One day every hundred years, a town appears, its location and character different every time. It is home to the greatest miracle a man could imagine: a doorway to Heaven itself. The town’s name is Wormwood, and it is due to appear on the 21st September 1889, somewhere in the American Midwest.
There are many who hope to be there: travelling preacher Obeisance Hicks and his simple messiah, Soldier Joe; Henry and Harmonium Jones and their freak show pack of outlaws; the Brothers of the Order of Ruth and their sponsor Lord Forset (inventor of the Forset Thunderpack and other incendiary modes of personal transport); and finally, an aging gunslinger with a dark history.
They will face dangers both strange and terrible: monstrous animals, predatory towns, armies of mechanical natives, and other things besides. Wormwood defends its secrets, and only the brave and resourceful will survive... - from Amazon.com
I had received the sequel to this novel from NetGalley.com and the publisher for free to review. however, not having read this first book, I picked it up as well.
The story description I read piqued my interest, so at the start I was a bit intrigued to see where it would take me. About a third of the way through, I was finding my attention being lost. The story had split into three groups, all heading to the same goal, but I could not find a likable, or one that I could relate to, or cheer for. My interest waned. I set it aside for a few days, thinking maybe I just needed to come back with a clear head. After several days, I was disinterested after just a few pages. I am not much into the steam-punk sort of western this appears to be, and Guy Adams definitely introduced some pretty weird characters. Though I have enjoyed a coupe of other books by this author, this one was just not for me.
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