They discover an address almost at the edge of the gate range that the ancients were experimenting with and decide to investigate. They get stuck on a freezing icy planet and only survive because there are people who have managed to survive the harsh conditions. So try to save the people from the worsening weather and get home in one piece.

Ouch. This is one of the poorer SGA contributions. I really have to question whether this author knew anything about Atlantis. I think he may have seen some SG 1 and figured he could write Atlantis too. He frequently refers to the team as Tauri, a term used only in SG 1. The characterizations are terrible. Sheppard sounds sounds more like Cameron Mitchell than himself, saying things like reckon and ain't. There is none of the usual team banter just McKay complaining and John telling him to get it done. In fact it comes across like they can’t stand each other, when we know they are really friends. Teyla is almost pompous. Weir is abrupt. The storyline is full of holes. They are constantly trudging through the snow and almost have hypothermia and then they can keep going without ill effects. They have a dead jumper and a dead gate and still manage to make it home. Yes the team does manage to pull it out at the last second a lot of the time, but still a story can have only so many unlikely survivals before I stop believing it. If you are looking for a book that feels like watching an episode this is not gonna do it. ( )

Not the best of the book tie-ins but an enjoyable read. ( )