White Storm

Gemini Force 1 #3

by M.G. Harris

Ben Carrington is a member of an elite, top-secret rescue organisation - Gemini Force. When he finds himself and his friends in danger, Ben must compete with hostile ice and storms to pull off their most gruelling mission yet.

Impossible rescues. Maximum risk. This is Gemini Force 1.

An action-packed new installment, perfect for fans of Charlie Higson, Anthony Horowitz and Robert Muchamore.

256 pages, Paperback

First published April 7, 2016

About the author

Author Bio:

MG (Maria Guadalupe) Harris was born in Mexico City but moved to England as a young child. Before becoming a writer, she worked as a scientist and ran an Internet business.

On regular visits back to Mexico, MG became fascinated by Mayan archaeology and made several trips to Mayan ruins in Yucatan and Chiapas. One such trip planted the seed of the idea for THE JOSHUA FILES, a best-selling series of books for middle-grade readers which was translated into 17 foreign languages.

MG Harris is also the author of GEMINI FORCE ONE, a trilogy of action-adventure novels created with Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson and funded initially via a hugely popular Kickstarter campaign. As M.G. Reyes she has is the author of the EMANCIPATED trilogy, a crime-drama for older teenagers. Her latest series, THE MIND GAME, is a mystery spy thriller for teens and young adults.

Favourite living authors are RF Kuang, Haruki Murakami, Mario Vargas Llosa and Junot Diaz.

Reviews

[Theediscerning · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm still not convinced by this series, having read the opening volume, and this, the third. There's enough drama and character here I suppose for the target audience, and the world of Ben is rounded out with relationship quandaries and strong female characters for the female reader. But still things didn't exactly overwhelm. Even the initial idea, of turning 9/11 on its head by having a plane crashed into the train tunnel through the Eiger up to the Jungfraujoch, wasn't utilised very well – it leads to nothing more dramatic than questions, and a bit of PTSD-styled worrying for Ben that is immediately forgotten about as soon as possible. There is more rescue-type action to come, and the lovely Ms Harris has a nice way of feeding in to the plot things which will come in use later, but the emphasis on the drama is a misguided mix of dodgy political ideas (almost as if Russell Brand was a model) and revenge drama. There is a distinctive flavour to the agency Ben has to use to survive the day and save the world, but still something lacking. The fact that even by the end we seem to be in origin-story territory suggests there are a lot more books to come, but I would debate spending the time on more.