Ratings6
Average rating4.2
"Nevada, 1869: Beyond the pitiless 40-Mile Desert lies Golgotha, a cattle town that hides more than its share of unnatural secrets. The sheriff bears the mark of the noose around his neck; some say he is a dead man whose time has not yet come. His half-human deputy is kin to coyotes. The mayor guards a hoard of mythical treasures. A banker's wife belongs to a secret order of assassins. And a shady saloon owner, whose fingers are in everyone's business, may know more about the town's true origins than he's letting on. A haven for the blessed and the damned, Golgotha has known many strange events, but nothing like the primordial darkness stirring in the abandoned silver mine overlooking the town. Bleeding midnight, an ancient evil is spilling into the world, and unless the sheriff and his posse can saddle up in time, Golgotha will have seen its last dawn . . . and so will all of Creation. "--
Series
3 primary booksGolgotha is a 3-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by R.S. Belcher.
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This was a fantastic weird west story.
And now I really want to play Deadlands...
A wild, ridiculous, fun ride of a book. Take every fantasy-Wild-West character you can think of (and a bunch of other fantasy/sci-fi/steampunk characters for good measure), jam them into one book, and watch them rattle around, bumping up against each other and external threats. The writing isn't brilliant, and plotting isn't brilliant, but the book is just so much fun to read that you don't really care. Highly recommended if you're looking for a light, fast-paced, fun book.
File this under weird western. It's got some nice touches, mixing strange devices, zombie-like citizens, mythology, and mad science together. But the action only really lets loose in the last quarter.