Triggernometry Finals

All good things must come to an end. In the case of an extended pun that has already produced two short books, Triggernometry is probably more overdue than most. And yet, somehow Stark Holborn has managed to squeeze a little more life out of a very silly idea.

The set-up, in case you don’t remember, is that, some time in the Old West, the study of mathematics has been outlawed. Therefore mathematicians have become outlaws, and alongside their guns they also sling protractors and slide rules. The Triggernometry books tell the story of their fight for justice, and the freedom to write long and boring books full of complex equations.

The hero of the books is Malago Browne. She and her partner, Pierre de Fermat, are wanted in every town in every state of America. Life has got too hot, even for them. But then the legendary Carl Friedrich Gauss comes to them with a mad plan, something that could put an end to their outlaw status forever.

As is traditional, we get introduced to new mathematician heroes. John Napier, happily playing with his bones, has become a necromancer. The Bernouilli Brothers are working in a circus. You get the idea.

There’s not a lot more that I can say, because the book is very short. Triggernometry is a very silly idea, taken expertly to ridiculous extremes. Triggernometry Finals is fitting conclusion to a joke that could have been a social media post. Total respect to Stark Holborn for wringing so much out of it.

Title: Triggernometry Finals
By: Stark Holborn
Publisher: Rattleback Books
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