Border Princes

Wednesday, October 31 2007 @ 12:23 PM GMT+4

Torchwood: Border Princes by Dan Abnett. Abnett is no stranger to the tie-in market, and in Border Princes, he just barely pulls off a passable story that could work in almost any universe, which slightly diminishes its effectiveness. It's long been my rule in evaluating media tie-ins that a good novel should fit into the established continuity, approximate an average episode, and, if it's really stellar, elevate the mythology of the show. What Border Princes offers is a Dawn; Like in Season 5 of the Buffyverse, the book opens with a character called 'James' established and interacting with the Torchwood cast as if he'd always been there. A thin plot device involving an alien sudoku and Gwen leaving Rhys once again (her long-suffering live-in seems the collective punching bag for the show's writer's and the media authors) is strung along just adequately enough to keep the reader waiting for the other shoe to drop. Which it finally, and a bit anticlimactically does – I just have to wonder how Jack didn't see it coming.

Series: Torchwood

Read October 2007

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