Where to start? First off, in an effort at full disclosure, I should mention I was given a free copy in exchange for an honest review. I was actually given the first two of the Dyan-Tyme books, and have already posted my review of the first one. I didn't care for it, and this one is even worse.

My reasons for saying this are far too vast to list them all, but here's a sampling of my impressions as I read through this second book of the series:

The author makes obscure references to things only he understands.

As with the first novel, he mixes POVs, sometimes two or three times, within the same chapter.

As with the first novel, he tells rather than shows.

His characters are cliches, and almost every woman is beautiful. He also turns some of his bad guys (the Mafia types) into comic relief, which negates their value as bad guys.

The author makes the classic literary mistake of assuming his reader knows something he hasn't revealed.

In one case, characters appeared out of nowhere without explanation.

There are so many characters it gets confusing, and they're all two-dimensional.

The author's writing style and dialog remain woefully amateurish.

At one point the author writes, "Colt put Traweek in a sweat box and turned up the crank to raise the temperature." Perhaps the author knows something I don't, but I don't believe they had heaters in the 1860s.

The author's description of action sequences is sometimes inconprehensible due to his inability to visualize those sequnces and clearly explain the action.

And finally, in the end, the author's attempts to explain his time-travel concept is hopelessly complicated and convoluted.

Needless to say, I would not recommend either Dyna-Tyme books. ( )