Alt-Life 2

For our two fugitives turned sailors, Tango and Mario, the next stop on their voyage around the West Indies is beautiful Curaçao. There they’ll meet Charles, a charming Frenchman who’s clearly hiding something. The three go on together to Panama City, and it’s not long before Charles catches the attention of the American authorities. And they’re not the only ones who want to get their hands on this expat on the run… Bullets will fly, with Tango once more caught in the middle.

Jakob Kayne and his brother Samuel are the last of the Hippocrats. Sworn to treat those in need (and those who are deemed worthy), the two Healer-Alchemists have been tracked across the Archipelagos by manifold enemies, including the Inquisition. On his latest mission, Jakob, a formidable Memory-Eater whose face none can recall, is confronted by an obstacle as unexpected as it is persistent: feelings for his latest patient, Victoria Marcheda, amid the fiery destruction of the city of La Isabela.

Kansas, 1861. As tensions rise between the Northern and Southern states, a fanatical, violent preacher leaves a trail of corpses behind him, all the while calling people to take up arms against pro-slavery states. Close on his tail is a lone rider with a strange gift: he can read the past and future of those he touches. In the small town of Holton, a showdown is brewing, but things aren’t quite as they seem…