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Summary: STNG #41 Invasion! The Soldiers of Fear - A major let down!
Review: After the exciting events of the first novel in this series "First Strike," "The Soldiers of Fear" is a disappointing let down. This is extremely rare for these two fine authors, Dean Wesley Smith and his wife, Kristine Kathryn Rusch. It doesn't take too long to notice that the authors probably weren't given too much of a look at the first novel because several avenues opened during that book were seemingly ignored in this one. Most telling of this tale is the rather short length of the novel, at 234 pages of large print to include a 38 page excerpt from the third book in the series, which is considerably shorter than the other three novels.To add to the disappointment of this novel is the pure fact that conceptually, the premise is wrought with unrealized potential. I'm sure that if these two fine authors were given more time and another opportunity to write this one, they would've written a much better novel. The cover art for this novel is only slightly better than the rest at the time of its publishing. The premise: After a century of peace and no sign of the Furies, they return with a vengeance to reclaim the territory they believe is rightfully theirs. To make matters worse for Starfleet and the rest of the Alpha quadrant, the Furies have returned with a massive fleet of even more deadly ships than the one that came a century before. To add to that, they learned something from their first encounter and are now employing a weapon of fear upon their enemies, literally crippling them and then moving in with their physical weapons to destroy them. What follows from there, as stated above, is novel that was wrought with potential that is ultimately unrealized in its execution. I would still recommend this novel and the other three in the series as this is only a bump in the road for the series as a whole. {ssintrepid}
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Summary: STNG #41 Invasion! The Soldiers of Fear - A major let down!
Review: After the exciting events of the first novel in this series "First Strike," "The Soldiers of Fear" is a disappointing let down. This is extremely rare for these two fine authors, Dean Wesley Smith and his wife, Kristine Kathryn Rusch. It doesn't take too long to notice that the authors probably weren't given too much of a look at the first novel because several avenues opened during that book were seemingly ignored in this one. Most telling of this tale is the rather short length of the novel, at 234 pages of large print to include a 38 page excerpt from the third book in the series, which is considerably shorter than the other three novels. To add to the disappointment of this novel is the pure fact that conceptually, the premise is wrought with unrealized potential. I'm sure that if these two fine authors were given more time and another opportunity to write this one, they would've written a much better novel. The cover art for this novel is only slightly better than the rest at the time of its publishing. The premise: After a century of peace and no sign of the Furies, they return with a vengeance to reclaim the territory they believe is rightfully theirs. To make matters worse for Starfleet and the rest of the Alpha quadrant, the Furies have returned with a massive fleet of even more deadly ships than the one that came a century before. To add to that, they learned something from their first encounter and are now employing a weapon of fear upon their enemies, literally crippling them and then moving in with their physical weapons to destroy them. What follows from there, as stated above, is novel that was wrought with potential that is ultimately unrealized in its execution. I would still recommend this novel and the other three in the series as this is only a bump in the road for the series as a whole. {ssintrepid}
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Summary: Not as good as "First Strike"...
Review: After the slam-bang action of the first INVASION! book, "First Strike", this book was something of a letdown. The parts dedicated to the "fear beam" (yes they actually called it that) seemed unnesscary, and were resolved too quivkly and easily. Also the aliens seem somewhat like something one would dream up after eating a bad pizza (no infringement intended to Stephen Coonts who thought up that expression--it just seemed to fit here). I mean, come on, abunch of aliens who have 3 heads, or horns, hooves, beaks, sticky wings, and maggots crawling arounf in every orifice?--and oh yeah: "snake hair". And yet they all speak English? Then again, this IS Star Trek... Oh well. Still an OK Trek book
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Summary: An average TNG book...pathetic, just like the series...
Review: After the superb TOS book, I was hoping that for once TNG would deliver. Boy was I wrong. This book features nothing new at all. Just another encounter with the Furies' that explains NOTHING! The only halfway decent part through the book was the "fear beam." But after a name like that, and how it was easily solved, made it like the rest of the book -- pathetic. I suggest you only buy this book if you are a collector. Skip to "Time's Enemy"
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Summary: An average TNG book...pathetic, just like the series...
Review: After the superb TOS book, I was hoping that for once TNG would deliver. Boy was I wrong. This book features nothing new at all. Just another encounter with the Furies' that explains NOTHING! The only halfway decent part through the book was the "fear beam." But after a name like that, and how it was easily solved, made it like the rest of the book -- pathetic. I suggest you only buy this book if you are a collector. Skip to "Time's Enemy"
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Summary: Fantastic!
Review: All in all,it wasn't bad.The idea of exposing the fears someone has as a weapon is original,as is the idea of using it.But the weapon itself could have been better named.The battle-scene was not bad,but there were some drawbacks.One was that when you introduce Redbay(personally,I was glad when he went through that wormhole,he was annoying me)then said that a shuttle could destroy the wormhole,it was over right there.Plus,you could probably understand this if you were a trekker as I am,since when did the Enterprise use so many photon torpedoes?One more thing,in First Strike, which I think is the best,the creatures were much darker and mysterious,and didn't look like someth- ing from a Saturday-morning cartoon.All in all,not a very good follow up to First Strike,but not the worst book I have read.Try again Mr. Smith
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Summary: Not the best,not the worst
Review: All in all,it wasn't bad.The idea of exposing the fears someone has as a weapon is original,as is the idea of using it.But the weapon itself could have been better named.The battle-scene was not bad,but there were some drawbacks.One was that when you introduce Redbay(personally,I was glad when he went through that wormhole,he was annoying me)then said that a shuttle could destroy the wormhole,it was over right there.Plus,you could probably understand this if you were a trekker as I am,since when did the Enterprise use so many photon torpedoes?One more thing,in First Strike, which I think is the best,the creatures were much darker and mysterious,and didn't look like someth- ing from a Saturday-morning cartoon.All in all,not a very good follow up to First Strike,but not the worst book I have read.Try again Mr. Smith
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Summary: Read the first INVASION book, then stop while your ahead!
Review: Diane Carey wrote an AWESOME book in "First Strike", she set it up perfectly for this book. Too bad the two authors of this book wrote the plot in two days and took no interest in the charecter's personalities. They are all clones. Riker and Data are irritating... this book is DULL. I can't think of any good points
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Summary: Excellent in a Series
Review: I found this one to be lacking more description to create a good image of what went on up until the end when it seemed to be at its best. This one was a 2 day reading for me, and I am NOT a fast reader. It just had larger print and less detail. Pretty boring in most aspects, but the ending was good.
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Summary: Too short
Review: I found this one to be lacking more description to create a good image of what went on up until the end when it seemed to be at its best. This one was a 2 day reading for me, and I am NOT a fast reader. It just had larger print and less detail. Pretty boring in most aspects, but the ending was good.
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