley

      This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, places and events portrayed in this book are either the product of the authors’ imagination or are used fictitiously. It is not intended as an accurate representation, analysis or critique of any philosophy, faith or historical figure.

      Find more of our books at LLStories.com

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      Judgment Valley

      More by Erica & Aron

      Judgment Valley: A story of the Dark West

      Jane Cassidy lay beside the road and wished someone would at least try to rob her. After her horse took that fall down into a crater – still burning with terrible incandescent fire centuries after the angels lost their war – Jane had to carry everything herself. She had left a trail of her worldly possessions behind her like a snake shedding its skin.

      Jane didn’t have much anymore… but she didn’t have nothing, damn it. The smithy was doing well before Sytri took her husband and daughter. Jane still had gold.

      But you couldn’t eat gold and you couldn’t drink it. At least, Jane couldn’t, though she was certain there was a demon lord or two out there who dined on unimaginable riches every night. There was a demon for everything, and the demons had everything.

      Jane ran out of food nearly a week ago. The water was gone… sometime after that. She didn’t remember exactly when. Her headache was a few days old, though, and looking to settle in permanently. Or at least for as much time as Jane had to live, which probably wasn’t long. She hadn’t been able to walk since yesterday and just trying to sit upright made her dizzy enough to throw up. If there were anything left in her stomach to throw up.

      The relentless sun leeched all color from the desert. Rocks and sagebrush were ground down to pale, bleached-out skeletons. There was no shade out here – the sun scorched even the shadows away to nothing. Jane didn’t see any snakes or lizards slithering across the stones, and the only movement was the ceaseless heat shimmer on the horizon. But she knew better than to chase that shine. The mirage was just another demon, promising what Jane desperately needed for a price she couldn’t pay.

      In the last few days, Jane had seen

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