More fantastical than Harry Turtledove, funnier than Eric Flint, and with definite shades of The Wild, Wild West, the celebrated Custer of the West seriesâpraised by Winston Groom (Forrest Gump), Stephen Coonts (The Flight of the Intruder), and Rob Long (Cheers)âcomes to its shockingâand hilariousâclimax as George Armstrong Custer, surprise survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, unearths the lost civilization of Atlantis and battles the evil Atlanteans for the fate of the world.
NEVER FEARâARMSTRONG IS HERE!
A mysterious gunman meets Marshal Armstrong in San Francisco with tales of lost gold, unrequited revenge, and an unsolved mystery in Mexicoâs Chihuahuan Desert, inspiring Marshal Armstrong, Ambrose Bierce, and the rest of Armstrongâs loose band of soldiers of fortune to plunge into an adventure of fierce gunfights, criminal conspiracies, an innovative submarine, and an underground, secret superpowerâthe remnants of Atlantisâthat aims to subvert Western civilization!
Can the malevolent, scheming Atlanteans be stopped?
Thatâs the mission for George Armstrong Custer, traveling incognito as Marshal Armstrong Armstrong, knight-errant.
Full of suspense, non-stop action, chivalric romance, and effervescent humor, this is a great place to enter the Custer of the West series!
Praise for W.H. Crocker III, and the Custer of the West series:
âThe world has a new heroâactually an old hero reimaginedâGeorge Armstrong Custer, in this delightfully funny alternative history thatâs better, or at least happier, than the real thing.â âWINSTON GROOM, best-selling author of Forrest Gump and El Paso
âDroll satire, this is the West as it might have been if the Sioux hadnât saved us.ââSTEPHEN COONTS, best-selling author of Flight of the Intruder and The Russia Account
âIf Custer died for our sins, Armstrong resurrects him for our delight. Not just the funniest book ever written about an Indian massacre, but laugh out loud funny, period. The best historical comic adventure since George MacDonald Fraserâs Flashman.ââPHILLIP JENNINGS, author of Nam-A-Rama and Goodbye Mexico
âA delightful romp that shifts seamlessly between thrilling Western and outlandish farce.ââGRAYSON QUAY, Modern Age
âThe best new novel Iâve read in years. As rugged as Zane Grey, as funny as P. G. Wodehouse, as smart as Evelyn Waugh, and as sharp as Ambrose Bierce. You donât want to miss it.ââMICHAEL WARREN DAVIS, author of The Reactionary Mind
âCrocker has created a hilarious hero for the ages. Armstrong rides through the Old West setting right the wrongs, and setting wrong the rights, in a very funny cascade of satire, history, and even patriotism.ââROB LONG, Emmy- and Golden Globes-nominated screenwriter and co-executive producer of Cheers