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Summary: IMZADI!
Review: This is definitely one of the better Star Trek: TNG books out there. Riker literally goes to the end of the universe and back to save Deanna. Please add this to your collection.
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Summary: Peter David's Best
Review: The relationship between Riker and Troi is explained in this excellent Star Trek novel. It has action, humor, and romance. It goes to show what someone will do for the person they love. I even reccomended the book to someone who was not a Star Trek fan. This is Peter David's finest novels, and one of Star Trek's best.
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Summary: The most romantic story I have read in a long time.
Review: Imzadi - even the word is beautiful. And Peter David brings it to life and gives it meaning in a way no other author could. His depections of the young Riker and Troi are insightful and filled with emotions that range from humor and amusement to sheer sadness. And the same can be said of the characters of the future timeline as well. The story had enough action and suspense to keep it interesting to the very end. Yet it also had enough romance to capture my imagination, and hold my attention so intensely I often forgot where I was while I was reading. This is one of the most beautifully written and romantic stories I have ever encountered. If you like Deanna Troi or Will Riker, or are just an Imzadi fan at heart, you will cherish this book.
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Summary: A FASCINATING BIT OF FORESHADOWING
Review: After returning to this novel after ten years, it is amazing to look at this and what has transpired in TNG lore. The characterization of Admiral Riker throughout the book is absolutely dead-on to the Admiral Riker of "...All Good Things." Both are bitter, hollow, and dull because of the circumstances and the aftermath of the "death" of Deanna Troi. Both blame themselves and fall into a lifetime of despair. Also intriguing is the picture painted of Lt. Riker before he meets Deanna. He is a brash, womanizing, and ambitious officer who is on his way to replacing James T. Kirk as the youngest man ever to captain a Federation starship. Indeed, his actions toward attractive women is very much in the same vain as the historic captain. One has to wonder when this go getting attitude lessened, perhaps when the transporter malfunction created Thomas Riker?
Also fun to rediscover is Deanna's relationship with her mother. The young, naive empath has a yearning to be more than what she ultimately is expected to become: Daughter of the Fifth House, Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Riix,etc. However, the overbearing Lwaxana wants nothing to do with her daughters rebellios ambition. Deanna relents and leads her mother to believe that she will indeed become all of these things, but when a certain attractive, emotional, and completely inappropriate Starfleet lieutenant arrives, she begins to exert her own ambitious ideas upon herself and her mother.
There are some features of the novel which do not coincide with the future of TNG, ie. Captain Wesley Crusher, but these only add to the enjoyment of seeing what TNG might have become. Another instance is presented in the persona of Data. Does he use contractions in the movies? I don't recall. It is so much fun to read a book and try and find small inconsistencies whether you mean to or not, it is inevitable.
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Summary: Absolutly stunning!
Review: I first read this book about three years ago, but I recently decided to read it again. Imzadi is defintly my favorite book, and I truly believe it deserves its place among the classics. I regret to believe that this will probably not happen, simply bcause it is a Star Trek book, so many people will not give it a chance. Imzadi is wonderfully written, sexy, adventureous, romantic, and action-packed. It would make a wonderful movie, but that is unnecessary, because it is so well written that you can visulize the scenes as they take place. I reccomend this book to everyone who loves the relationship between Riker and Troi.
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Summary: Peter David strikes again.
