Adrift

By W. Michael Gear

Book Overview

The fifth book in the thrilling Donovan sci-fi series returns to a treacherous alien planet where corporate threats and dangerous creatures imperil the lives of the colonists.

The Maritime Unit had landed in paradise. After a terrifying ten-year transit from Solar System aboard the Ashanti, the small band of oceanographers and marine scientists were finally settled. Perched on a reef five hundred kilometers out from shore, they were about to embark on the first exploration of Donovan's seas. For the twenty-two adults and nine children, everything is new, exciting, and filled with wonder as they discover dazzling sea creatures, stunning plant life, and fascinating organisms.

But Donovan is never what it seems; the changes in the children were innocuous--oddities of behavior normal to kids who'd found themselves in a new world. Even then it was too late. An alien intelligence, with its own agenda, now possesses the children, and it will use them in a most insidious way: as the perfect weapons.

How can you fight back when the enemy is smarter than you are, and wears the face of your own child?

Welcome to Donovan.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0756417163
• ISBN13: 9780756417161
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Daw Books
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.7" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Loved the exploration of Donovan's ocean

Adrift follows the story of the Maritime Unit that arrived on Donovan in book 4. After a harrowing space journey that lasted years longer than it was supposed to, the Maritime Unit has arrived on Donovan and believes the worst is over. Their mission is to study the oceans of Donovan. They set up a base for their study and turn to making it their home. The residents of Donovan try to warn them that the planet will try to kill them, but the Maritime Unit is confident that they can handle any planetary threat. By the time they realize they can’t, it may be too late. Welcome to Donovan. W. Michael Gear brings us further into the world of Donovan in this exciting continuation of a well-loved Sci-Fi series. I loved that we got to see the Donovan version of ocean life in this book. It was fun to explore a new part of the planet, although I am definitely glad to just be reading about it and not actually there. I am excited to see where this series goes in the next book. (Lucky for me, the next book is already on my shelf.) 5/5 ⭐