The Gemini Factor

This book is based on the ITV series of the same name. Its appeal as a television script is its undoing as a novel. What is immediate on the screen is glaringly obvious on the page: easily identifiable television characters become stereotypes and the melodrama we have come to expect from media entertainment is a source of unexpected amusement on the printed page. Twins Lee and Leah (!), separated at birth but linked by the two pieces of a ring, one of which each wears, display the reverse side of the other's nature. They eventually meet -- largely through the improbable device of psychiatrist's couch -- just in time to avert a terrible disaster. The book is adequate until its climax -- pure B-movie. Put this on your library shelves for second or third year readers -- but only if you absolutely must.