Elsewhere, deep in the Gamma Quadrant, an ancient mystery is solved. One of Earth's first generation of starships, lost for centuries, has been found dead and empty on a desolate planet. But its discovery so far from home has raised disturbing questions, and the answers harken back to a struggle for survival that once tested a captain and her crew to the limits of their humanity.
From that terrifying flashpoint begins an apocalyptic odyssey that will reach across time and space to reveal the past, define the future, and show three captains -- Jean-Luc Picard of theU.S.S. Enterprise, TM William Riker of the U.S.S. Titan, and Ezri Dax of the U.S.S Aventine -- that some destinies are inescapable.
This book is a lot like the TV series in the way that the characters interact. The author really dropped the formality with the characters from the TV series. Having seen next generation on tv and really getting to miss the characters, the author really brings back the captains and the characters from those shows. Not only is this a great Star Trek story but it also answers a question that I've pondered for a long time... the origin of the Borg.
ReplyDeleteDo you enjoy the tv show more, or the book more?
ReplyDeleteSome of the Star Trek episodes are better than others just like some books are better than others; so this book can have its ups and downs.
ReplyDeleteHi, Alden, Can you give an example of how the characters interact? Also, have you read anything else by this author, and do there tend to be multiple authors of a series like this? If so, does that affect how you respond to the individual books (if not in this series, than in others you've read)?
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ReplyDeleteIn the Star Trek show Deep Space 9 for instance the main characters are really informal in the way that they treat each other whether they are on a mission together or in the holodeck spending some quality time together. This is the first book that I have read by David Mack; sometimes there are joint operations for stories like this but in this case David mack is the only author in this book.
ReplyDeleteSo, in this book also, do the characters interact more informally with each other than in the original show? Does that (or other factors) lead you to enjoy Mack's style?
ReplyDeleteIn the tv series the shipmates especially the people who don't matter always seem kind of strict pulling rank. In the book they seem to drop these formalities.
ReplyDeleteIn this book the author has brought in a lot of characters from different characters from the tv series. The biggest surprise was learning that the one of the star trek captains Janeway had died. I didn't know that she had so I was very afraid that I missed a book in the series.
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