The USS Voyager’s fleet deals with new and old foes!
This book is a tie-in original prose novel of “Star Trek: Voyager”. The sixth in the Expanded The USS Voyager’s fleet deals with new and old foes!
This book is a tie-in original prose novel of “Star Trek: Voyager”. The sixth in the Expanded Universe line of this spin-off series.
ENEMIES’ AFTERMATHS
The Full Circle fleet is divided due the Star Trek: Destiny trilogy book crossover event, but USS Voyager under command of Captain Afsarah Eden, along with USS Galen and USS Hawking remain in Delta Quadrant space but soon enough they find a Starfleet shuttle under attack of what it seems to be a Borg cube, and they discover that the crew of the shuttle aren’t other than Tom Paris, B’Elanna Torres and their daughter Miral that they need to fake the deaths of B’Elanna and Miral to escape from the fanatics of the Warriors of Grehtor.
After that, the remaining ships of the fleet begin to suffer several malfunctions in their systems including the Slipstream Drives but also with the protocols that avoided to the deflector dishes to open “gates” to the fluidic space, home of the Species 8472, in the middle of all this, they make first contact with a cooperative society made of six different alien species, but they are secretly worshiping the Borg and offering live tributes to them, however the Indign (as they named themselves as society) ignored the current status of the Borg.
Meanwhile, Seven is grieving for her late aunt, and Chakotay does all in his power (with the assistance of Icheb and Sveta) to help her to cure her mental state that it’s disturbed too for the Borg collective connection, and soon enough Chakotay decides that the best option is to reunite with the USS Voyager and the remaining Full Circle fleet.
Obviously this is like the overall premise or introductory plots, I won’t spoil how all this would be solved.
I liked this novel, finally the “old gang” is reunited again and dealing with the aftermaths of two of their most formidable enemies, if not the two most formidable that they faced during the first tour through the Delta Qudrant…
…ignoring that the USS Voyager and the Full Circle fleet are yet to face their most challenging villain in the next book!
This book is a tie-in original prose novel of “Star Trek: Voyager”. The fourth in the Expanded UniveThe USS Voyager under command of a changeling!
This book is a tie-in original prose novel of “Star Trek: Voyager”. The fourth in the Expanded Universe line of this spin-off series. And it’s the second part of a duology arch known as “Spirit Walk”.
ALL THE ACTION WAS LEFT FOR THE SECOND PART
Here, there is the conclusion to the events displayed in the first part Old Wounds, that for obvious reason I didn’t spoil much about the cliffhanger. I won’t say who was the changeling in the first part, but here, it’s impossible not telling plainly that the changeling is impersonificating Captain Chakotay, meanwhile the real one is imprisoned in Loran II, along with his sister, Sekaya, that it’s said that she died to the rest of the crew to explain her absence.
The Changeling was able to remain under disguise for several years and affecting in insidious ways here and there in the policies of the Federation, but he’s sick with the virus created by Starfleet to deal with the Founders during the Dominion War, therefore, the Changeling frees Crell Mosset, a Cardassian War Criminal known as the Butcher of Bajor (it’s like the Cardassion version of Third Reich’s Dr. Joseph Mengele), he appeared as a hologram version in a Star Trek: Voyager episode when The Doctor needed his medical expertise to deal with a complicated sickness, and he appeared too in a prose novel of Star Trek: The Next Generation titled The Battle of Betazed, he is taken in custody but the Changeling manages to get him free and now they share an alliance where each does his best to help with the goals of the other.
Lt. Harry Kim and Dr. Jarem Kaz are the first to notice the deception but it’s not easy to prove since Mosset applied to the Changeling a substance making him almost impossible to distinguish from the person that he’s copying. They are sure about it but they can't prove it without risking to be charged of mutiny.
Meanwhile, Admiral Janeway, Lt. Cmdr. Tuvok and Lt. Cmdr. Paris are in a diplomatic mission trying to convince several delegations to avoid to take the decision of abandoning the Federtation, since they are uneasy with all the situation during the Dominion War and fearing that the Federation may enter into a newer conflict in the near future.
This novel definitely is a lot more interesting to read than the previous one, and where you have a compelling conclussion to the events at hand but leaving open to further adventures in the series....more
This book is a tie-in original prose novel of “Star Trek: Voyager”. The second in the Expanded UniverThe USS Voyager returned and so The Borg too!
