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Summary: Magnificent!
Review: "This Gray Spirit" has you grinning before the end of the third page and leaves you sighing with contentment at the end. And in between comes the good stuff. Heather Jarman has produced a story that is both tension filled and charming. It is an impressive debut for this talented new author.The second title of four in the Mission Gamma saga, "This Gray Spirit" is shorter than the first novel at almost 400 pages. But length has nothing to do with a good story and the page count is more than sufficient for Ms. Jarman to tell a very captivating tale. Overall tone of the story compliments book one very nicely and despite being penned by different authors both stories flow together very well. "This Gray Spirit" enchants and beguiles the reader with an interesting and fast moving plot that leaves you wanting more. Based on what I've read of Mission Gamma so far, I for one can't wait.
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Summary: I can't believe how good this series is. Wow.
Review: After 20-odd years of Star Trek novels, which, to be honest, for the most part were childish and terrible, to have a Star Trek series with genuine literary merit just completely blows me away. I quit reading Star Trek some years ago when I discovered real sci-fi and realized how dumb Star Trek books were. A friend convinced me to give this series a try - I bought Avatar One, read it, and bought the rest of the series immediately. I couldn't put it down. And this is the best of the group so far. Heather Jarman creates and continues character developments realistically and enthrallingly - throughout the entire novel, all of the characters seemed real to me, and I cared deeply about all of them. The twists at the end in Ezri's and Shar's lives floored me, as did the stories involving life on the station. Kira is more real to me from this book than she ever was in the TV show, and all of the new characters are right up there with her. I am now an enormous fan of this series, and the editors and authors thereof. I just can't believe how good it is - every book amazes me again. I can't wait for M:G 3. I'll be buying it the instant it hits shelves.
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Summary: Fine Literary Debut For A Star Trek Novel
Review: Although Heather Jarman isn't nearly as skillful a writer as either Diane Duane or Peter David, her first novel, "Star Trek Depp Space Nine Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit" bodes well for her future literary career as well as diehard Star Trek fans. This was an intriguing, occasionally engrossing look, at Deep Space Nine in the aftermath of Captain Sisko's disappearance. Now in command of the Federation starbase, Bajoran Militia Colonel Kira Nerys must contend with a disastrous peace conference between Cardassian and Bajoran diplomats and an unexpected personal tragedy affecting the station's Andorian science officer Ensign Thirishar ch'Thane. Meanwhile Ensign ch'Thane, Lieutenant Ezri Dax, Doctor Julian Bashir and Lieutenant Nog continue in their ongoing exploratory mission to the Gamma Quadrant, aboard USS Defiant, now in command of a Starfleet veteran, Commander Elias Vaughn. Soon they become involved in a tense political conflict between the underclass and rulers of a civilization that holds the balance of power in its corner of the Gamma Quadrant, threatening to become an all out genocidal war.
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Summary: Fine Literary Debut For A Star Trek Novel
Review: Although Heather Jarman isn't nearly as skillful a writer as either Diane Duane or Peter David, her first novel, "Star Trek Depp Space Nine Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit" bodes well for her future literary career as well as diehard Star Trek fans. This was an intriguing, occasionally engrossing look, at Deep Space Nine in the aftermath of Captain Sisko's disappearance. Now in command of the Federation starbase, Bajoran Militia Colonel Kira Nerys must contend with a disastrous peace conference between Cardassian and Bajoran diplomats and an unexpected personal tragedy affecting the station's Andorian science officer Ensign Thirishar ch'Thane. Meanwhile Ensign ch'Thane, Lieutenant Ezri Dax, Doctor Julian Bashir and Lieutenant Nog continue in their ongoing exploratory mission to the Gamma Quadrant, aboard USS Defiant, now in command of a Starfleet veteran, Commander Elias Vaughn. Soon they become involved in a tense political conflict between the underclass and rulers of a civilization that holds the balance of power in its corner of the Gamma Quadrant, threatening to become an all out genocidal war.
