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Summary: One shifts left to right
Review: This book was the first Trek novel I've picked up in a while. It was spectacular. Honestly, I was expecting to be bored. Political books are not usually my thing, but the balance between the cold, heartless leaders and the real people who served under them was just right. I didn't find myself siding with either empire. Instead, I cared about what was happening to Vaughn, Troi, Dax and Mogh. The familiar faces were enjoyable, especially Vaughn. This character has become one of my favorites in the entire Trek universe, and when I read Avatar, I wasn't even sure I was going to like him. He is so unlikable, and that is certainly part of his charm. He's the antithesis of Will Riker. It was also nice to see Curzon Dax, and the reverence he's held in by, well, most of the Klingons. The references to other events throughout Trek history also gave this particular book a depth I wasn't expecting. It makes me want to read the Lost Era novels on either side of it in the timeline. After six months or so not reading Star Trek novels, this was the ideal book to return on. One more thought, the epilogue was wonderfully ironic. We always see Cardassians as spies and military dictators, but this chapter showed just a touch of their human side. My compliments to Keith.
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Summary: The first "Lost Era" novel to deliver on its promise
Review: This is exactly what I expected from series of Star Trek novels that promised to tell us about the "Lost Era". Author DeCandido has woven a compelling and utterly believable story out of threads and characters mentioned, often in passing, throughout the whole Star Trek canon. The novel increased my respect for the convcining alien civilizations that Star Trek has developed, and for DeCandido's ability to depict them. This is frankly the first Star Trek novel I've read in years that wasn't a hundred pages too long. I look forward to this author's next book.
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Summary: The first "Lost Era" novel to deliver on its promise
Review: This is exactly what I expected from series of Star Trek novels that promised to tell us about the "Lost Era". Author DeCandido has woven a compelling and utterly believable story out of threads and characters mentioned, often in passing, throughout the whole Star Trek canon. The novel increased my respect for the convcining alien civilizations that Star Trek has developed, and for DeCandido's ability to depict them. This is frankly the first Star Trek novel I've read in years that wasn't a hundred pages too long. I look forward to this author's next book.
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Summary: Impressive and Enlightening
Review: This, the third Lost Era novel, "The Art of the Impossible", by Keith R.A. DeCandido tackles an eighteen-year time span in Star Trek history, 2328 through 2346. With broad strokes that paint a clear picture of the political climate of the period, the Betreka Nebula Incident is at last laid bare in this fabulous book. This novel has it all; a riveting plot, incredibly vivid and interesting characters, plenty of action and enough continuity to delight even the most persnickety fan. The story also has broad appeal, tying together events and characters from every aspect of the Star Trek universe: the series, the movies, comics and novels.It takes a master storyteller to turn a thirty-second conversation in the Deep Space Nine episode "The Way of the Warrior" into a novel with this much scope, imagination and detail. Keith DeCandido has been delighting Star Trek readers with his writing since he burst onto the scene with "Diplomatic Implausibility" in 1991, but with The Art of the Impossible he has really outdone himself. In this novel DeCandido not only succeeds in telling a notable story but he also allows the reader a glimpse inside the hearts and minds of the characters and their cultures. Divided into three parts The Art of the Impossible tells the story from multiple points of view and takes the reader into the worlds of the Klingons, the Cardassians and even the Romulans of that period.
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Summary: Impressive and Enlightening
Review: This, the third Lost Era novel, "The Art of the Impossible", by Keith R.A. DeCandido tackles an eighteen-year time span in Star Trek history, 2328 through 2346. With broad strokes that paint a clear picture of the political climate of the period, the Betreka Nebula Incident is at last laid bare in this fabulous book. This novel has it all; a riveting plot, incredibly vivid and interesting characters, plenty of action and enough continuity to delight even the most persnickety fan. The story also has broad appeal, tying together events and characters from every aspect of the Star Trek universe: the series, the movies, comics and novels. It takes a master storyteller to turn a thirty-second conversation in the Deep Space Nine episode "The Way of the Warrior" into a novel with this much scope, imagination and detail. Keith DeCandido has been delighting Star Trek readers with his writing since he burst onto the scene with "Diplomatic Implausibility" in 1991, but with The Art of the Impossible he has really outdone himself. In this novel DeCandido not only succeeds in telling a notable story but he also allows the reader a glimpse inside the hearts and minds of the characters and their cultures. Divided into three parts The Art of the Impossible tells the story from multiple points of view and takes the reader into the worlds of the Klingons, the Cardassians and even the Romulans of that period.
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Summary: Very intriguing
Review: Though I was never a big fan of the Star Trek incarnation "Deep Space Nine", I was glad to see Dax attempting to do the impossible in keeping the Klingons and the Cardassians from warring over a region of space claimed by both. Of course this wouldn't be a great Star Trek space opera without internal intrigue from the Federation itself. Great read! I have added it to my other "Star Trek" series books as well as: "Stranger in a Strange Land", "Puppet Masters", "Foundation", "2001", "2010", "Rendezvous with Rama", "Ringworld", all the "Star Wars" books, as well as books as new to the genre as "Advent of the Corps" and others.
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Summary: Very intriguing
Review: Though I was never a big fan of the Star Trek incarnation "Deep Space Nine", I was glad to see Dax attempting to do the impossible in keeping the Klingons and the Cardassians from warring over a region of space claimed by both. Of course this wouldn't be a great Star Trek space opera without internal intrigue from the Federation itself. Great read! I have added it to my other "Star Trek" series books as well as: "Stranger in a Strange Land", "Puppet Masters", "Foundation", "2001", "2010", "Rendezvous with Rama", "Ringworld", all the "Star Wars" books, as well as books as new to the genre as "Advent of the Corps" and others.
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