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Title: The Sundered (Star Trek: The Lost Era, 2298) by Michael A. Martin, Andy Mangels ISBN: 0-7434-6401-X Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A welcome return to old and new friends
Comment: This novel is the first in an ingenious series bridging the a gap between generations. Captain Sulu and the USS Excelsior depart on a diplomatic mission to work with an older foe, the Thorians. With the help of many colleagues from the original Enterprise, the crew is able to stop a war between the Federation and the Thorians.
The volume of tie-in presented in the book excited me. Every time a chapter started, I sat on edge waiting to see how the authors would bring another aspect of the Star Trek universe in. As the third novel I have read from these writers, I can say each time I am elated with the complexity they provoke in the familiar characters.
With no reservations, I give this book the highest rating. As a novel it defiantly deserves it but I question the background presented about the Thorians. I fell there might be descripencies with the minimal use of the Thorians in the current TV series. Enterprise.
Rating: 4
Summary: ST: The Lost Era 2298 The Sundered
Comment: Star Trek: The Lost Era 2298 The Sundered written by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels is a character driven action-adventure novel. This is the third book written by this pair of authors and is the best yet in this genre.
As stated in the book, this story is set in the year 2298, five years after the presumed death of Captain James T. Kirk aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise-B in Star Trek Generations, and sixty-six years before the launch of the Enterprise-D in "Encounter at Farpoint." Now, we get to see what happens after Kirk and prior to Picard as Captain Hikaru Sulu takes command of U.S.S. Excelsior in an action character driven book that keeps the readers interest piqued.
The book is divided into ten sections giving the reader background to the characters within the story and it further carries the reader through the whole of the book. Making for an easy transition. There are space battles as the Tholians weave a web of vengence against the Neyel that have been approacing Tholian space via an interspacial rift, a tear in the fabric of space that allows great distances to be traveled in relatively short periods of times. This is the same rift in space that has trapped the Defiant from ST: TOS and later recovered by the ST Corps of Engineers.
We read about some of our favorites from the older Trek novelizations including Chekov, Janice Rand, Christine Chapel, Tuvok and Akaar as they interact with the story. Interlaced within the pages of this book are flashbacks to scenes of past adventures spicing up the story and jogging the reader's memory. The Tholians and the Neyel are the featured aliens in this novel.
The Tholians are a mineral based life that use musical tones to communicate and the Neyel have a past that leads back to Earth and look completely different from their original stock. Both lifeforms think the other is nonsentient, a leap of faith that you'll have to get over, as they are both spacefaring cultures where communication is a must. This is the crux of the problem, communication, where neither side has adquate universal translation skills and only the Excelsior and her crew can make communication possible.
The book is a very fast read for its 384 pages as I found that I read 150 pages in one short sitting as the action mounts and the situations get resloved. The command of writting and style keeps the reader engrossed within the story and you'll finish the story in short order.
This book is a solid 4 stars and is the third book that I've read from this duo of authors and it is the best so far. Captivating the reader and wanting to know what comes next are used with very powerful outcome, making for a delightful read.
This series "The Lost Years" fills the trek reader in on what happens in the universe between Kirk and Picard. I only hope that the other 5 books in this 6 book series are as well-written as this opening foray.
Rating: 3
Summary: A decent story - but a little too long...
Comment: A decent story detailing both Captain Sulu & Co. efforts to make peace with the Tholians and a "Space 1999" story of a pre-warp, Zeframe Cochrane-era asteroid outpost populated by humans catapulted away from earth orbit and eventually into another galaxy through a trans-dimensional rift.
On the upside, the explorations/revelations concerning the Tholian race (a largely neglected alien race dating back to the Original Series) are great and the evolution of the outpost survivors and the process of relating the two storylines to one another is intriguing. On the downside, the authors take a little too long to tell this story and it could/should have been more concise.
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Title: Serpents Among the Ruins (Star Trek: The Lost Era, 2311) by David R. George III ISBN: 0743464036 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Art of the Impossible (Star Trek: The Lost Era, 2328-2346) by Keith R.A. DeCandido ISBN: 0743464052 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Well of Souls (Star Trek: The Lost Era, 2336) by Ilsa J. Bick ISBN: 0743463757 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Deny Thy Father (Star Trek: The Lost Era 2355-2357) by Jeff Mariotte ISBN: 0743464095 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Catalyst of Sorrows (Star Trek: The Lost Era, 2360) by Margaret Wander Bonanno ISBN: 0743464079 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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