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Summary: Total Surprise
Review: This is not typically the type of book I read, but felt the story was interesting and the cover intriguing enough to try it out. What a surprise! This book was absolutely terrific! I was so impressed with the writing and the flow of the entire book. I honestly couldn't put it down! The writers stay true to the characters (a reason why I don't like to read a lot of these types of books) and the story was very well developed. The gay characters are handled superbly and not overdone at all. Definitely a winner in my book!
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Summary: Compelling Page Turner
Review: I really enjoyed this book. It was exciting, compelling, terrifying and touching. A meaty story I could really sink my teeth into. Well paced with excellent characterization "Rogue" is full of twists and turns. From the moment I finished the prologue I was hooked.Avid fans should enjoy the numerous references to trek episodes and novels. Even if you are not much of a Star Trek fan if you love a good adventure that also forces you to think I feel sure you will enjoy "Rogue".
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Summary: Nicely written!
Review: Rogue is an interesting departure from many Star Trek novels in that it spends a lot of time on a mostly unknown character and fleshes him out. In First Contact, there is a character by the name of Lieutenant Hawk who is a helm or operations officer and who is tragically assimilated near the end of the movie by the Borg. He appears competent, has a few lines, and is otherwise wholly expendable. This is his story. I don't think I'll be able to watch another "expendable red shirt" get phasered, assimilated, dissected, transporter discombobulated, disrupted or otherwise snuffed out of existence without wondering what their "story" was. Why were they ON the Enterprise? How did they relate to the "stars" of the show--Picard, Data, Riker and all the rest? What did they do for fun? In other words, why do they matter? I think it's great that we get to see a character who you would not normally think twice about, given life and purpose. Some people may complain or gasp or cheer about the fact that Lieutenant Hawk was made by the authors to be gay, and has a male parter. Their relationship is mature, intimate and sensitively portrayed. As one would hope in a world which says that diversity is to be honored rather than feared, the rest of the crew really consider this to be no more "strange" than having pointed ears. There is absolutely NO amount of self-consciousness devoted to the fact that Hawk is gay. Rather, it is just another form of the diversity of Star Fleet and treated in a very casual manner. The story reads well and, in particular, makes numerous references to various other incidents and people from past episodes. For someone like me who loves Trek Trivia and can recite obscure facts, this is great for a sense of continuity. For those of you not involved with that level of minutae, you might not get the same impression from the book. The book deals with relationships than with action, though there is some of that. However, its more of a backdrop for making relationship and interplay between characters more meaningful, not just an excuse to fire up the ol' phasers and start blasting. For a Star Trek story, this is appropriate. Unfortunately, you are left with a certain sense of incompleteness at the end, as Section 31 still continues to menace and work behind the scenes. This may have been the authors' intention to allow the reader to experience a tiny fraction of the frustration that Picard must feel. Overall, I very much enjoyed reading it. It is a refreshing change of pace from some very formulaic novels out there.
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Summary: Watch Out!!
Review: If profanity and/or the homosexual lifestyle offends you, stay clear of this book. This is my first purchase of a Star Trek novel and I am VERY disappointed!
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Summary: A worthy effort and a good use of previous characters...
Review: An interesting take on Section-31, which we've only seen through the eyes of the cast of DS9 prior to now, "Rogue" pits some Section-31 operatives against the crew of the USS Enterprise-E, previous to the movie "First Contact." Winding in some strong characters from previous TNG Episodes (Jean-Luc Picard's cadet friends in the present day, as introduced in "Tapestry"), and focusing quite centrally around Lieutenant Hawk from "First Contact," the authors have really written a character-driven novel here. Tal Shiar machinations, Section-31's double-dealings, and loyalties to the Federation are definately the counterpoints of this particular novel in the Section-31 series (the rest of which I will certainly buy since this one was so good.) One other reviewer made mention of the "social agenda" of including a homosexual character, to which I'd definately say he has misclassified. The character's sexuality does nothing to the plot that a heterosexual relationship wouldn't do, and certainly gives us a very honest representation of the Federation future of acceptance and tolerance like that we've seen in "Rejoined," for example. Go and get this one. You won't regret it.
