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A review by sleepey
The Cassini Mission by Rob Colton
dark
tense
fast-paced
3.5
Bit of a step down from "The Degan Incident" in many ways, but I did enjoy the more Trek-y space adventure plot.
The character writing is frustrating at times. The main relationship felt a bit forced & cartoonish, & I was waiting the whole book for some kind of "alien pheromones" explanation for their behaviour that never came. Everyone's constantly digging at the protagonist for his previous discharge from the military & he just meekly accepts it (Aron: "Here's a full copy of the scientists' illegal research data, & here's the actual specimen they were experimenting on. Also the guy we arrested just admitted the whole thing, he's not even hiding it." / Captain: "You think I'm just going to believe some ex-con with a hunch??????" - Bro, get a fkn grip ). There's also kind of an outrageous incident in the showers early on that goes completely unaddressed (see content warnings).
But yeah the broad strokes of the story hold together, the mission itself is pretty thrilling, & I wouldn't mind seeing Aron & Kane again in the 3rd book.
The character writing is frustrating at times. The main relationship felt a bit forced & cartoonish, & I was waiting the whole book for some kind of "alien pheromones" explanation for their behaviour that never came. Everyone's constantly digging at the protagonist for his previous discharge from the military & he just meekly accepts it (
But yeah the broad strokes of the story hold together, the mission itself is pretty thrilling, & I wouldn't mind seeing Aron & Kane again in the 3rd book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape