"In the days when the Earth was turned to dust, the Spirits came out of the Wilderness and the Magicians made war with them." Ferran Odd is the leader of a magicians that travel between frontier towns banishing the spirits that prey on human souls. In the town of Leno, however, the golden dragon hiding in the apple grove is the easy part. The hard part is getting paid. Za'chary Westbrook's 'Dust Magic' series is a wild adventure set in a frontier world plagued by lethal animal spirits. As witty as it is dark, 'Dust Magic' mixes fantasy thrills with cowboy cool.