Flamespitter: Elemental Gunslinger, Book 1

4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars | 206 ratings

Price: 24.95

Last update: 01-29-2025


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A gunslinger with four affinities is a myth.

It's the kind of story whispered in frontier saloons one drink before closing and around campfires in the dead of night. For the heroes and villains in those tales, that impossible power is a boon, a gift.

For Mr. Jones, it's a curse.

Of course, that's not his real name. He's had many.

Changing names is necessary when you possess a power that every lawman and outlaw would kill to obtain. To survive, you keep your head down, kill when you must, and never stay in one place too long. It's a life governed by rules and hard lessons, drilled into him from a young age after his parents were murdered because of his gift.

Since then, the trail of bodies has only grown longer.

But all that is about to change. After years of chasing two-bit bounties, honing his skills, and growing his core, he's finally caught the scent of the man he's been searching for the first of four bodies that will end this carnage once and for all.

Now, it's time to put his cursed powers to use.

It's time for revenge.


Top reviews from the United States

  • Mitchell W. Jacobs
    5.0 out of 5 stars good litrpg
    Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2024
    Nice world building. Interesting system and leaves you wanting to read next book. MC is slowly maturing and making better decisions
  • Robert S
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great characters
    Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2024
    Great introduction to a new setting and gray characters. I appreciate the details and depth that the author puts into his characters, and it shows in his latest story!

    The world building is very interesting. I was expecting some kind of weird west, but... It's not. It's like the title says, a wild west cultivation story.

    I can't wait to learn more about this world he's creating, in curious in what came before the wild west setting.
  • Kindle Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Nice solid read
    Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2024
    I hate doing reviews but this book was definitely had an interesting take on the Western. I'll definitely be looking for book two.
  • Jason
    5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect balance of Western and Cultivation that I didn't know I needed
    Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2024
    This was a fantastic book. The writing was rich, authentic, and detailed while never committing the cardinal sin of being boring. The magic system starts out simple and develops in complexity in interesting ways that are meaningful to the story.

    I highly recommend it.
  • Desmond
    3.0 out of 5 stars got potential
    Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2024
    Like the idea. I know the MC is young but comes across and whiny and needing a good smack in some places. Will probably give the second book another try and see if this goes anywhere
  • Ian Mitchell
    5.0 out of 5 stars This ones a gem
    Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2024
    I love the tough guy heroes, that can take a beating and get back up and do again next episode. Mixing cultivation and a post civil war old west was wonderful and handled very well here. I was a big fan of the wild wild west movie. I didn't think the author could pull it off and I was wrong. Give it a try, it's fun and a lot of things go Boom!
  • Jem
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good start to a new series
    Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2024
    Found this while browsing through some recommendations. Found an interesting take mixing cultivation and western themes. Ended up reading it straight through. Looking forward to the next book in the series.
  • Dave Ketelsen
    4.0 out of 5 stars Magic in the Old West with a vengeance
    Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2024
    This book reminds me of the old 1960s TV show Wild Wild West but instead of a steampunk vibe you've got magic adding a special sauce.

    The MC is an 18 year old orphan, Alexander Davenport, whose rich railroad industry parents were killed by a business rival when he was 8 and subsequently young Alex was raised by his butler / bodyguard Randal, a retired US Marshal. That is, until Randal's demise at the hands of a gang of ruffians that included Black Jack Pickam, the focus of this first book in the series. Alex was 14 at that time and vowed revenge on the villains who killed Randal, his mentor and friend.

    This is Smidt's most ambitious novel so far. There's a mythic old west feel to the book that's very effective though the protagonist's youthful age occasionally seems off since the setting just calls for old weathered characters. Alex is remarkable due to having 4 affinities but since his training was halted at 14 when his mentor was murdered, he's only partially trained. That's a constant theme here as Alex tries to complete his training to better be able to find and destroy the outlaws that killed Randal. It's a tall order 'cause Black Jack is a very magically strong and morally twisted fellow with an evil gang to back him up and a great hideaway. It'll be interesting to see how Smidt ramps up the action in subsequent books in the series 'cause this book is intense, it won't be easy to top it.

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