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Product details
Paperback: 220 pages
Publisher: MVmedia, LLC (April 25, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0996016732
ISBN-13: 978-0996016735
Product Dimensions:
5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.7 out of 5 stars
23 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#1,488,533 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
'Lo People,I'm gonna school ya on why this book is important.From Here to Timbuktu had me when I turned the page to the map of an alternate US where the original 13 colonies, NY, PA,part of VA,OH,IN,IL,MI and WI are all that's left of the United States. The southern belt with the exception of Florida and Louisiana has been amassed into a territory called Freedonia bordered another large territory called New Haiti. Texas and California and Florida have all remained in Spanish hands.I'm saying to myself what's the story here?I'm told it's from the sub-genre Steamfunk (Afro steampunk). What the hell is that, you say? It means there's no rayguns or automatic weapons. People still ride horses. Lots of airships are spanning continents. Long story short, this book takes place after the American Civil War and probably a decade before the 1920s. There are poisonings, bullets flying, killer mechanical cats, and ancient alien technology. By the way, all the sex happens between scenes in the minds of the readers who were looking for smut on the actual pages. (Yes, Her Tangh-i-ness was gonna go there.)When I was a teen, I read Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and H. Rider Haggard in hopes of reading about characters who looked like me doing cool stuff. If I could have gotten away with shoving Milton Davis into a wayback machine and hitting the button, I would. This. This is the stuff I should have been reading as a youngster. I was starving for it. The idea that Harriet Tubman or Fredrick Douglass could have ended up a president. The idea that ancient Black people had books at all might come as a shock to some. The idea that African peoples have had alien contact doesn't seem bandied about much either.Best of all, as a woman, I soooo enjoy seeing women being just as badass as their male counterparts. Menna needs her own book. I figure the spirited sort of man could convince her to harness that formidable will of hers into more constructive uses. Just sayin'. Hint. Hint.*Spoiler Alert*Her Tangh-i-ness greatly appreciates pithy plot summaries. However, for those who must have a virgin reading experience, read no further, and eyeball elsewhere.*Spoiler Alert End*Remember these names:Wagadu- a lost ancient city, a site of first contactFamara Keita- a horro, an elite warriorZeke Culpepper- a church deacon, gunslinger, and bounty-hunterAnnette Bijoux- a machete-wielding singer from New HaitiMenna- female Ihaggaren assassin, sister and rival of El Tellak for the leadership of the kelEl Tellak- the leader of the Ihaggaren TuaregDolph Ericksson- Prussian Field Marshall and closet academicClaus Reuters- the Prussian General determined to prove Dolph's obsession is a wastePierre LaRue- New Haitian expatriate and socialiteThis novel could have been subtitled the book of the double-cross. Famara Keita has to pluck two highly coveted tomes from a Tuareg warlord and transplanted New Haitian socialite. Menna wants to wrestle the leadership of the kel from her brother El Tellak. Claus Reuters wants to prove that Dolph's obsession with the books is a waste of Prussian resources. The only character who engages in relatively little two-timing is Zeke Culpepper.As an inveterate book hoarder, I totally get why having a plot revolve about missing ancient African books ought to be a Bestseller. Gimme my good reads!Famara Keita strides onto the page deep in the Sahara to knife El Tellak and steal the book that El Tellak meant to turn over to Dolph Ericksson. The scene ends with Keita single-handedly taking down a Prussian airship with only a bullet to the shoulder to slow him. Calling all auteurs. Calling all auteurs. Can someone please shoot that opening action sequence like yesterday? I need t see it on a big screen. Zeke Culpepper enters next moving from passing the collection plate, to being enlisted by a Sheriff and Deputy to take down a wanted gang. Apparently, Keita and Culpepper's paths are meant to cross.Field Marshall Dolph Ericksson fumes at the loss of the first book that the horro, Famara Keita, has stolen and plots to take the second book which had ended up in Zeke Culpepper's Freedonia. El Tellak recovers from his near death experience at Famara Keita's hands. These two men, and Menna, form the triumvirate of problems facing Famara Keita and Zeke Culpepper. Dolph Ericksson had already put the arcane knowledge found in the stolen books to work and he longs to complete the technological advantage their secrets have given. Already a