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Summary: The Star Trek: TNG that I miss
Review: This is the reason I miss Star Trek:TNG. The great thing about the series were the characters and their relationships to one another. Stories on TNG weren't always the best, but you always felt you knew these people. And that's what I liked about this story. The story was interesting, and all the characters you knew were there, and they ACTED like the character we all know (unlike many Star Trek books where you find your self stopping and saying "_______ would never do that!" All the character traits were there, and the writers certainly had a good knowledge of their world ("easter eggs" abound!). The writing was descriptive and you could almost see the scenes in your mind. One reviewer above mentioned a "social agenda" above because one of the main characters is in a same sex relationship. The review implies that is all the story is about. Nothing could be further from the truth. The characters in the relationship are "on screen" together for less than 40 pages (my guess, I didn't cound specifically) out of 360. Hardly the focal point of the book. If the authors had written this book and replaced these two characters names with Keiko and Miles, their scenes together could have been written in exactly the same way. The issue wasn't that these characters were of the same sex, it was that they were integral parts of each others lives and that relationship was an important part of their lives. Reading the Epilogue, a tear came to my eye knowing the pain one of these characters was going through. And that is good story telling. The story does have flaws. The Section 31 in this story did appear to be about two steps behind all the time, and one of the main agents came across as being far too trusting to be in the position he was in. There is no "Luther Sloan" in this book. And for a book about Section 31 "No Law No Conscience No Stopping Them" that is going to be disappointing. But in general, the story was well written and the plot had enough twists to keep me engaged to the end. Definitely a 4, maybe a 4.5.
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Summary: Section 31
Review: shoehorned continuity Without spoiling it for those who want to read this series of books; Section 31 is a CIA like organization who uses any means necessary to protect the Federation. It contradicts everything the Starfleet represents. However it does make a dramatic story! This one takes place before Picard's battle in First Contact. Within the DS9 universe Section 31 is more plausible. If you can forget how illogical it is for this unscrupulous organization to have survived so long.........you can enjoy the story. I was waiting for Remmick to come in and find out he was somehow connected to Section 31 and the aliens that eventually got him in the first season. There's a character that should have survived and provided as a devil's advocate to Picard. Both authors should have been writing all four books in the series. This one is the best of the two released so far. Instead of a variety of authors writing one saga; one or two should be placed on a project. The good stories like this one are stretched too thin and a two part giant book series would have been adequate. The creative voice in the stories are diminished when six or seven writers jump in to write these sagas.
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Summary: Rogue Rocks
Review: I think that "Rogue" rocks and is one of the best novels to be released by Pocket in recent years. Mr. Mangels and Martin first Star Trek novel starts to explore Section 31. I hope that the 3 books that follow can fill the shoes. To address the previous the issue of fans bashing a book having a social issue at heart. Star Trek has always addressed issues of the day. Just because a character or two in the novel is gay does not mean that novel has a social agenda. The Star Trek universe is largest enough for everyone. Just because one character is gay does not mean that the novel is garbage. Kuddos to Andy and Michael on a novel well done.
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Summary: Naughty but very nice.
Review: I am a HUGE Startrek fan. I read this book over a cousin's house, and I just bought it myself. The author has broken the bonds of tradition with flying colors! Heterosexual and Homosexual relationships are both welcome in the book, which is great. That shows that the future that Roddenberry Imagined: A future that has harmony among allorientations and races and religions. Its great!! The Trek itself is 5 star! You cannot live without this book! BUY IT! YOU NEED IT TO SURVIVE YOUR DAILY LIVES! (Plus the cover looks really cool) RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!!!
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Summary: True TREK Returns!
Review: It's a shame when some Science Fiction fans never seemed to learned or simply fail to understand that psychology and sociology are as much at part of SF as astronomy and chemistry. It's especially depressing when STAR TREK fans make comments that the inclusion of a gay character in TREK (even in a non-canon novel) is a "social agenda" over Science Fiction. Here's a quote younger Trekkers would do well to consider..... "I realised that by creating a separate world, a new world with new rules, I could make statements about sex, religion, Vietnam, unions, politics and intercontinental missiles. Indeed, we did make them on STAR TREK; we were sending messages, and fortunately they all got by the network." -- Gene Roddenberry, creator/producer of STAR TREK.
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