Fantasy goes Western in The Malevolent Seven: angels, demons, and dust (book review)

Sebastien de Castell's "The Malevolent Seven" takes the "ragtag bunch of ne're do-wells doing good" theme of a legendary Western and applies it to a wonderfully built fantasy world.

Mercenaries are jerks, but the Gods are bigger ones. Spellcaster Cade Ombra is a disillusioned, fallen justiciar, once inspired by the song of the holy in his head, but now k…