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Legends of Zaka • Episode One

Buy It EarlyBlood Money

A fantasy western about four outlaws, a boy who bleeds gold, and powerful families willing to kill anyone standing between them and their fortune.

Paperback $22.99Signed $32.99Ebook $4.99

Direct physical preorders include launch extras. U.S. shipping is charged at checkout.

Blood Money by J & J Jones book cover

What is Blood Money?

Outlaws. Magic. No time to breathe.

A fast fantasy western built around gunfights, sorcery, shapeshifting, a crew of criminals, and one impossible score that turns into a fight across the frontier.

Gunslingers, Sorcery & Shapeshifting

Gunfights collide with magic, sorcery, strange creatures, and shapeshifting across the frontier.

Fast-Paced Adventure

Train robberies, bounty hunters, monsters, close calls, and a crew that rarely gets time to breathe.

Fantasy Western

Outlaw-country energy, frontier towns, rail lines, six-shooters, and fantasy woven into the bones of the West.

Found-Family Crew Heists

Zeke, Ophelia, Tahu, and Lydia are criminals who know how to finish a job—even when the job becomes something none of them planned for.

A train robbery.
A boy who bleeds gold.
And a secret worth killing for.

The Story

Everyone wants what's in his veins.

Zeke Kane was expecting a train robbery.

He wasn't expecting to find a boy who bleeds gold.

Fourteen-year-old Ezra McAllen is the most valuable secret in Zaka, and his family has spent years making sure he stays that way. Locked away, bled for profit, and guarded like a vault, Ezra has never had much of a life to call his own.

Then Zeke Kane and his crew find him.

What should have been a simple score becomes something far more dangerous when Zeke, Ophelia, Tahu, and Lydia make a choice that puts one of the frontier's most powerful families on their trail.

Now they have to get Ezra across Zaka alive.

And everyone wants what's in his veins.

Maybe they finally stole something worth more than money.

Why preorder direct?

Get the launch extras.

Preordering Blood Money directly gets you the launch edition extras and sends more of your purchase directly to the people making the book.

Direct Preorder Paperback

$22.99
  • Blood Money paperback
  • Exclusive Blood Money sticker set
  • Exclusive preorder letter

Signed Preorder Edition

$32.99
  • Everything in the Direct Preorder Paperback
  • Signed copy of Blood Money
  • Exclusive wanted poster

Ebook Preorder

$4.99
  • Digital edition of Blood Money
  • No physical shipping
  • Read Legends of Zaka: Episode One on release day
Fulfillment note: Physical preorders are planned to ship before launch with the goal of arriving on or near November 2. U.S. shipping only. Shipping is charged at checkout. Signed copies ordered after the preorder period may take longer to ship.
Direct support matters. Ordering directly means more of your purchase supports the people who wrote and published the book. No giant retailer taking the largest piece—just you, the book, and direct support for the stories you want to see continue.

For fans of...

Western + heist crew + fantasy gunslinging.

If those three things sound like they belong together, this is the lane Blood Money lives in.

Red Dead Redemption 2Outlaws, a dangerous frontier, gunfights, pursuit, and the feeling that civilization is always one step behind—or one step ahead.
Six of CrowsA criminal crew, sharp personalities, risky jobs, arguments under pressure, and loyalty that gets more complicated the worse the situation becomes.
TrigunGunslinger energy colliding with a world that refuses to stay grounded in ordinary western rules.
Book readersFor readers of Six of Crows and Red Rabbit who wish their fantasy had more six-shooters, train robberies, and outlaws.
GunslingersSorceryShapeshiftingFast-Paced AdventureFantasy WesternFound Family CrewHeistsTrain RobberiesBounty HuntersStrange Creatures

ARC reader reactions

Fast, cinematic, and hard to put down.

ARC Reader Review“Blood Money moves fast and never really lets up. The action hits hard, the gunfights feel cinematic, and every time I thought the crew might finally get a chance to breathe, something else went wrong. Somehow it still finds room to be genuinely funny without undercutting the danger.”
ARC Reader Review“This book feels like a fantasy western shot out of a cannon. Train robberies, magic, monsters, bounty hunters, and a crew that always gets the job done. The banter between the characters was one of my favorite parts, especially when everything was falling apart around them.”
ARC Reader Review“I flew through this. The chapters keep pushing you forward, the action is constant without becoming exhausting, and the humor makes the crew incredibly easy to love. Blood Money has that rare combination of fast pacing, big set pieces, and characters who are just as entertaining when they're arguing as they are when they're fighting.”

This is only Episode One. Blood Money opens the Legends of Zaka, and the frontier gets bigger from here.

Preorder Blood Money

A train robbery. A boy who bleeds gold. And a secret worth killing for.

Zeke Kane and his crew were looking for a score. What they found may be worth more than any of them can survive.

Preorder directly for the launch extras, grab the signed edition and wanted poster, or reserve the ebook for release day.

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