FARSCAPE: SHIP OF GHOSTS by David Bischoff
Boxtree (Pan Macmillan) - September 2001
ISBN: 0752272330 - Paperback
SF / TV Tie-in

Reviewed by Rachel A Hyde, MyShelf.com
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Calling all fans of the hit SF series Farscape - this is the third novel based on the series and Bischoff manages to capture the characters almost perfectly and spices up what at first appears to be a fairly standard plot with more than a hint of Lewis Carroll along with the inimitable humor that has made the series so popular. Once again Moya is in trouble, caught by a strange and vast ship that appears to belong to a mythical race of space farers, the Nokmadi. The Peacekeepers are hot on their tail, led this time by an old adversary of Aeryn's and just what is Rygel doing with those DRDs? Set during the first half of the first season before the appearance and disappearance of certain key characters it at first appears to be serving up the tired old plot where the characters get caught by mind readers, causing them to believe that they are back home etc and which almost all SF series seem to dish up for at least one tie-in novel but Bischoff manages to give all this a neat twist that kept the pages turning rapidly. No easy feat, but neatly achieved and an entertaining addition to the series.