Adrift

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 thro......more

The nitty-gritty: Gear kills it in his latest Donovan installment, a high-octane adventure that is almost impossible to put down. “How bad can it be?” Dek wondered. “If it’s just people, like Tal says, we knock a couple of heads. If it’s beasties, we’ve got rifles. Problem solved.” How bad indeed...Ge......more

So glad this is the last book in the series. I had to check and seen if I accidentally picked out a Stephen king novel.......more

A 4.5 starrer. This is a terrific entry in the Donovan series. This is really SF horror done fabulously right. Michael Gear peels the layers on Donovan further by focusing on a newer side of the planet like he did in the previous book - the ocean. And lo, Donovan doesnt disappoint. So far, we have se......more

When the Donovan series launched I was enthralled with the brutal reality of what colonizing a distant planet would be like. From the apex predators that dominate the planet to the cold hard reality of knowing that you are truly alone on a hostile planet with no help immediately available, I loved r......more