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Summary: If you liked TNG's "Best Of Both Worlds"...
Review: ... you're going to love this novel! We've all seen the Enterprise go up against the Borg in the TV series, but they've always been alone. Now they're up against 3 Borg ships AND a Doomsday Machine, with help from the U.S.S. Chekov(first officer, Commander Shelby) and the U.S.S. Repulse(chief medical officer, Katherine Pulaski). The ending is a white-knuckle battle royal!If anybody asked me who my favorite Star Trek author is, I'd say Peter David, and everyone else is water under the bridge.
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Summary: STNG Vendetta - Another well told Peter David tale!
Review: After reading one or two Peter David novels, one quickly learns that his novels are to be looked forward to with great anticipation. Vendetta is no exception to this rule as it is an outstanding story that makes one wonder why it wasn't published as a hardback. Of course, at the time of this exceptional novels release, Star Trek The Next Generation stories hadn't quite made it to hardback status yet. What can one expect from a Peter David Star Trek novel? An intriguing and exceptional plot; extraordinary humor; writing that is very true to characters; and so much more, all of which is delivered in this novel. The premise: The Enterprise answers a distress call from a planet that is under attack by the Borg. Rushing in, they discover a lone survivor named Delcara. Delcara is thoroughly outraged by the atrocity she bore witness to and sets herself on the path of revenge. Seeking to completely destroy the Borg for their crime against her people and others, she sets out to find a Doomsday Machine. When Captain Picard and crew learn of her intentions they must find a way to stop her because they "know" that the Doomsday Machine will not stop with the Borg... What follows from there is as stated above, one of Peter David's earliest Star Trek stories and one of his best from that timeframe. I'd definitely have to say that the most hilarious part of this story is a Ferengi Damon being assimilated by the Borg to fill a role much similar to what they did to Picard when they assimilated him into Locutus. I would definitely recommend this novel to any and all fans of Star Trek fiction and especially to Peter David fans; it is definitely not to be missed. {ssintrepid}
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Summary: STNG Vendetta - Another well told Peter David tale!
Review: After reading one or two Peter David novels, one quickly learns that his novels are to be looked forward to with great anticipation. Vendetta is no exception to this rule as it is an outstanding story that makes one wonder why it wasn't published as a hardback. Of course, at the time of this exceptional novels release, Star Trek The Next Generation stories hadn't quite made it to hardback status yet. What can one expect from a Peter David Star Trek novel? An intriguing and exceptional plot; extraordinary humor; writing that is very true to characters; and so much more, all of which is delivered in this novel. The premise: The Enterprise answers a distress call from a planet that is under attack by the Borg. Rushing in, they discover a lone survivor named Delcara. Delcara is thoroughly outraged by the atrocity she bore witness to and sets herself on the path of revenge. Seeking to completely destroy the Borg for their crime against her people and others, she sets out to find a Doomsday Machine. When Captain Picard and crew learn of her intentions they must find a way to stop her because they "know" that the Doomsday Machine will not stop with the Borg... What follows from there is as stated above, one of Peter David's earliest Star Trek stories and one of his best from that timeframe. I'd definitely have to say that the most hilarious part of this story is a Ferengi Damon being assimilated by the Borg to fill a role much similar to what they did to Picard when they assimilated him into Locutus. I would definitely recommend this novel to any and all fans of Star Trek fiction and especially to Peter David fans; it is definitely not to be missed. {ssintrepid}
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Summary: One of the best TNG books, hands down
Review: After reading this novel for the 100th time (literally) the other day, I wondered to myself--why hasn't Paramount made this into a movie? It has all the right elements: danger, character development, drama, tension, some scenes which would be cool on film, and most importantly, HUMOR. Here, Peter David, one of the best Star Trek authors of all time, crafts a gripping story of vengeance that spans decades and, unlike the movies, is able to utilize all of the main charaters. If there was any one TNG novel I'd suggest to start out with, this would be it!
