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Summary: Biological Genocide on Archaria III.
Review: A plague like virus has spread over the planet of Archaria III. However, it only seems to be affecting "mixers". Mixers are the non-pure offspring of humans and any other race, mainly being the Peladians on this planet. The plague kills within a week and the mortality rate is 100%.The crew of the Enterprise is sent to Archaria III to bring in medical supplies and to place the planet under quarantine. Dr. Crusher discovers that the virus is manmade and cannot be contained by normal means. Things get out of hand and the Enterprise's task becomes difficult to say the least. Stop the spread, find a cure, and find the person(s) responsible for attempting biological genocide. Infection is a good lead into what has the potential to be a great series. You can feel the urgency of the situation as the Enterprise's crew races against time to find a cure. My one complaint would be the ending. Though it is good, it just wraps the whole book up too abruptly. You read through 21 chapters of build up, and everything gets wrapped up nice and tidy in one chapter.
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Summary: An excellent beginning to the "Double Helix" series
Review: As stated above this is an excellent beginning to the six book series. The author set everything up very well and wrapped up his portion beautifully. I have to admit that I was a little skeptical about a whole series of books based on a medical crisis, however, I'm hooked and am looking forward to running through the other five. I'm definitely looking forward to adding the omnibus to the bookshelf later this year. Thanks to John Gregory Betancourt for a wonderful read.
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Summary: An excellent beginning to the "Double Helix" series
Review: As stated above this is an excellent beginning to the six book series. The author set everything up very well and wrapped up his portion beautifully. I have to admit that I was a little skeptical about a whole series of books based on a medical crisis, however, I'm hooked and am looking forward to running through the other five. I'm definitely looking forward to adding the omnibus to the bookshelf later this year. Thanks to John Gregory Betancourt for a wonderful read.
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Summary: Disappointing beginning to ST:NG "Lost Years" series
Review: As the beginning to a "Lost Years" style series for Star Trek: The Next Generation, Infection disappoints. The novel is too short to delve into any detail and the characterizations of the crew of the Enterprise-D seem incorrect. The writing seems to just fill in the plot outlined by the series creators. Hopefully book 2 will build more excitement for what should be an important story arc.
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Summary: Average Story
Review: Did not find anything special about it. Just a story about how Beverly struggles to find the cure. After reading it was easy to forget. The mystery was how the virus could get past the bio-filters. There is a slight tension of a mysterious figure in the background pulling the strings.
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Summary: Good biological detective story from the earliest Next Gen
Review: Double Helix: Infection begins with an unknown being deliberately infecting an agricultural planet with plague. The crew of the Enterprise, probably fresh from their Encounter at Farpoint,is sent with medical supplies. While Picard tries to contain the plague on the planet, Dr. Crusher works to find a cure. The science is not too complicated for a reader who never went any farther than high school biology to follow. Riker (still called Bill by Deanna), Tasha Yar, & Data form an away team to the planet for some investigating, & Worf also leads an away team. Geordi & Deanna also play important roles, but, mercifully, Wesley does not appear! Although the book can stand alone, the ending does lead into the next book, which apparently features Dr. Pulaski, Kira Nerys (still a Bajoran rebel, not yet a major), and Gul Dukat. It is interesting to read about these characters in the early part of their series, or even before their series takes place. I understand that a future book features Chakotay & B'Elanna when they were Maquis. I look forward to reading the others in this series.
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Summary: Great start for a six part series!
Review: Great story. Beverly Crusher certainly was wonderful in this story, especially when she was playing the investigator trying to discover who created the disease. I can't wait to read the second story.
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Summary: Very entertaining for a TNG fan
Review: I enjoyed reading a story that took place just a month after the Farpoint mission. I thought it was well-done. I like how it cleared up the instance in the first season in which Deanna called Riker "Bill." That was a nice touch. The dialog is in-character. I'm half-way through the Double Helix series, and so far I can definitely recommend this series to any TNG fan. You can only be but so critical of Star Trek "literature."
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Summary: Nicely done! Follows the crew after Farpoint mission
Review: I enjoyed reading about the crew, still new to one another and how they learn to work together.
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Summary: Disappointing, but necessary beginning to Double Helix
Review: I found the writing in this book terribly simplistic. The characterizations are way out of whack (I think Mr. Betancourt should have sat down and re-watched the entire first season of the show.) I give the book 3 stars only because I believe that this book was probably necessary to setting up the whole Double Helix saga. The book played out like an episode for me: it moves quickly and lacks in-depth details that I would expect in a novel. The only reason I continued to read it was because I know that Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Katherine Rusch wrote the next book in the saga and they are both excellent writers so I know I can expect quality from their work. I will be very careful in the future about reading a Star Trek book by Mr. Betancourt. But since Smith & Rusch, and Diane Carey write the next two books in the series, I know it will greatly make up for this disappointing beginning.
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