But Dognose, a magical tracker, is on the scent to retrieve Matina from Dove’s clutches before the murderous creature adds her head to his growing collection. I've liked every book I've read of his.ĭove, an ancient and evil immortal, kidnaps Matina, a woman of ill repute whose magic is rumoured to exceed that of his own. Perhaps I just need to sit and think on it for awhile.

I wasn't completely enamored with the ending. There's still some mystery and questions. I like the magical parts and how not everything is explained in the book.

Although, I did like the shelf of decapitated heads, that Crow kept. I did not care much for the Crow, as he was an awful person. I liked Matina, Dognose, and Buffalo the best. When she's kidnapped, along with her fellow whore Gracie and the blind brothel piano player, her madam seeks out the tracker/bounty hunter Dognose to get her back. Along with his minion, Mukki they travel to kidnap Matina at the brothel she works at. She is said to have more magic than he has. Sometimes it takes five years to learn one spell.Ī Native American named Crow is seeking out a whore called Matina aka the dove of the title. Some people are able to do magical tasks, but it isn't easy. It takes place in a magical version of the US, around the time of the Civil War. He can be found online at: I received an e-copy of this book from Story Cartel for review purposes.ĭue to my attention span, it took me a hot second to get into this book. Army, wherein his travels took him to Iraq and Germany. More information can be found here: He served four years in the U.S. His novel, My Tired Shadow, is available from Underground Voices. His novels Veterans' Affairs, The Bastard's Grimoire, and Touch No One were published by Black Rose Writing. His novels Kentucky Bestiary and The Dove and the Crow were published by Paragraph Line Books. He previously worked as a sports correspondent for Fight Hype covering boxing matches around the globe, and he was also a finalist in a Glimmer Train Short Story Award Competition for New Writers. His short stories were also featured in 3 AM Magazine. His novella House of Crystal was published by Silverthought and his novella Orphan Elixir was serialized in The Western Online. He has sold work to Underground Voices and Zahir Tales.

His novel War-Crossed Eyes was published by Mélange Books, and his novels Rolling Country and The Last Slice of Pizza were published by Moonshine Cove Publishing. Joseph Hirsch's books Ohio at Dusk and Flash Blood were both published by Damnation Books.

Flash Blood by Joseph Hirsch