Second paragraph of third chapter:
‘Kneel?’
Slogging through the Eighth Doctor Adventures, I am coming to the realisation that some of them are, well, not very good. Here we have what could have been a masterpiece of overlaid narratives, timelines and tension, with some interesting guest characters and some vivid individual scenes. but it all feels too chaotic and disorganised to be interesting. You can get The Last Resort here (for a price).
Next in sequence of the Virgin Bernice Summerfield novels, this time featuring a voyage by sea with an alien species whose life cycle and religious beliefs are worked out in interesting detail, of course largely driving the plot. I thought this was an above average book in this series, with convincing characters among both the humans and non-humans and a compassionate take on the conflict between them.
I am struck, though, that the standard mode of a Bernice Sumemrfield novel seems to involve her being sent on mission rather than staying at home. My memory of the audios is that a lot more of them have her dealing with problems at home base. (Though of course she has been on mission for the last few of those as well.)
Next up: Jim Mortimore’s Sword of Forever.