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A review by justine_ao
Adrift by W. Michael Gear
4.0
4.5 stars
Another very solid entry in the series. Picking up shortly after the events of Unreconciled, the maritime scientist survivors of the disastrous Ashanti transit have finally established their Marine Unit in one of Donovan's ocean environments.
Despite everything they have previously gone through, and even with continuous attempts at warning and educating the group about the expected dangers, the Maritime Unit basically feels that since they are all highly educated scientists they can figure things out just fine and ask to be left to their own devices. If you've been reading this series, you can basically guess how that works out. But this new and unexplored territory on Donovan makes for exciting reading, with new and more terrible terrors.
Meanwhile, Dek continues to deal with the changes wrought through his voluntary infection with Rocket's quetzel TriNA, but there are some further complications (of course there are). Luckily he has Talina to help.
Finally, we get to spend some quality time with Kalico as she deals with more difficulty at Corporate Mine, tries to work out her feelings for Dek, and more importantly, about Dek and Talina growing closer. She wonders if she's lost her edge, or is she just becoming more herself and more completely Donovan's?
If you are a fan of the series, Adrift won't disappoint. It's filled with the expected amount of action, excitement, emotion, and because it's Donovan, death.
Another very solid entry in the series. Picking up shortly after the events of Unreconciled, the maritime scientist survivors of the disastrous Ashanti transit have finally established their Marine Unit in one of Donovan's ocean environments.
Despite everything they have previously gone through, and even with continuous attempts at warning and educating the group about the expected dangers, the Maritime Unit basically feels that since they are all highly educated scientists they can figure things out just fine and ask to be left to their own devices. If you've been reading this series, you can basically guess how that works out. But this new and unexplored territory on Donovan makes for exciting reading, with new and more terrible terrors.
Meanwhile, Dek continues to deal with the changes wrought through his voluntary infection with Rocket's quetzel TriNA, but there are some further complications (of course there are). Luckily he has Talina to help.
Finally, we get to spend some quality time with Kalico as she deals with more difficulty at Corporate Mine, tries to work out her feelings for Dek, and more importantly, about Dek and Talina growing closer. She wonders if she's lost her edge, or is she just becoming more herself and more completely Donovan's?
If you are a fan of the series, Adrift won't disappoint. It's filled with the expected amount of action, excitement, emotion, and because it's Donovan, death.