Review: Let's be up-front about one thing: for the first 50 pages or so, I expected to hate this book; I read it only because I have a compulsive desire to read every Star Trek book out there. I've never been overly fond of the character of Will Riker, I'm even less fond of the character of Deanna Troi, I hate stories about love at first sight between intrinsically incompatible people, and telepathic "soul mates", and I'm very dubious about time-travel stories, especially stories in which time travel is used to interfere with the time stream to make things better. This book contains all those things. In spite of myself, I liked it; partly, that is because Peter David does an excellent job of handling the details of characterization and has a facility for the language that makes a story move well. But partly it is also because, much to my amazement, he actually manages to make many of the weaknesses in concept work: the relationship may be a spiritual, "love-at-first-sight" thing, but that doesn't help it to work out such that they are able to magically "live happily ever after"; their relationship still needs to be worked at, and goes through ups and downs and many stages, in spite of the "spiritual connection"; their conflicts do not end as soon as they both acknowledge the attraction. The time-travel angle is handled much better than I thought possible, being a correction of an interference, rather than a new interference. And in spite of my innate disinterest in (verging on hostility towards) the main characters, I found myself drawn into their challenges and trials. As always, Mr. David handles the story with a deft and surprisingly lighthearted touch; he is capable of injecting a touch of humor into the most intensely dramatic situations, without giving the impression of "playing for laughs". I've read Star Trek novels that I enjoyed more, but not many of them. And given that this book started with two and a half strikes against it in basic concept, that it managed to climb up past "okay" to "extremely good" is nothing short of astounding. If you actually LIKE the characters of Will Riker or Deanna Troi, or enjoy stories about love at first sight or time travel, you'll undoubtedly find this book spectacular. Read anything by Peter David; the man could make a workable plot and an enjoyable read out of a recipe for tapioca pudding.
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Summary: Perhaps the greatest TNG book to date.
Review: This is the story of how Deanna Troi and William Riker, both of the USS Enterprise NCC 1701-D, first met and fell in love. It is also the story of how that love ties two people together, even across the unimaginable distance of alternate realities. Peter David has done an extraordinary job explaining everything you need to know, without sounding reduntant to those who are already familiar with ST:TNG. It doesn't matter if you are a die-hard Trek fan, or a housewife who can't tell a Tribble from a Tellarite, you will love this book. Imzadi's incredible story will capture your imagination and tug at your heartstrings.
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Summary: A great read
Review: Imzadi is a fantastic book. Peter David is one of my favorite writers and only he seems to be able to touch on so many emotions and still keep a story intresting. It's obvious that he feels as much for these characters as any rabid fan of Star Trek. Even if you are not a great Star Trek fan, it doesn't matter. This book is about the characters and the story, not about Science Fiction and spaceships.
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Summary: Beautiful story
Review: This novel is truly incredible. It can be summed up in one word: magical. The story is just packed full of wonderful, unusual events - and we finally find out how Deanna & Will met...and broke up. But the book is not just made up of this story. There's a whole future world, where Riker lives heartbroken because Deanna died way back in the past - around season 4 or 5. This old Riker decides to sacrifice his whole future timeline by doing what his heart tells him - using the Guardian of Forever to go back in time and save his Imzadi's life. It's an absolutely fabulous tale. The only problems are some "technical" details because of later seasons changing things. Such as, in the book, Wesley Crusher is a captain - however, we now know he went off to "fulfill his own destiny". But these little mistakes are easy to overlook as you're reading this powerful, wonderful book. (Have I said how good it is yet?) I read "Imzadi" in one sitting, straight through, without taking a break - I couldn't! This is the one novel that has it all - suspense, intrigue, humor, time-travel, superb characterization, fun, joy, sadness (I nearly cried several times), but most of all, it's about the true love of Deanna & Will, Imzadi forever. The only thing left to say is - read "Imzadi"!
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Summary: Easily one of the best Trek books I've read
Review: That's not saying I've read a whole heck of a lot, but it's hard to imagine them getting much better than this. My mom bought this book and at first I didn't really care to read it. I was more interested in stories dealing with the whole Enterprise crew, led by the ever vigilaint Jean-Luc Picard, so I was put off of the book because it's main focus was on Riker and Troi. I finally picked up here recently and gave it a whirl. Didn't want to put it down. Peter David does an excellent job here, he holds my attention throughout the book with his entertaining characterizations of Riker and Troi, plus a few other key characters. I should have known not to doubt David, as I enjoyed Q-Squared quite a bit. There is time jumping involved and I'm sure a lot of folks will like the romantic part of the story that leads Riker to do what he does. The last bit of the book is a real page turner, full of danger and suspense. Oh yes, I likey a lot! Not much to say except that if you want to see a wonderful character driven story exploring the background of the Riker/Troi relationship, then pick up this baby immediatly!
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