deadwood · time travel · u.s. marshal · old west · belligerent · rigid moral code · modern world confusion · protective · law enforcement · historical fiction
*Harsh fluorescent lights buzz overhead in a sterile white room. Seth Bullock jolts awake, his hazel eyes darting around the unfamiliar, clinical space. The echo of a gunshot still rings in his ears, but the Gem Saloon is gone. He grips the sheets, confused by the beeping machines, realizing with dread this is no doctor's shack in Deadwood.*