For most parts a fun novel, but with some flaws.
( Review of A Hard Rain (spoiler) )
Overall the Dixon Hill setting has its potential with its “trivial” (murder) mystery background combined with the characters of TNG, but at least here D.W. Smith tried to hard to combine it with a Science Fiction frame to get a better than O.K. rating.
”Defcon’s TrekLit” Rating :
Story : *** of *****
Characterization / character development : **** of *****
Originality : *** of *****
Writing style : *** of *****
Cover : *** of *****
Overall : 70 %
( Review of A Hard Rain (spoiler) )
Overall the Dixon Hill setting has its potential with its “trivial” (murder) mystery background combined with the characters of TNG, but at least here D.W. Smith tried to hard to combine it with a Science Fiction frame to get a better than O.K. rating.
”Defcon’s TrekLit” Rating :
Story : *** of *****
Characterization / character development : **** of *****
Originality : *** of *****
Writing style : *** of *****
Cover : *** of *****
Overall : 70 %