I really like Swallow's writing. Some of his 40K books have been cracking, especially 'Flight of the Eisenstein' which was top notch. This one though took a while to get going. The setting didn't help - the wild west - as it's maybe got to be a little passe.The story itself was a fairly typical piece of Who with the Doctor pitched against a couple (then trio) of sentient and psycotic hand guns called The Clade. The story chugs along until about halfway through when it starts to find it's feet a little and is all the better for it.
One of the main problems of these books I think is no-one really knows what to do with Martha. I didn't mind her in the TV show but in print you can feel the personality vacuum of her character. She sits on the page and sucks away any and all life from the scenes she's in.
A bit of an off day for Mr. Swallow this one though.
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