When last we left Doctor Hanover at the fort of Turtle Island, she and Master Rogers had survived the night protecting the fort from the marauding Hot Animal Machines, becoming comrades in the process. Their numbers decimated, the invaders chose not to flee, but to make camp outside of rifle range and harass the fort, making it impossible to graze their livestock and impossible to leave. Eager to... [click here for more]
Set about 15 years after the world fell apart, a nomadic physician struggles to survive in a savage frontier of the poor and powerless, trying to balance her calling as a healer with the necessity of killing for survival. As a consequence, maybe she’s become more skilled with her saber than she is with a scalpel, and she’s trying to get out from under that reputation.
In Chapter 1, Turtle Island,... [click here for more]
In Chapter 2, traveling westward, looking for work and running from her past, Dr. Jenny Hanover has arrived at the surprisingly prosperous fort of Turtle Island.
Not exactly tricked (but perhaps taken advantage of) by the fort's manager, Ernie Martinez, Hanover agrees to train the fort's militia in close-combat swordsmanship -- a skill they lack. Hung over and grouchy on a blisteringly hot morning,... [click here for more]
News doesn't travel as fast as it used to, but out in the South Dakota Black Hills, stories are starting to spread. Stories of the lonesome doctor on the painted Palomino, the healer whose skill with a saber is more legendary than her skill with the scalpel. Stories of the Hot Animal Machine death cult spreading west, into new territories that are unprepared for their savagery. Stories of the peaceful... [click here for more]
Doc has done everything she knows how to do to save Master Rogers’ life after his accidental poisoning. We’ll know by morning if she’s done enough. Meanwhile, in an effort to “do what the big guy would’ve done,” she goes to clear out the raiders’ camp.
There, she meets Chief Chuck Long ... who wants to have a word with her ... On the frontier, favors are currency. Promises are law. Without... [click here for more]
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