scientist under his direction used the information to create clockwork cat sentries that hold a town in terror.The second book in Freedonia brings Famara Keita in search of it. His mission is to bring it back to Timbuktu and to the oversight of the elders. Zeke Culpepper takes down his latest bounty unaware how much his own life will be changing. Menna travels Famara Keita's homeland in search of him and kiling as she goes. El Tellak concentrates on saving face amongst his own people and managing his murderous sister. Pierre LaRue hosts the bonne soirée that intended to celebrate his ownership of the Fredonian tome but nearly ends his wife's life and his own when Famara makes off with the book with Dolph and his Prussian agents hot on his heels. Zeke Culpepper answers an urgent summons from LaRue. Culpepper finds himself hired to go after the book. He's been promised a substantial for his efforts. So Zeke Culpepper joins the chase that will lead Famara Keita, Menna, Dolph Ericksson to Lorraine, France and Annette Bijoux, and then to Bavaria, and finally to Timbutku in Africa itself. Thirty gold pieces exchanged between Famara Keita and Zeke Culpepper outstrips the bounty Pierre LaRue offered. After all, LaRue made promises while Keita actually delivers solid evidence of Culpepper's best financial interest. In retrieving the Freedonian book and returning it to the African Elders, Zeke Culpepper faces a deeper calling. Somehow, I suppose we haven't seen the last of the gun-slinging church deacon.Note: This copy of From Here to Timbuktu was an Amazon ebook purchased by the reviewer. Her Tangh-i-ness usually reviews on a for-the-love basis. No lucre has been involved.
Milton Davis has a knack for writing the kind of books I thoroughly enjoy reading. Like the chemist he is, Milton blends the proper ingredients to create a dazzling, volatile mix of action, adventure and fantastical excitement. Although, he specializes in fantasy, Milton's adeptness at storytelling crosses genres. Case in point: Milton's latest novel, From Here to Timbuktu. Set in an alternate 19th century, much of the United States is occupied by the black nation of Freedonia and territory belonging to the Haitian Empire. Zeke Culpepper, a Freedonian is an ex-soldier, a farmer who can't farm and a church deacon who, though a decent person, struggles with issues of piety. Being a bounty hunter does little to keep him on the pious path, but it's a living. Quick reflexes, steady hands and a sharp eye makes him exceptionally good with a gun. Across the ocean, Farama, a horro (warrior) is in the service of the west African empire of Mali. Farama has his own set of lethal skills to draw upon as he undertakes a perilous mission to track down books stolen from the fabled city of Timbuktu. But these are no ordinary books. The secrets they possess are of such value that a ruthless Prussian officer, backed by the resources of his nation, will stop at nothing to possess them. Zeke is drawn into this dangerous quest with Farama in an uneasy partnership. Farama's impeccable sense of honor, embedded in the ethos of his profession, clashes with Zeke's irreverent, profit-driven character. Yet, the two must work together to keep the books out of ill-intentioned hands. From Here to Timbuktu is a story filled with vigor and wonder, high flying heroics and sadistic villainy. More than alternate history, it is robustly steampunk. Airships, steam powered mechs and other imaginatively retrograde technology populates this book. Milton even envisions an ingenious application for an African throwing-knife. From Here to Timbuktu is not just a pleasurable read, it is a work of speculative fiction that does what pitifully few books in alternate history and steampunk have done: present an African-centered world with black heroes at the forefront, not on the sidelines.
TL;DR version: Great book, buy a copy and enjoy.Long version:The first fruits of Steamfunk have arrived and it's great.My first encounter with Milton's Freedonia universe was from last year's cool "Steamfunk" anthology. Freedonia is, in short, a free nation of former slaves and their descendants. Geographically, it's territory is carved out of a huge portion of what we would call the united states. It's a world of airships, steam cars and automatons. A world where the Great Game continues, in war and subterfuge. From this incredible backdrop, emerges a great adventure story that is sometimes reminiscent of a great summer buddy action movie and at other times a humorous homage to the classic Crosby/Hope "Road to..." movies of the 1940s. I enjoyed it immensely and I eagerly await Milton and his fellow Steamfunk cohorts to release more stories like this.Side note: I read the entire book aloud to my family a chapter or two at a time every night and they also enjoyed the story. Wheels up and thumbs up!
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