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Summary: One of the best in the "Lost Era" series
Review: Keith DeCandido's "The Art of the Impossible" is devoted to the Cardassian-Klingon cold war remembered as the Betreka Nebula "Incident", which would involve both the United Federation of Planets, and eventually, the Romulan Star Empire. DeCandido is at his best describing political intrigue in the Klingon Empire, with memorable portraits of Chancellors Kravorkh and K'mpec and Captain Mogh, Lieutenant Commander Worf's father. He also excels in a riveting character study of Federation Ambassador Curzon Dax and Starfleet Intelligence officer Elias Vaughn. However, I did not find nearly as riveting as David George's "Serpents Among the Ruins". Yet I have no doubt that Star Trek fans will find this novel most appealing.
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Summary: One of the best in the "Lost Era" series
Review: Keith DeCandido's "The Art of the Impossible" is devoted to the Cardassian-Klingon cold war remembered as the Betreka Nebula "Incident", which would involve both the United Federation of Planets, and eventually, the Romulan Star Empire. DeCandido is at his best describing political intrigue in the Klingon Empire, with memorable portraits of Chancellors Kravorkh and K'mpec and Captain Mogh, Lieutenant Commander Worf's father. He also excels in a riveting character study of Federation Ambassador Curzon Dax and Starfleet Intelligence officer Elias Vaughn. However, I did not find nearly as riveting as David George's "Serpents Among the Ruins". Yet I have no doubt that Star Trek fans will find this novel most appealing.
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Summary: Finally, a fantastic Lost Era book.
Review: Lost Era books seem to be divided into two sections of differing quality. I am glad to report that this one is divided into the great first half and the even better second half. My two favourite reading areas are history and Star Trek. The first half, the 2330s section, blends these two brilliantly. The style of the writing is like the author actually had the historical records for this era and profiles of the historical figures, and added a semi-fictional narrative to bring it to life. Similar types would be Clive Cussler's Sea Hunters, Bernard Edwards Return of the Coffin Ships, or, on a fictional note, Tom Clancy, or John M. Ford's The Final Reflection. Except for Ford, DeCandido's writing is better. I absolutely loved it.The second half, in the 2340s, changes to a more conventional action-mystery narrative. To my surprise I actually enjoyed it more than the first half. Part of that was the amount of Trek history it contained. Only part, though, because the writing itself was excellent. I don't think I have enjoyed a new Trek book this much since The Left Hand of Destiny. I highly recommend this to every Trek reader.
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Summary: A Klingon Bedtime Story
Review: My favorite Star Trek writer, weaves together incredible tale. DeCandido dives into the enormous task of telling the missing parts of not just the Klingon but Cardassian history. This novel ties together the most loose ends I have seen in a single integrated tale but does it with such style and technique they simply flow with the story, unobtrusively. I struggle to compose a review that does justice to this masterpiece. It would be so easy to summarize the story, that part just screams to come out on the paper, but I cannot spoil it for any one. Enjoy the ensemble cast that DeCandido brings together and trust that every character remains true to themselves. A Star Trek fan has to venture into this story. You will not be disappointed.
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Summary: A Klingon Bedtime Story
Review: My favorite Star Trek writer, weaves together incredible tale. DeCandido dives into the enormous task of telling the missing parts of not just the Klingon but Cardassian history. This novel ties together the most loose ends I have seen in a single integrated tale but does it with such style and technique they simply flow with the story, unobtrusively. I struggle to compose a review that does justice to this masterpiece. It would be so easy to summarize the story, that part just screams to come out on the paper, but I cannot spoil it for any one. Enjoy the ensemble cast that DeCandido brings together and trust that every character remains true to themselves. A Star Trek fan has to venture into this story. You will not be disappointed.
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Summary: A fabulous melange
Review: Not since _Federation_ have we seen such an epic Star Trek adventure. Spanning decades, this novel brings together many of Star Trek's familiar, sundry characters, breathes life into them and creates a wonderfully grand mosaic of Star Trek that is seldomly seen. All too often Star Trek remains segmented within its own series. If you want one big integrateed Star Trek universe, then read _The_Art_Of_The_Impossible (or DeCandido's _The_Brave_and_The_Bold_.) It excels on every level. Great detail, great plot, great characterizations, great continuity.