This book is a tie-in original prose novel of “Star Trek: Voyager”. The second in the Expanded Universe line of this spin-off series. And it’s the second part of the story started in the previous novel.
STOLEN IDEAS
It’s outrageous that they declared non-canon the Expanded Universe novels of Star TrekBUT they didn’t have any problema stealing ideas from those Expanded Universe novel to adapt in the newer TV series, in this case, Star Trek: Picard have four ideas (at least that I am aware and I still have to read seveal more novels) that they were developed first in this two-parter initial novels of Star Trek: Voyager for its “Relaunch” age, also known as The Expanded Universe.
The same thing happened in Star Wars, they declared non-canon A LOT of its Expanded Universe novels for later stealing ideas for the sequel movies, the difference is that while Star Trek did the same, I think that Star Trek adapted in a good way the stolen ideas and they at least had the decency of referenring the prose novel expanded univere as a parallel universo (it happened but not in the oficial canon universe), while Star Wars did a terrible job adapting ideas in the sequel movies and declaring the prose novels as “Legends” (as in they never happened).
So, there are not one or two but FOUR ideas from this novel and the previous one (both are a two-parter story) that they were stolen and adapted into Star Trek: Picard:
ONE: In the novels, there is a revolt made by holograms demanding to be treated as sentient beings. In the first season of the TV series, there is a revolt made by synthetics (androids) demanding to be treated as sentient beings.
TWO: In the novels, there are Starfleet personnel to be replaced by holograms. In the third season of the TV series, there are Starfleet personnel to be replaced by changelings from the Dominion.
THREE: In the novels, there is a Borg virus to be turning people into Borg drones. In the third season of the TV series, there iis a Borg virus to be turning people into Borg drones. (They used different ways that I won’t spoil but it’s clearly the same idea, done in the novels first).
FOUR: In the novels, a new Borg Queen appears which is a totally different individual than the original Borg Queen. In the second season of the TV series, a new Borg Queen appears which is a totally different individual than the original Borg Queen.
I think that in Star Trek and Star Wars, if they so adamant to declare non-canon the well-written Expanded Universe, at least they should have the decency of developing their own original ideas instead of shamelessly stealing concepts from the prose novels.
BORGS AND HOLOGRAMS
Admiral Kathryn Janeways asks to Captain Jean-Luc Picard for the assistance of Lt. Cmdr. Data, to play the role of legal counsel and trying to declare The Doctor as a sentient being with rights, in the same way that Data was declared many years ago. It’s really cool to have Data in the novel, and it was a good ideas, however that never happened (at least not in this novel at hand) since there is no time for proper channels ways and instead Data became an ally and Janeway & Co. to help in the break-out from Starfleet detention of The Doctor but also Seven of Nine and Icheb, and later to investigate the infamous Borg virus and finding out how and since when that existed on Earth.
Seven of Nine and Icheb’s health is in risk due Admiral Montgomery (in charge of Project Full Circle) denied the access to Borg Regeneration Chambers for them, therefore Admiral Janeway & Co. deviced a plan to aboard the USS Voyager to gain to its own Borg Regeneration Chambers and consulting the database of the starship to help in the investigation about the Borg virus.
To accomplish all that, Janeway made a pact with the devil with Oliver Baines, the human behind the holograms’ revolt, since he already have prototype technology trying to emulate the Mobile Emitter of The Doctor, while the original is a small piece from the 29th Century, Baines was able to develop a briefcase size alternative (such the huge “microchip” made by Doc Brown in Back to the Future, Part III). However, Janeway doesn’t know that Baines is a sadistic psychopath that he is torturing the replaced Starfleet personnel (locking them up in a holodeck where holograms treat the real people as slaves, in a twisted idea of making the real people to realize how the holograms feel about being treated as things).
This is a good novel with good pacing and interesting, however the whole thing of the holograms’ revolt isn’t properly closured (at least not in this novel), the legal status of The Doctor isn’t addressed, therefore the presence of Data isn’t fully exploited, and honestly the whole sub-plot of B’Elanna Torres searching for her missing mother was quite boring and pointless to me....more
This book is a tie-in original prose novel of “Star Trek: Voyager”. The first in the Expanded Universe line of this spAnd so the voyage continues!
This book is a tie-in original prose novel of “Star Trek: Voyager”. The first in the Expanded Universe line of this spin-off series.