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Summary: Not as Good as the first
Review: Although still an excellent book, This Gray Spirit seemed much different from Mission Gamma Book One. Had I not read that book first and then started on this one, I would have given this one 5 stars. The first book was just so good I could not in good conscience give this book the same rank. It is still one of the best Star Trek books I have read so far. Definately worth buying and reading more then once.
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Summary: Little suspense or action andorian plot non starter
Review: I am amazed that the second of this series is so inferior to the first book. There is very little action or suspense. If you read this book skip all of the sections dealing with the 3 andorians left behind on the station. You won't miss a thing and you'll save a lot of boring irrational whinning. Since the 1st installment was so good I will assume that this was an anomally and try # 3 anyway. The entire Andiorian reproductive system (4 people have to get together during a 5 year window of fertility to produce just one offspring) is unbelievable.
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Summary: read it for the sake of keeping up with the series
Review: I didn't like this installment nearly as much as I liked part one. This book continues the stories on DS9 as well as what's going on with the crew of the defiant exploring the gamma quadrant. I wasn't particularly fond of this one partly because of the writer's style and partly because I think there was too much politics involved. All of what takes place with the defiant crew has to do with the crew trying to act as an intermediary between two alien races. I found it for the most part boring. I felt as if the author could have made the aliens more interesting and the story line less dry. There is some action, but it just doesn't pack too much of a punch. The DS9 drama I think is the best part of the book. Some interesting things take place on different fronts. Shar's bondmates struggle to deal with problems which largely has to do with him not being there. A delegation of Cardassian and Bajorans push to normalize relations, but things get more complicated before they get better.
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Summary: read it for the sake of keeping up with the series
Review: I didn't like this installment nearly as much as I liked part one. This book continues the stories on DS9 as well as what's going on with the crew of the defiant exploring the gamma quadrant. I wasn't particularly fond of this one partly because of the writer's style and partly because I think there was too much politics involved. All of what takes place with the defiant crew has to do with the crew trying to act as an intermediary between two alien races. I found it for the most part boring. I felt as if the author could have made the aliens more interesting and the story line less dry. There is some action, but it just doesn't pack too much of a punch. The DS9 drama I think is the best part of the book. Some interesting things take place on different fronts. Shar's bondmates struggle to deal with problems which largely has to do with him not being there. A delegation of Cardassian and Bajorans push to normalize relations, but things get more complicated before they get better.
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Summary: Series is losing drive.
Review: I suppose I should review this book based upon it's own merits and NOT in relation to the rest of the series. But I won't. This book when compared to the first book of the Mission: Gamma series is simply put: kind of boring. I found myself wanting to skip chapters to get away from the aimless cruising of the Gamma quadrant (even if they do hang out on a planet nearly the whole time) to get back to the events on DS9 itself. Though I do appreciate the desire to tell the events of both locations, I do wish that they had chosen to write two completely different stories, as the two together dilute one another. Still, the story in the Alpha quadrant is a fun read, and I would recommend this book on that merit alone. But I only recommend it if you can get it from the library.
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Summary: Outstanding.
Review: I think I'll provide the gut-response review, and leave the more cerebral efforts to other reviewers. And what does my gut say? WELL DONE! The biggest advantage I see, not only in this novel, but with the re-launch itself, is the fact that things can happen without the worry that the next television episode will turn a well-written story into an a/u. I know, I know, the pro novels were never meant to follow canon, but there were always constraints - constraints that are absent from this series. While some events in this novel are similar in many ways to events I've read in other Trek novels, at no other time has my heart entered in so fully. That's not to say there's not a goodly amount of destruction and betrayal, but the moments that resonant for me are the ones that involve the tragedies and triumphs of the heart. I speak of Andorian bondmates, a young woman's posthumous gift of peace, and baseballs in the forest. Applause, applause to Heather Jarman in her first pro effort (though I've read her before, but I won't say where) and look forward with great expectation to the next in this series. In fact, I look forward to more pro stuff from Heather, too.
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