We're in uncharted territory now. I stoped reading the novels after Doctor Who came back in 2005. I tried reading a few Ninth Doctor novels when they first came out, but I couldn't get into them. I just didn't seem the same now that the show was back where it belonged (plus I got the feeling they were aimed at a younger audience than the Seventh/Eighth Doctor novels had been). So this is the first time I've read a Ninth Doctor novel from cover to cover.
Gareth Roberts is a safe pair of hands (and this was his first Doctor Who novel since 1997s The Well-Mannered War, a fact which surprised me). He got Eccleston's spiky Ninth Doctor spot on along with Rose and Captain Jack. The plots itself is pretty straightforward, hardly a classic but I enjoyed reading it.
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