ABOUT TIME
Since ages I was planning to read the Expanded Universe novels of Star Trek: Voyager, while I’ve aware of key events of this particular spin-off in its Expanded Universe, I hadn’t read them per se. Also I was indirectly aware of some stuff since I indeed read the Star Trek: The Next Generation Expanded novels, along with some of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and several of the major crossover events of Star Trek of the Expanded Universe timeline. It’s a shame that these outstanding novels aren’t canon anymore since the newer TV series such like Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Prodigy, and even Star Trek: Lower Decks despicted events making impossible to co-exist with the events developed in these Expanded Universe novel. Nevertheless, I decided that I wanted to read them and I hope to be able along of this year (2025) being able to do so, and this is the first novel of the bunch.
OUR MERRY CREW
The USS Voyager is escorted by the USS Enterpise-E and even Counselor Deanna Troi brings psychological therapy for the tired crew.
Captain Kathryn Janeway is promoted to Admiral, along with Harry Kim is promoted to Lieutenant (finally!!!) and Tom Paris is now a Lieutenant Commander.
Kathry Janeway meets again her old love interest, Mark Johnson who is now married and having a son.
Tuvok is soon enough cured of his genetic illness thanks of a mind-meld done by his son, and after that he is assigned as Starfleet Academy teacher.
B’Elanna Torres and Tom Paris are now parents of their daughter, Miral. Tom is again in good terms with his dad, Admiral Owen Paris, meanwhile B’Elanna travels to Klingon space to do a ritual related with the whereabouts of her mom.
Chakotay travels to the world where his tribe lives and he’s reunited with Sekaya, his sister.
The Doctor is disappointed that nobody seems to be interested in his vast medical experience after meeting several kind of illnesses and unknown alien species, but Oliver Baines is quite interested in The Doctor but for insidious reasons since he wants to do a Hologram revolution demanding rights for them.
Harry Kim is reunited with his love interest, Libby Webber, but unknown to him, she is now a secret agent of Starfleet Intelligence for Covert Operations, and they are quite interested in having her near of Harry.
Seven of Nine is reunited with her aunt but the attention of being a liberated Borg provokes her to be quite uneasy, and Icheb is accepted in the Starfleet Academy.
HOME BITTER HOME
After a boldy journey of seven years, stranded in the Delta Quadrant, 75,000 light years away of the Federation space, the USS Voyager and its courageous crew were able to reach their desired destination…
…EARTH…
…but to do that, a version of the future of Kathryn Janeway traveled back in time and made modifications to the starship using Starfleet technology from the future along with Borg technology too…
…this made quite nervous to the Starfleet High Command, and along with the fact that the morale of the Federation was quite low after the long Dominion War, the crew of the Voyager wasn’t quite at all received like the heroes that they should be…
…and it doesn’t help the fact that there is an unknown mole in the high ranks of Starfleet giving classified information about technology to the Orion Syndicate and now the cutting-edge modifications of the USS Voyager made it the logical next target for a leak of information…
…an unexpected Holograms’ revolution, doing a massive strike demanding to be seen as being with rights…
…and a strange epidemy making some children and old people having symptoms of becoming Borgs (something that Starfleet Security is caring to keep in secret to avoid worldwide panic)…
…is targeting the crew with distrust and even they’re arrested to be questioned about this new menaces.
Admiral Kenneth Montgomery, head of the Project Full Circle, is in charge of analyzing the futuristic technology of the USS Voyager but also, soon enough is commanding the witch hunt against the crew of the Voyager, where The Doctor and Seven of Nine are the primary suspects and put them under arrest but the rest aren’t far behind.
Kathryn Janeway asked for the assistance of Captain Jean-Luc Picard for an unknown crewman of the Enterprise-E…
…but the times are daring and the whole Earth is at risk!
This adventure will continue in the next novel!...more
I was contacted by the author and I received a copy of this book in exchange of a honest review.
DISCOVERING THE BOA strange reading experience.
I was contacted by the author and I received a copy of this book in exchange of a honest review.
DISCOVERING THE BOOK
This is interesting reading which combines several genres in a fairly way. It's like Treasure's Island meets The Mysterious Island with far less pirates substituted by archaeologists.
The cover of the book is very well done guaranteeing a professional writing work.
The novel indeed is very well written with an entertaining rhythm. Creating colorful characters with ambivalent personalities which makes unpredictable their reactions on each scene.
Also, the author developed an alternate world where things are not the same as in our world's history, but with taste and not trying to overwhelming with too much differences. Just the right amount of details to establish that you are in a parallel dimension.
