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StephenKing'sTheGunslingermeetsBreakingBadinLauraBickle'snovelDarkAlchemy.Somesecretsarebetterleftburied…GeologistPetraDeearrivesinWyomingseekingcluestoherfather'sdisappearanceyearsago.WhatshefindsinsteadisTemperance,adyingwesterntownwithagoldrushpastandameth-infestedpresent.Butunderthedustandquiet,anoldpowerisshifting.Whenbodiesstartturningup—desiccatedandtwistedskeletonsthatPetracan'tscientificallyexplain—herinvestigationslandherinthemiddleofacovertwarbetweenthetown'smostpowerfulinterests.Petra'sfatherwasn'ttheonlyonesearchingforthealchemicalsecretsofTemperance,andthosestilllookingarenowreadytokill.Armedwithnothingbutshakyalliances,apairofantiqueguns,andarelicshedoesn'tunderstand,theonlythingPetraknowsforsureisthatsheandhercoyotesidekickaregoingtohavetomovefast—ordienext.