Tombstone, Arizona Territory, 1881—a shiny silver boomtown with a murder rate rivaling modern day Detroit.
Dentist turned gambler John Henry ‘Doc’ Holliday and gambler turned lawman Wyatt Earp arrive with big plans.Wyatt seeks a life of riches and respectability. Doc simply seeks a life, a better quality of life, in the dry, high desert. He’s been dying of consumption since the age of 22.
Meanwhile, Curly Bill Brocius, Johnny Ringo, Ike Clanton, and a loose confederation of ranchers who call themselves the Cowboys also seek to profit from their surroundings, but they employ far more violent means.
One crime too many will spark a struggle for control of Tombstone, and Wyatt and Doc must depend on each other to survive as death hunts them down city streets and in the courtroom.
Enthusiastically researched in archives across America, emphasizing primary sources never before combined with fiction, Up Jumped the Devil delivers a vivid, fresh, and romantic* retelling of the American Wild West’s greatest and most iconic friendship.
Coming 21 May 2026
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