Maybe one of the criticisms is that while it's clearly that the storyline is expected that the main characters will engage in a journey by boat to some unknown island, well, the story took too much time to reach that point, overdetailing how they are able to acomplish that even narrating dead ends in those efforts. I think that a quicker starting point to the journey to the island could increase the possitive impact of the reading.
There are some elements that remain unexplained on the island after the ending of the book and certainly that it's kinda dissapointing since the whole point of the novel is the expedition to the island to discover the mysteries there.
But in general, is an entertaining novel written with style and good taste.
Merged review:
A strange reading experience.
I was contacted by the author and I received a copy of this book in exchange of a honest review.
DISCOVERING THE BOOK
This is interesting reading which combines several genres in a fairly way. It's like Treasure's Island meets The Mysterious Island with far less pirates substituted by archaeologists.
The cover of the book is very well done guaranteeing a professional writing work.
The novel indeed is very well written with an entertaining rhythm. Creating colorful characters with ambivalent personalities which makes unpredictable their reactions on each scene.
Also, the author developed an alternate world where things are not the same as in our world's history, but with taste and not trying to overwhelming with too much differences. Just the right amount of details to establish that you are in a parallel dimension.
Maybe one of the criticisms is that while it's clearly that the storyline is expected that the main characters will engage in a journey by boat to some unknown island, well, the story took too much time to reach that point, overdetailing how they are able to acomplish that even narrating dead ends in those efforts. I think that a quicker starting point to the journey to the island could increase the possitive impact of the reading.
There are some elements that remain unexplained on the island after the ending of the book and certainly that it's kinda dissapointing since the whole point of the novel is the expedition to the island to discover the mysteries there.
But in general, is an entertaining novel written with style and good taste....more
This is a stand-alone prose novel, situated right after “Chain of Command” Parts One & Two episodes from ST-TBrilliant idea for a Star Trek novel!
This is a stand-alone prose novel, situated right after “Chain of Command” Parts One & Two episodes from ST-TNG and before “Emissary” from ST-DS9.
Captain’s Log:
The USS Enterprise-D is assigned to arbitrate the negotiations between the Cardassian Union and the Bajoran Provisional Government, after the unexpected annoucement by the Cardassian Civilian Detapa Council ordering to release the planet Bajor and all its population in that world and any other world in the Cardassian Union, along with retiring all military personnel. The diplomatic talks are celebrated at Terok Nor, an uridium ore processing space station orbiting Bajor.
The USS Oceanside, a California-class starship, is assigned to support assistance to the Enterprise-D in the additional mission of giving maintenance to the Terok Nor station and bringing medical help to the Bajoran population at the surface.
Senior Staff:
Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Commanding Officer) Cmdr. William T. Riker (First Officer) Lt. Cmdr. Data (Operations Manager & Second Officer) Lt. Cmdr. Deanna Troi (Ship’s Counselor) Lt. Worf (Chief Security Officer) Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge (Chief Engineering Officer) Dr. Beverly Crusher (Chief Medical Officer)
Capt. Tamiko Hayashio (Commanding Officer) Dr. Tropp (Chief Medical Officer) Cmdr. Sarah McDougall (Chief Engineering Officer)
Guest Stars:
Constable Odo (Terok Nor Chief Security Officer) Kira Nerys Garak
LOST CHAPTER
This is indeed a “lost chapter” since this prose novel gives a link between ST-TNG and the beginning of ST-DS9 since it’s situated right after Capt. Jean-Luc Picard was tortured by Gul Madred during the events of Chain of Command and before that Terok Nor would become a Starfleet administered station and be called Deep Space Nine, which I think it’s a great idea for a prose novel in the Star Trek universe.
Where you have the introductions of known characters of Deep Space Nine before of taking their roles, along with reading about the decision of Chief O’Brien of leaving the Enterprise-D but also old minor characters of The Next Generation will return doing priceless cameos, and even character from the “future” of expanded universe prose novels.
PEACE SOMETIMES IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN WAR
After the debacle at Minos Korva where a Cardassian fleet was stopped by the strategy of Capt. Edward Jellico (at that moment in command of the Enterprise-D) the Civilian Detapa Council in Cardassian gives a totally unexpected order of retiring all military presence of the Cardassian Union in the Bajoran system and liberating all Bajoran population in any other Cardassian sector…
…however that order isn’t comply as smooth as you could hope, since the Cardassian Central Command gives indications of damaging all possible Bajoran resources and any Cardassian technology left behind…
…but the worse is that there are secret labour camps in other planetary systems where the liberation order will be changed to extermination process.
