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Title: Star Trek: Captain's Peril (Star Trek) by William Shatner, Judith E. Garfield, Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens ISBN: 0743448197 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.77
Rating: 2
Summary: Don't Bother
Comment: With the latest 'Shatnerverse' novel it might be time to consider putting William Shatner's Kirk novels out to pasture. This is the first title in a planned trilogy but it not only fails to hold the readers interest, it's down right ludicrous in many ways.
Set on Bajor after the Dominion War where Kirk and Picard are taking a joint vacation planning to explore an archeology site they find themselves caught up in a web of deception that has escalated to murder. Through flashbacks Kirk remembers a mission
early in his career as captain of the Enterprise. The flashbacks are meant to set up the subsequent books but long before the end of this novel I found myself losing interest in the long-winded narrative.
If you're a die-hard fan and will read this title anyway, wait for the paperback. This book is not worth wasting your money on.
Rating: 3
Summary: Star Trek: Captain's Peril
Comment: Star Trek: Captain's Peril written by William Shatner and Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens is a Kirk egocentric novel. Yes, the venerable and still indomitable Captain James T. Kirk teams up with Captain Jean-Luc Picard in this adventure.
This book starts out like gangbusters, skydiving to the planet Bajor from outerspace and Picard's suit has a malfunction and we almost lose Picard. But, the "Shatnerverse" is thick in this book and soon you will find Shatner one furlong short of the barn door. I believe that this is the opening salvo to another trilogy as Shatner and the Reeves-Stevens have done in the past. Oh well, I hope that the next volume makes a better show than this book did.
When Kirk and Picard land on the Bajor from their skydiving escapade, they plan to go to an old sunken city to uncover some of Bajor's past. But, alas, tragedy strikes and all of their high-tech equipment seems not to work. As you can imagine ol' Kirk wants to take charge, nothing new there. A child is now in danger of dying and there isn't any way of contacting the outside world or DS-9.
As Captain Jean-Luc Picard is now missing, the egocentric Kirk takes action as he goes back into his memory and thinks of a mission long ago in his past. An early mission, when he was taking over the Captain's chair from Christopher Pike... "Where No Man Has Gone Before."
So, we have a double plot in the book, making for some interesting reading as Kirk goes back into his past to solve a mystery in the present that could cost the universe. Like I said earlier, this book is only the first of a trilogy, so it is setting up what is to follow... and it scored on that account, but as Shatner writes the character of Captain James T. Kirk shines at the expense of Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
All in all, this book could have been wriiten a bit better. This book rates a solid three stars and let's hope for better writing in the future. William Shatner try to get the horse in the barn with the next installment... otherwise folks wait till the paperback comes out.
Rating: 2
Summary: OK read, but you're better off not owning a copy
Comment: Thankfully, I found this one at the library and checked it out. Being William Shatner's books have started to weaken, I didn't want to chance owning a copy of this. The CD I will probably get the next time I take a road trip. Then again, it was so boring that having a CD may prove dangerous.
At any rate, this was not great reading. It was wonderful when Kirk was brought back through Borg technology and then it was good when the mirror universe visited our universe. But, what was the point of this story? It all takes place on Bajor, not once on the Enterprise. Then, after Picard is lost, Kirk is helpless to do anything. What about Deep Space Nine floating nearby? Nobody thinks of calling the station for help. Then again, conveniently, nobody goes camping with any communication devices in this either.
Now, the time Kirk remembers being on his Enterprise was a nice story. But, that story is only told to set up the events that will take place in the next story called "Captain's Blood". At least, in the end, we finally find out what happened to the Monitor and Captain Lewinski. Plus, it briefly explains what happened to the robot ship the Federation was sending to Kelva in "By Any Other Name".
But, when Kirk is busy searching for Picard and dealing with the Bajorans, it really gets boring. There is no adventure and no interest at all. So, my advice is if you're going to read it, go to your local library. Take the book off the shelf, read it for an hour or so, write down what page you're on when you leave, then continue on that page the next time you go in there! Not worth the money. Believe me.
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Title: The Last Round-Up (Star Trek) by Christie Golden ISBN: 0743449096 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Star Trek: The Eugenics Wars--The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh (Volume 2) by Greg Cox ISBN: 0743406435 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Mission Gamma Book Four by Robert Simpson ISBN: 0743410246 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Star Trek The Next Generation:The Genesis Wave Book Three by John Vornholt, Gene Roddenberry ISBN: 0743443756 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Past Prologue: The Janus Gate Book Three [of Three](Star Trek The Original Series) by L. A. Graf ISBN: 0743445961 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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