Thursday, August 1, 2013

Book Review: Cowboys & Aliens by Joan D. Vinge

Blurb:
1875.  New Mexico Territory.  A stranger with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution.  The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist.  What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don’t welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde. It’s a town that lives in fear.
But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky.  Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known.
Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation.  As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he’s been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force.  With the help of the elusive traveler Ella, he pulls together a posse comprised of former opponents—townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warriors—all in danger of annihilation.  United against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic showdown for survival.

I give it 3 stars

My review:

A western/science fiction which is pretty much your standard humans versus advanced aliens. I thought it was well written and there are some very nice descriptive passages. I could have done without the head hopping into minor characters and sometimes character actions and facial expressions were a little overly described. Still, not a bad read. I enjoyed it and even got a little misty eyed a couple of times.

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Cowboys-and-Aliens-ebook/dp/B0051OAQ6S/ref=sr_1_2_title_1_kin?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375358996&sr=1-2&keywords=cowboys+and+aliens

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