Pariah

Donovan, Book 3

By: W. Michael Gear

Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan

Length: 19 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

The third book in the thrilling Donovan series, a sci-fi action adventure set on a treacherous alien planet where corporate threats and dangerous creatures imperil the lives of the colonists.

Corporate assassin Tamarland Benteen's last hope is the survey ship, Vixen. With a load of scientists aboard under the supervision of Dr. Dortmund Weisbacher, Vixen is tasked with the first comprehensive survey of the newly discovered planet called Donovan. Given that, back in Solar System, Boardmember Radcek would have Benteen's brain dissected, he's particularly motivated to make his escape.

The transition that should have taken Vixen years is instantaneous. Worse, a space ship is already orbiting Donovan, and, impossibly, human settlements have been established on the planet. For Dortmund Weisbacher, this is a violation of the most basic conservation tenets. Donovan is an ecological disaster.

Down on Donovan, Talina Perez takes refuge in the ruins of Mundo Base with the wild child, Kylee Simonov. But the quetzals are playing their own deadly game - one that forces Talina and Kylee to flee farther into the wilderness. Too bad they're stuck with Dortmund Weisbacher in the process.

Back in Port Authority, Dan Wirth discovers that he's not the meanest or deadliest man on the planet. Tamarland Benteen is making his play for control of PA. And in the final struggle, if Benteen can't have it, he'll destroy it all.

©2019 W. Michael Gear (P)2019 Recorded Books

The Multiverse strikes again!

The audiobook version of the third installment of the Donovan series by Michael Gear, narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan, does not disappoint. Ms. Brennan flawlessly depicts each character in spellbinding scene after spellbinding scene in the scifi thriller masterfully penned by Mr. Gear.
From the inconceivable instantaneous 30 light-year inversion (that took 50 years in real time), to the improbable relationship between Talina Perez and numerous quetzals, to the unbelievable transformation of Corporate Supervisor Calico Aguila, to the untimely death of Trish Monahan, to the ultimately fitting fate of Tamerlin Benteen, Alyssa Bresnahan expertly portrays each character.
One simply cannot listen to this audio without recommending it to everyone interested in good stories. Good listening, All!

Another great one

I wish someone would make new series , like the expanse meets Jurassic world. I love the whole series.

WTF?

is this guy hung up on bestiality or something? it involves lots of spit..I am not joking. I'm very surprised no other reviews mentioned this. Gross man, just gross.

Author Seems to Have an Agends

Author is pushing conservative/libertarian views and also makes thinly veiled attacks on nature conservation and the anti-GMO food movement…a bit too heavy-handed for me.

Emotional rollercoaster

most intense of the series so far. pleasantly surprised and engaging. A most disagreeable bad guy, one to love to hate!

Pariah

the audio version brings depth to places with in the books.. adding mystery and assurance to areas not shown in just reading the book.


Pariah (Donovan Trilogy #3) 
by W. Michael Gear  
With great anticipation I waited patiently for this book to come into my hands.  Funny story, the copy I read was sent as a giveaway for the Gear Facebook fan site. I was grateful to read the story anyways. I protected the book with kid gloves, until a second book came for the give away and this book was mine to adore and read with tabs and marks so I know the story.  Using those tabs to help create my paintings to honor the work.

The story of Donovan, as I briefly describe it is nothing to reading the pages of the books. Pariah is the third installment, in this epic science fiction story. Already in place is a ghost ship (the Freelander), the wonderful destructive Quetzals, the Corporation administrator Kalico,  what can you add to make this story more dynamic? How about another lost ship? This time the story of the transition of the Vixen is opposed to the ghost ship Freelander. The Vixen has been missing fifty years, but to its crew and passengers it seemed instantiations. This is only the start of the problems. The Vixen was not a colonial ship, she was an exploratory ship. The complement of crew and passengers include the leading Conservationist Dr. Dortmund Weisbacher. The Conservationist movement on earth lead to many problematic environmental problems, the idea of pure stock conservation does not allow for environmental changes, and disease prevention, devastating the native populations on Earth. Dr. Dortmund planned to outline and control the exploration and contact with Capella III (Donovan). The problem cause by his disappearance on the Vixen changed the focus of the colonization of Donovan. He has to come to the realization that his theories are unfounded and unsustainable, and the deadly nature of the life on Donovan.  The Michael Gear is able to look into the modern practice of Bison breeding, and the idea of reintroduction of extinct animals explaining the problems he sees in the future. 
We also continue to explore through Talina and Kylee the reaction of the Quetzals to the human Colonization of Donovan. The native life of Donovan is divided into family lineages that are divided on how they will respond to this new population of animals. More than any other part of the story the Michael Gear explores the ideas of colonization and contact with other planets. 
The fans that have called for the Gears to look into the traditions and stories of the Maya have had their wishes granted. Michael Gear looks into Mayan traditions and stories, more so in this book than any other of the Donovan series. Talina's ancestral heritage helps connect her to her new world and allows her to overcome the events she is participant of, willing or not. 
As a whole this book is frightening in its images, and stories because it’s disturbing how much it relates to what is happening in our own world. We must face like Talina, Kylee, and Dr. Dortmund the events and practices that may not be in our control. 

Wonderful Series

W. Michael Gear has been one of my favorite authors since I picked up a paperback on a layover, Long Ride Home, back in the 90's. I wasn't sure I would like this series since it really isn't my genre but once started I couldn't stop. It didn't disappoint at all. And now I see there is a fourth book coming soon. I can't wait.