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The
Tenth Planet
Written
by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Reviewed
by John J. Rust
It's
2017 and the discovery of mysterious soot layers at archeological
sites all over the world and the disappearance of an unmanned
probe near Uranus have two archeologists uncovering a mystery
that involves a rogue planet that comes into Earth orbit every
2,006 years and leaves behind a lot of van damage.
Pretty good book. Smith and Rusch did a good job with the characters,
especially the two archeologists, Cross and Bradshaw. Cross is
a little more daring, while Bradshaw is cautious to the point
of fear because of a statement he made 20 years before that ruined
his reputation. While Cross keeps telling him how much he values
his work on their project, Bradshaw is constantly worried that
his mere presence will turn people off to their dire warning.
I really enjoyed how all parties involved tried to put all the
pieces together on what exactly this tenth planet will do before
it arrives. The aliens on the planet were pretty freaky, but the
authors did a very convincing job getting into their heads and
not making them the typical evil alien conquerors. The climax
was pretty good, though I would have preferred much more description
of the devastation inflicted by the aliens (yeah, what a surprise).
Looking forward to the next book in this series.
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