It’s up to the Enterprise-D and Oceanside crews to do their best in repairing Terok Nor station, finding the source of a provoked decease in Bajor’s surface, but also finding out about one of those secret camps where an old friend of Ro Laren is kept captive along with many other Bajorans.
Capt. Picard will have his hands full not only dealing with Gul Dukat but also with the now Legate Madred, a very uncomfortable reunion right after their previous torturing meeting. I would wish to have more presence in the story by Ro Laren, and while she does pivotal things in the novel, still I’d love to have her in a more relevant role.
Also, while Garak is on the cover along with Picard, they didn't share any scene and Garak isn't doing really much in the story. (I'd prefer a photo art cover instead of this artistic representation that I guess they don't need to pay to the actors to use them in the cover)
This is a The Next Generation novel but you will have the birth of Deep Space Nine too. Highly recommended for fans of both spin-offs of Star Trek....more
Since I haven't the time that I used to have, I will comment only in this first collected edition, and The TV series is WAY better than the comic!
Since I haven't the time that I used to have, I will comment only in this first collected edition, and basically since I want to say that while I am huge fan of the TV series adapted from this material, I was disappointed that in my very personal opinion that the comic book isn't nearly as good as the TV adaptation.
Just to avoid confusion, my comments here will be about the entire saga, not only this first collected volume.
I have read many other similar comics like The Authority, Top10, Astro City,Watchmen , etc... and The Boys appeared at the end, once all those mentioned did their own impact in the comic book industry with originality and good taste, but sadly The Boys isn't that original and the few good things there, the author managed to ruin them (don't worry I won't spoil anything) but in my case, I was sad how wrong the comic book turned at the end...
...not to mention that the road wasn't that inspired, since anybody can write profanities and violence, you don't need many talent for that...
...I was honestly excited to read the comic book, and I was expecting something different than the TV series...
...BUT...
...still something good and enjoyable...
...however that wasn't the case.
I am pretty sure that many people love the comic and that's okay, anybody is entitled to an opinion...
After barely got escaped from the planet Crait, the Resistance is outnumbered like neveSadly, a filler story.
RESISTANCE LOOKING FOR NEW ALLIES
After barely got escaped from the planet Crait, the Resistance is outnumbered like never before and the First Order seems like in its best moment.
While the Resistance's remaining members in different teams are looking for old aquaintances to leveled up their decimated numbers, the First Order is precisely looking too for those so called old aquaintances to kill them or imprison them.
Along the book you read about the efforts of the Resistance to get back a reasonable number to be able to make some impact against the First Order.
While well written, nothing that relevant happens and it's obvious that it's a filler story since they can't do anything really relevant since Episode IX still is ahead.
Dr. Julian Bashir's history with the insidious Section 31 has been rocky and dark, and his personal and professional life has Section 31's climax!
Dr. Julian Bashir's history with the insidious Section 31 has been rocky and dark, and his personal and professional life has turned into irreversible paths.
But something is clear for him...
...Section 31 must be stopped!
And he has tried once and again, without real success.
This time, he will find out about the REAL brain behind the operations of Section 31 and it turns too big for him to handle...
...therefore he will get unexpected assistance from familiar faces of TNG to deal with his most perilous mission trying to destroy Section 31 once and for all.
This is a one-shot comic book focused on Mystique, and it can be read stand-alone, but it's part of 5 one-shot comic books, each foMystical issue!
This is a one-shot comic book focused on Mystique, and it can be read stand-alone, but it's part of 5 one-shot comic books, each focused in a different X-Men antagonist.
Creative Team:
Writer:Seanan McGuire
Illustrator: Marco Failla
Cover: J. Scott Campbell
FACING MYSTIQUE
Just the cover by J. Scott Campbell (Danger Girl) was enough to buy this one-shot comic book, but when they added the writing of none other than Seanan McGuire (October Daye)?! Uff! Yes, I had to get it!
Raven Darkholme aka Mystique is one of the best X-Men villains ever, and she is shown in great way here, that if you are aware that she’s around is just because she wants it, because if she wants to do a job…
…easily she can do it, not only without leaving a clue about herself…
…but also, she takes care of leaving another escape goat!