The Cold Eye (The Devil's West Book 2)

"The second book in Laura Anne Gilman’s “The Devil’s West” series follows the further adventures of Isobel, the 16-year-old girl whose job it is to be the eyes, ears, conscience and justice of the Devil in the Old West. Here, she’s chasing after disbelieving Easterners looking to co-opt the powerful magic that resides in the West. And like the book that came before, the best thing about The Cold Eye is the interactions between its characters and the grimy, rugged, merciless world that Gilman has created where the horses always need brushing, the firewood always needs gathering and there are never enough baths. It’s a Western that doesn’t forget how hard life once was, and Gilman offers no easy mercy to those who live within it."