Review: Wagon Train to the Stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 24, 2011
The Old West meets the future in this novella.  It starts out as a fairly conventional Western scenario:  Thomas's main squeeze Mary is kidnapped by the evil O'Malley brothers gang.  They demand Thomas give them a thousand bucks (a lot of money back in 1895) by daylight or they're going to kill Mary.Thomas of course doesn't have that kind of money.  But no problem, because he runs into a black guy with a disfigured face who seems to be an old flame of Mary's.  But as Thomas encounters the O'Malley's, he finds things aren't what they seem.I think if I have any complaint, I wish this were longer.  The author's notes indicate this is part of a universe, but without reading any of that, I'm not sure exactly what happens at the end.  So I'm really hoping there is a sequel or expanded edition in the future.Otherwise, this was an engrossing story that I read in about an hour or so.  It's definitely worth the 99 cents.  The formatting is good too for the Kindle, although I noticed a few typos that could be cleaned up.That is all.