A group of people who lived at a site of immense mystical power ten years ago are drawn together to go back and make certain that power is let loose on the earth.
It's a combination of a Western and the supernatural, a disparate group of people teaming up to stop a dangerous threat. It just so happens the threat is something from another dimension set on invading the earth, rather than a large group of bandits terrorizing a small village. Hatcher tells the story by moving back and forth between the past and present. Each flashback is told from a different characters' perspective, mostly detailing how they ended up at Stonegarden Abbey, but also showing how they start to realize something isn't right and that it might be time to get the hell out.
The book has an easy style to it. I wouldn't have minded spending more time on getting the team back together or the trip to Stonegarden, but they're supposed to be in a hurry, so it makes sense the book would linger. Everybody is distinct in personality and speech, without being exaggerated to an obnoxious degree. The places where their personalities conflict are used, but not overused. Even if Fallon and Nels don't like each other, that doesn't mean every word passed between them is harsh. It's there enough to get the point across, but not distracting from everything else.
Hatcher apparently wrote an earlier story that's set in the same universe, dealing with the same threat. It gets referenced briefly once, near the end, but it isn't necessary to have read it to follow this story. Silver Riders works perfectly well as its own story.
'"Ravens?" Ezekiel raised an eyebrow. "That is interesting, indeed. You know it's entirely possible, Jonas. The birds do speak to her."
"I know," Fallon admitted. "Might be so. But they're still just goddamn birds. They don't know about people. But I do," he added. "Destiny or not, I can tell when a man rides with trouble. Brainerd's one of those."'
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