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Summary: Story is Not Finished
Review: While this book does finish the story at hand, it does not answer several important questions, the most important being, just exactly who the preservers are. Many other questions are unanswered also, but I won't give away too much of the story. I just don't feel that this story is ended yet. It was kind of disappointing to have these loose ends.
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Summary: Shatner preserving Star Trek
Review: Starting with Spectre, crossing over in to Dark Victory, W Shatner now enters the final conclusion of his acclaimed trilogy. And what and ending he delivers. Once again teaming up with Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens the reader are brought on a journey trough the universe. Who are the preserver, what was their intentions and how does their creations have an impact on the universe of today? These, among others, are the questions that is answered in this amazing story about Kirk, his mirror-universe counterpart and the universe as we know it.
If ever there was a book bok not to miss, then this is it. But make sure to read the series in its total, there is no substitute for the whole story.
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Summary: Shatner preserving Star Trek
Review: Starting with Spectre, crossing over in to Dark Victory, W Shatner now enters the final conclusion of his acclaimed trilogy. And what and ending he delivers. Once again teaming up with Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens the reader are brought on a journey trough the universe. Who are the preserver, what was their intentions and how does their creations have an impact on the universe of today? These, among others, are the questions that is answered in this amazing story about Kirk, his mirror-universe counterpart and the universe as we know it.
If ever there was a book bok not to miss, then this is it. But make sure to read the series in its total, there is no substitute for the whole story.
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Summary: Good Conclusion To Mirror Universe Trilogy
Review: "Preserver" completes the "Mirror Universe Trilogy", picking up right where the last book ("Dark Victory") left off. The year is 2375 and the story continues as Kirk and Picard (and various others) race against time to prevent not only the destruction of the Federation but the destruction of the universe.
If you have read the other two books in the series and they held your interest then this one is pretty much required reading. I was less than thrilled with the second part of the series but this book did not have many of the flaws that I felt existed in the second book. The action is still fast-paced and there is not always a great deal of characterization; the emphasis is much more on the general idea of bringing together many Star Trek concepts and weaving them into a tale of conspiracies. And that latter concept is really what this "Mirror Universe" saga really is for me: a sort of history-as-conspiracy concept. From the conspiracy of the mirror universe counterparts to invade their "neighbors" to a vast conspiracy that exists within Starfleet, including a sort of secret society or group, all the way to the ever-so-enigmatic Preservers, who have made everyone rethink their place in the universe. That is what you are essentially dealing with here: a conspiracy story and that probably, to a large extent, explains why people like this series. Conspiracy sells. Generally, people like a good conspiracy story; how everything we see and think we know is not quite what we really see and what we really know. What the authors have done is take these concepts and wrap them up in a Star Trek story. Overall, they succeed, I think, but as I have said in the reviews of the other two books in this series, the plot is really what you have to focus on. The characters and their motivations or their reactions to the events around them see to me to be simple cardboard that provides a static backdrop to one revelation after another for our heroes.
This book had some genuinely "cool" moments, like the chase/battle of the ships inside an asteroid but mixed with some decidedly "corny" moments, like the battle of the Kirks in deep space or the references to "Agents Dulmer and Lucsly" of the "Federation Department of Temporal Investigations. (That is "Mulder and Scully", anagrammed. This gives nothing away about the story at all, but it is such a perfect example for me of the kind of "play" that I find a bit disingenuous in a book steeped in the Star Trek mythos as this one is.) The usage of "psychohistory" (a decidedly Asimovian idea, as the authors recognize) was also a bit on the "stretching it" side for me. And this book continues in the traditions of the others, bringing up large and weighty topics (like contrafactual histories or predictive patterns in societal behavior or the notion of ancestral races and how that would affect beliefs and thoughts of various societies or the role of chance in history) and then essentially disregarding those topics. I realize those topics are not the point of this series, necessarily, but my issue is that the series throws so many things at you and then just leaves all those concepts dangling; there is no one set focus for the books except the general "bring as much Star Trek history together" plot that propels the action along. The focus of the action, of course, is on James Kirk and if you stop and think for a minute when reading the books, you start to ask yourself, somewhat cynically: "Okay, how much *more* could possibly happen to James Kirk?" In this case, that sort of questioning is bad because, at least for me, it shows that you stop caring about Kirk as a character and just keep reading to find out how he gets out of another situation or how he deals with his latest setback.
With all this said, I do feel "Preserver" is a satisfying conclusion to the series (with the exception, perhaps, of the fate of Tiberius) and the wrap-up at the end was, in my opinion, quite well done. I gave this book three stars, however, because in order to get the most of this book you have to read the previous two in the series and those I had given three stars, but I think this book shines above the others in a lot of respects.
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Summary: James T. Kirk and friends Vs Emperor Tiberius
Review: James T. Kirk and friends Vs Emperor Tiberius. This the 6th ST book done by William Shatner and friends (and book 3 of the mirror mirror trilogy) and it is a bit below the standards set by the first 5. I must say though that I haven't read the book, only the abridged audio CD. The chase part of the book was hard to follow. If you read the other five, you have to read this one. Shatner and friends are the best story tellers in the ST universe. I hope they plan to keep the books coming, and include characters from all the series. What about a trilogy called: DATA THE RETURN. Kirk and Picard go back to the time of Capt Archer and set out to steal a Borg Devise that could revive Data. ST has little continuity anyway, so what's the harm.
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Summary: Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Review: I have to say that I may be a little biased. I enjoy reading about the original series characters the most. This is an incredible cap to the trilogy. Shatner knows his character and we see more of the man than just the captain. Very well written and a joy to read. Pick this one up, if you love the original series characters you won't be dissapointed.
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Summary: *Give Us More of This Book!*
Review: If you are thinking about reading or buying this book, you will not be disappointed. This is a terrific work by Shatner and his writing partners. As expected, the book maintains Star Trek continuity and integrity. What surprises and thoroughly entertains the reader are the unexpected directions this novel takes you in. "Preserver" continues the story from the authors' work "Dark Victory" and is the third work in the Mirror Universe trilogy. However, where "Dark Victory" occasionally lapses into egotistical ramblings revolving around Kirk/(Shatner), this story line really moves along strongly and comes to dramatic conclusions. Not wanting to reveal too much, let me just say that the authors have found an intriguing way to weave just about every race from the Star Trek universe into this work. The same applies about so many characters we have come to know and love (or hate) and many interesting pieces of original Federation history. Also, the use of Isaac Asimov's Harry Seldon and the science of psychohistory blew me away. As with so many science fiction devotees, this idea has practically become a reality in my mind already. Shatner uses this idea so wisely, so matter-of-factly, and so effectively, that the book is worth reading simply for this single plot device. The first time I read this book prior to finding and reading the previous two works in the trilogy ("Spectre" and "Dark Victory"). It reads well without that background, but when I read the books in order and re-read "Preserver", the suspense became so exciting that I could hardly put it down even though I read it before. I most accurately rate this novel at 4.75 out of 5.00 stars, rounded up to 5.00 and strongly recommend it (and the entire trilogy) to all fans of the franchise and SF fans in general.
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Summary: The Ending and Most Exciting
Review: The whole universe is comming apart. Tiberius has a fair amount of his original power back. The book makes this trilogy better than the Star Wars Trilogy (for trekkies of course). Kirk is in so much trouble from his mirror counterpart Tiberious that he has vowed vengnce and death for Tiberious. Aside from the fact that you must know certian things from original series episodes to fully understand the history of the First Federation and the Preserver artifacts you will still be captivated. More bad things happen to Kirk and he is forced to make many hard choices that can put many people in jeopardy. Will he make the right choices?
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