Resolution by Veronica Scott Series: Planet of the Last Resort #4
on May 11, 2026
Genres: Romance, Science Fiction
Pages: 203
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased
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Dr. Melisande Jericho returned home to Randal Four to find herself in the middle of an undead apocalypse. Together with Captain Jeff Pearson and his team of Sectors Special Forces operators she’s been making her way across the planet toward the sanctuary of Pearson’s homestead claim in the north. Battling swarms of the infected, treating surviving humans in need of medical care, and taking down a local warlord have taken their toll on Melly. At the same time they’ve also been seeking answers to how the viral outbreak happened and who might have been behind the situation.
While she and Jeff have fallen in love as they battled the infected together and endured hardship and danger, Melly is apprehensive now as the most daunting task lies ahead – infiltrating the large refugee camp run by former government authorities who may or may not have a secret agenda. Can she forgive Jeff for taking her into such a perilous situation? Will they find the answers he needs? While her trust in the man she loves is absolute even he may not be able to save her life when she’s targeted by the very enemy they’ve been seeking.
Matters come to a head and the future of the planet and every surviving human is at stake with only Melly and Jeff and a few of their comrades to stand in the way of complete disaster.
After landing on a world gone mad with a virus that turned the majority of the population into feral zombies, a small special forces team closes in on the answers to so many mysteries about this horrific situation and someone will do anything to keep the truth from getting out. Veronica Scott has kept me on the edge of my seat through this series of ‘nail-biter’ post-apocalyptic sci-fi romances and at last we have arrived at the grand finale. I was all in!
Resolution is the fifth installment in a connected series of stories that must be read in order as this final book wraps up the loose threads for all the previous books and novellas.
The first book, Arrival, introduced Dr. Melly Jericho, Captain Jeff Pearson and his team as they met while trying to survive as soon as their feet hit the ground on the planet. Melly is a fully-trained medical doctor and her skills are of vital importance. Jeff and his team are posing as retired Sectors military come to claim their ‘veteran acres’ on a colony world, but in actuality, they are still active Special Forces who have been sent on a mission to track down an alien signal and other anomalies that have the military concerned. Now, their mission got that much more complicated as all hell has broken loose and survival is the priority.
Jeff and his team, that now includes Melly, Tamsyn a rancher, Les and Devora who are refugees and friends of Tamsyn’s investigate the refugee camp and work the original mission Jeff and his team set out to do while bucking a powerful dictator-like general and his people all the while people are disappearing from the camp and weird things are happening beyond the zombie situation. Jeff is focused on his mission, but Melly can’t shake the fear that something’s off and they all need to get out now before it’s too late.
Resolution was the climax of a series and was pitch perfect as it ratcheted up the tension as things grew more dire. I liked seeing all the past couples involved and their stories progressing though Melly and Jeff were the ones delivering the story from their alternating points of view. There were some surprises and twists when the reveals started coming out. I confess I saw much of it coming with the hints that were dropped along the way, but there were still a few crucial surprises and then there was the need to know how they would pull through it all.
There was a good blend of character, relationship, and action plot development. Melly and Jeff disagreed, but I was glad the drama was all about the external conflict rather than on them and they handled the stress, fear, and acute danger with a little vulnerability, but also courage.
All in all, this was a fabulous series from first to last and Resolution was a fabulous finish to the series. Those who can appreciate some post-apocalypse zombie action in their far-future sci-fi romances should give these a go.
About Veronica Scott
USA Today Best Selling Science Fiction & Paranormal Romance author.
Veronica Scott grew up in a house with a library as its heart. Dad loved science fiction, Mom loved ancient history and Veronica thought there needed to be more romance in everything. When she ran out of books to read, she started writing her own stories.
MISC FACTS ABOUT VERONICA
Seven time winner ~ SFR Galaxy Award
Proud recipient ~ NASA Exceptional Service Medal but must hasten to add the honor was not for her romantic fiction!
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt – I’ll improve your process (mwahahahaa)!
Elvis Presley’s best friend once serenaded Veronica on a local TV telethon…now that could be a novel…
As a lifelong reader, it was inevitable that Sophia would discover book blogs and the joy of blog reviewing.Sophia is a prolific reader and audiobook listener which allows her to experience so many wonderful books, authors, and narrators.Few genres are outside her reading tastes, but her true love is fiction particularly history, mystery, sci-fi, and romance.Though, sorry, no horror or she will run like Shaggy and Scooby.
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Glad to see the series wrapped up well. Nice review Sophia!
Yes, a strong finish was ever so satisfying. Thanks, Kimberly!
I like that the conflict didn’t come from their relationship. I do want to get to this author someday!
Yeah, at first, I thought they were going to have this big blow up right in the middle of everything else when they disagreed (I’m so used to that as a drama element lately), but instead, they talked and really listened to each other.
That sounds so good. I have liked some of her books and this sounds like one I would enjoy.
Yeah, I was a little surprised to enjoy a zombie series, but I really like her books and just went with it. 🙂
Woo hoo! Glad the series wrapped up nicely. I don’t know that I’d want to investigate zombies! LOL
Same here! But, reading about the team adventure, sure! 🙂 Actually, I surprised myself that I got past the zombies and enjoyed the series.