Rating: 
Summary: One of the better recent Star Trek based novels.
Review: This novel had a certain freshness to it that reinvigorated a seasoned Star Trek novel reader. I don't know if it was because it was a fresh new story about the latest edition to the world of Star Trek television, or if it was the story itself.
Read the synopsis, then get the book, it is worth the price.
Rating: 
Summary: hardly lives up to its namesake
Review: This Voyager novel was a great disappointment. After having enjoyed Nathan Archer's DS9 novel (#10, Valhalla), I was expecting a rather rousing romp. However, what I received was anything but. The idea of an ages long war in space is really exciting, and although it initially sounded like a flashy hook to sell people on the novel, I hoped that Archer could surprise me by adding a little meat to it. Well, unfortunately, that was not the case. There's really not much to this book at all. I give it two stars rather than one because Archer did at least write with his characteristically entertaining style. Too bad it wasn't enough to save the mediocrity of the plot. It was, at the time I read it, somewhat more satisfying because it was something you knew the budget of the show would never allow. However, what with the media's recent love affair with CGI, anyone who has seen 6th and 7th season episodes of DS9 know that even a battle such as the one described in this novel is no longer an impossibility. Of course, as you know the special effects will never live up to the theatre of the mind. If you're a Voyager fan and a collector, you should probably buy this (and even read it if you want to), but it's real purpose in my library is to fill in what would otherwise be an ugly gap between the numbers 2 and 4 in my Voyager series.
Rating:
Summary: hardly lives up to its namesake
Review: This Voyager novel was a great disappointment. After having enjoyed Nathan Archer's DS9 novel (#10, Valhalla), I was expecting a rather rousing romp. However, what I received was anything but. The idea of an ages long war in space is really exciting, and although it initially sounded like a flashy hook to sell people on the novel, I hoped that Archer could surprise me by adding a little meat to it. Well, unfortunately, that was not the case. There's really not much to this book at all. I give it two stars rather than one because Archer did at least write with his characteristically entertaining style. Too bad it wasn't enough to save the mediocrity of the plot. It was, at the time I read it, somewhat more satisfying because it was something you knew the budget of the show would never allow. However, what with the media's recent love affair with CGI, anyone who has seen 6th and 7th season episodes of DS9 know that even a battle such as the one described in this novel is no longer an impossibility. Of course, as you know the special effects will never live up to the theatre of the mind. If you're a Voyager fan and a collector, you should probably buy this (and even read it if you want to), but it's real purpose in my library is to fill in what would otherwise be an ugly gap between the numbers 2 and 4 in my Voyager series.
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