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Summary: ST - The Lost Era: The Art of the Impossible 2328-2346
Review: Star Trek - The Lost Era: The Art of the Impossible 2328-2346 written by Keith R.A. DeCandido is a story told well, with charater development and vivid charatization. This story is character driven but has action-adventure and is detailed. This book starts at 2328, thrity-five years after the presumed death of Captain James T. Kirk aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise-B in "Star Trek: Generations." It concludes in 2346, eighteen years before the launch of the Enterprise-D at "Encounter at Farpoint." "The Art of the Impossible" is mainly a character driven book and the characters are those that we've either read about briefly in books or comics or have heard about in the movies, television. This book takes it's basis from a conversation between Bashir and Garak about the eighteen-year Betreka Nebula incident between Cardassia and the Klingons in the ST: DS9 episode "The Way of the Warrior." "The Art of the Impossible" is a remarkable book as it starts out about a long past Klingon space exploration project and then a cold war between the Cardassians and Klingons developes and the discovery of and ancient Klingon wreck on a planet next to the Betreka Nebula and then the story gets resolved as both sides finially come to their respective senses. So, we have a book that is divided into three sections but there is seamless continuity as Keith R.A. DeCandido writes a well-crafted story. Some of the characters you'll read about that get fleshed out are K'mpec, Kor, Ian Troi, Sergey and Helena Rozhenko, Kang, Curzon Dax, and Lwaxana Troi. Others in this adventure are K'Tal, Corbin Entek, Tokath, Enabran Tain, General Worf, Koval, Legate Kell, Vance Haden, L'Kor, Kahlest, Sarek, Uhura and Rachel Garrett. Rachel Garrett is the main character in the next novel in the series "Well of Souls" and I will review that book when I'm finished reading it. "The Art of the Impossible " is a book with great detail but also, it is written in a style that is easily readable and you'll finish the story quickly. If you like to read Trek this is a story you will NOT want to miss as it has some mystery and intrigue sprikled into for some spice, but foremost, the characters are well-written and you can visualize them speaking from the book. This book fills in the missing pieces from snipets of information about the adventures in the TREK universe before Picard and after Kirk. I gave "The Art of the Impossible" a solid 5 stars for a very well-told adventure that will pique the interest of the reader with detail and is masterly crafted. You will not be disappointed reading "The Art of the Impossible." Keith R.A. DeCandido does a wonderful job of telling a story that is both detailed and interesting.
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Summary: ST - The Lost Era: The Art of the Impossible 2328-2346
Review: Star Trek - The Lost Era: The Art of the Impossible 2328-2346 written by Keith R.A. DeCandido is a story told well, with charater development and vivid charatization. This story is character driven but has action-adventure and is detailed. This book starts at 2328, thrity-five years after the presumed death of Captain James T. Kirk aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise-B in "Star Trek: Generations." It concludes in 2346, eighteen years before the launch of the Enterprise-D at "Encounter at Farpoint." "The Art of the Impossible" is mainly a character driven book and the characters are those that we've either read about briefly in books or comics or have heard about in the movies, television. This book takes it's basis from a conversation between Bashir and Garak about the eighteen-year Betreka Nebula incident between Cardassia and the Klingons in the ST: DS9 episode "The Way of the Warrior." "The Art of the Impossible" is a remarkable book as it starts out about a long past Klingon space exploration project and then a cold war between the Cardassians and Klingons developes and the discovery of and ancient Klingon wreck on a planet next to the Betreka Nebula and then the story gets resolved as both sides finially come to their respective senses. So, we have a book that is divided into three sections but there is seamless continuity as Keith R.A. DeCandido writes a well-crafted story. Some of the characters you'll read about that get fleshed out are K'mpec, Kor, Ian Troi, Sergey and Helena Rozhenko, Kang, Curzon Dax, and Lwaxana Troi. Others in this adventure are K'Tal, Corbin Entek, Tokath, Enabran Tain, General Worf, Koval, Legate Kell, Vance Haden, L'Kor, Kahlest, Sarek, Uhura and Rachel Garrett. Rachel Garrett is the main character in the next novel in the series "Well of Souls" and I will review that book when I'm finished reading it. "The Art of the Impossible " is a book with great detail but also, it is written in a style that is easily readable and you'll finish the story quickly. If you like to read Trek this is a story you will NOT want to miss as it has some mystery and intrigue sprikled into for some spice, but foremost, the characters are well-written and you can visualize them speaking from the book. This book fills in the missing pieces from snipets of information about the adventures in the TREK universe before Picard and after Kirk. I gave "The Art of the Impossible" a solid 5 stars for a very well-told adventure that will pique the interest of the reader with detail and is masterly crafted. You will not be disappointed reading "The Art of the Impossible." Keith R.A. DeCandido does a wonderful job of telling a story that is both detailed and interesting.
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Summary: Another Lost Era Book Winner- spoiler free
Review: The Lost Era series has another winner with Kieth R. A. DeCandido's The Art of the Impossible. This third of 6 Lost Era books had a hard act to follow comming after The Sundered and Serpents Among the Ruins and in that it exceeds admirably. The book covers 18 years of confict between the Klingon's and the Cardassian's. DeCandido makes excellent use of characters that have appeared in Star Trek on screen. The action is fast paced, lively and gripping. This was another book that was hard to put down. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Another Lost Era Book Winner- spoiler free
Review: The Lost Era series has another winner with Kieth R. A. DeCandido's The Art of the Impossible. This third of 6 Lost Era books had a hard act to follow comming after The Sundered and Serpents Among the Ruins and in that it exceeds admirably. The book covers 18 years of confict between the Klingon's and the Cardassian's. DeCandido makes excellent use of characters that have appeared in Star Trek on screen. The action is fast paced, lively and gripping. This was another book that was hard to put down. I highly recommend it.
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