Books – Page 29 – Into the West

Caleb Marcus is a Peacemaker, a roving lawman tasked with maintaining the peace and bringing control to magic users on the frontier. A Peacemaker isn’t supposed to take a life—but sometimes, it’s kill or be killed…

After a war injury left him half-scoured of his power, Caleb and his jackalope familiar have been shipped out West, keeping them out of sight and out of the way of more useful agents. And while life in the wild isn’t exactly Caleb’s cup of tea, he can’t deny that being amongst folk who aren’t as powerful as he is, even in his poor shape, is a bit of a relief.

But Hope isn’t like the other small towns he’s visited. The children are being mysteriously robbed of their magical capabilities. There’s something strange and dark about the local land baron who runs the school. Cheyenne tribes are raiding the outlying homesteads with increasing frequency and strange earthquakes keep shaking the very ground Hope stands on.

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The Big Idea: Rachel Cantor

This is one of the Kansas City Public Library‘s Adult Winter Reading Program suggested novels this year. And Rachel Cantor is one of the signature events in late March.

How AoS made me regain my appreciation for Star Trek: TNG

http://observationdeck.io9.com/how-aos-made-me-regain-my-appreciation-for-star-trek-t-1492945323?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

I’m really hoping that Helix is not a disappointment, like Agents of SHIELD is turning out to be.

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The Problem With River Song | Tor.com – Mozilla Firefox

Emily’s insights into the diminishment of River Song are spot on. The longer I’m exposed to Moffat’s vision of Whoverse, the less I like it.

Auroras in Our Future? – Homepage Observing – SkyandTelescope.com

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Auroras-in-Our-Future-239252891.html

Aurora alert for tonight or tomorrow night. Too bad it will probably be cloudy in my neck of the woods.

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Dresden Codak creator illustrates each chapter of The Silmarillion

http://io9.com/dresden-codak-creator-illustrates-each-chapter-of-the-s-1496454183

Interesting although not my preferred medium for mythic or epic art.

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This Week’s TV: Two brand new scifi shows, including one you must watch

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I’ve added Intelligence and Helix to my DVR series record list. For the latter this will be Syfy’s final chance to win me back. Defiance was a complete waste of time and they killed SGU prematurely.

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Huge Sunspot Group Now Observable – Homepage Observing – SkyandTelescope.com

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Huge-Sunspot-Group-Now-Observable-238722851.html

Right about now I’m regretting the decision to return the Dob back to the club. It was great for solar observing.

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