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Summary: Contradictory and meandering
Review: Although I will admit I am a fan of the Borg and can point out a half dozen reasons they should have conquered the Federation in every every encounter, I did find this book's premise intriguing and thought it would be good...I was gravely disappointed. First off, the book contradicts itself in a number of places by not developing properly the initial idea of an alien force capable of defeating the Borg. In its first encounter with the Borg, the Planet-Killer destroys the ship before the Borg can engage it. This is fine, but in the two subsequent encounters between the Borg and Delcara, the Borg clearly are winning and lose only because of outside interference from the Federation. In the first although the Borg start backing off, they have as yet suffered no damage while the Planet-Killer has been damaged on its outer hull and only destroys them only when the Enterprise interferes. This is hardly the handy victory Picard ascribes to the Planet-Killer. I much doubt anything that "makes the Borg look like tribbles" would be damaged by them in a one-on-one fight or would require assistance from an inferior technology to battle them. In the final battle, the Borg (albeit admittedly three ships instead of one this time)tear the Planet-Killer to shreds and don't lose till the Federation again interferes. If the Planet-Killer suffers heavy damage from one ship and is almost taken out by three ships and wins only because of outside interference, how can it be considered to be powerful enough to decimate all the Borg? As noted, the development of the story is contradictory to its presentation. Examining this logically, one must conclude the Planet-Killer would be overhwelmed by the entire Borg fleet, though it might take some of them with it. Another objection is that the book dwells too much on Picard and Geordi and their internal struggles regarding two women who have each in their own way been ruined by the Borg rather than on development of the main theme of vengeance against the ultimate foe. Though I will say Peter David was wise to avoid humor and place a suitably dark narrative rather than a comedic one on this book, he leaves much to be desired by his contradictory story development and meandering plotline. Perhaps someone will find a way one day to use this same theme with more skill.
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Summary: A Borg-themed masterpiece!
Review: Although the planet killer was sort of corny, everything else about it was cool. The Borg are COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and this book portrayed them accurately and well. The effect the last few chapters gave was redundant, but effective. The line "You will be irrelevant" had me laughing very hard. The Ferengi Borg was funny.
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Summary: Engaging.
Review: An incredible novel. By far the best Star Trek ever produced.
If the new movie is even remotely as good I would be surprised.
This book has action, humor, horror, suspense, drama, romance, and much more.
It's a keeper.
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Summary: Vendetta is great
Review: Another excellent book by Peter David. The story is great and very dramatic. They should make a movie out of it
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Summary: Picard stops the Federation from committing suicide
Review: At the beginning of this novel, Picard catches a few glimpses of a mysterious woman, and later has a short dream in which she seems to almost kiss him. It is later revealed that he has been in love with this woman his entire life. Huh? This is only the first of many things that make little sense in this book. As the Borg invade, we find out the Federation has nanobots which might prove to be an effective weapon against them. Are they used? No, the Federation assignes lawyers to defend their rights (the rights of the nanobots, in case it's getting nonsensical). It was at this point I decided the Federation deserves to be massacred, and started rooting for the Borg. But then a Doomsday Machine shows up, and destroys a Borg Cube. A Starfleet Starship is in the area, and it's Captain, apparently feeling cocky because her ship is miniscule in comparison to the planet killer, proceeds to smart-off to the behemoth. Hence her ship is nearly destroyed. Brilliant. There's another subplot about an old buddy of Picard's from the Academy, who lives in constant jeleaousy of his famous classmate. (Picard is portrayed as being a figure nearly worthy of worship in this novel). In some sad attempt to try and prove Picard's omnipotence, the author makes the classmate out to be a bungling moron, which apparently is supposed to make Picard look good in comparison. It merely served to fill in pages with an annoying subplot. And, as might be expected with the Federation under attack by the Borg, the powers that be decide to declare war on the one thing that might possibly save them, the planet killer. Have they forgotten the Borg at this point in the story? It's hard to tell. By the end, I half expected Picard to try to deal with the Borg by sticking daisies in the end of their phaser guns, but alas, the actual ending was, on some level, not completely unsatisfying.
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Summary: Picard stops the Federation from committing suicide
Review: At the beginning of this novel, Picard catches a few glimpses of a mysterious woman, and later has a short dream in which she seems to almost kiss him. It is later revealed that he has been in love with this woman his entire life. Huh? This is only the first of many things that make little sense in this book. As the Borg invade, we find out the Federation has nanobots which might prove to be an effective weapon against them. Are they used? No, the Federation assignes lawyers to defend their rights (the rights of the nanobots, in case it's getting nonsensical). It was at this point I decided the Federation deserves to be massacred, and started rooting for the Borg. But then a Doomsday Machine shows up, and destroys a Borg Cube. A Starfleet Starship is in the area, and it's Captain, apparently feeling cocky because her ship is miniscule in comparison to the planet killer, proceeds to smart-off to the behemoth. Hence her ship is nearly destroyed. Brilliant. There's another subplot about an old buddy of Picard's from the Academy, who lives in constant jeleaousy of his famous classmate. (Picard is portrayed as being a figure nearly worthy of worship in this novel). In some sad attempt to try and prove Picard's omnipotence, the author makes the classmate out to be a bungling moron, which apparently is supposed to make Picard look good in comparison. It merely served to fill in pages with an annoying subplot. And, as might be expected with the Federation under attack by the Borg, the powers that be decide to declare war on the one thing that might possibly save them, the planet killer. Have they forgotten the Borg at this point in the story? It's hard to tell. By the end, I half expected Picard to try to deal with the Borg by sticking daisies in the end of their phaser guns, but alas, the actual ending was, on some level, not completely unsatisfying.
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