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Summary: Star Trek #79 Invasion! First Strike - A great series!
Review: "First Strike" leads off the first crossover series in Pocket Books multiple lines of Star Trek fiction. Credit for this incredible, time and space spanning series goes to its concept creators, John J. Ordover, Pocket Books head Star Trek editor and Diane Carey, the author of this novel.As a whole, this series is great for the first of its kind in Star Trek fiction; individually, this first story a fairly good one, keeping in good faith with Diane Carey's writing style. The stories premise, plot setup, execution and pacing are all in synch making for an interesting and quick read. As I've noted over the years, when Diane Carey writes novels in the original series, she's in her element more so than any of the other series. The cover art for this novel is fairly creative and serves well in informing the reader of what period of Captain Kirk and crew you're dealing with. The premise: "Across time and space comes a fury...!" A quote directly from the cover and yes, it is an extremely accurate and telling statement. For many years the Federation has dealt with the Klingon Empire from either open war or cold war but never has the Federation received a call for help from them. That is exactly what they receive and the Federation sends their very best to deal with whatever the situation may be. The Klingons have found themselves dealing with a massive starship that they're unable to destroy. Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise come on the scene and discover that this ship and its leader, Vergo Zenner are but the mere vanguard of a massive invasion fleet that is headed to reclaim what they believe to be there territory since time before memory and that territory happens to encompass the Federation, Klingon Empire and the Romulan Star Empire. What follows from there is an extremely interesting and intriguing tale that is also a bit rare in Star Trek fiction where it deals more with Captain Kirk as the negotiator. Of course, when comes time to revert to the creative combat leader that he is, he steps right up to the plate. I highly recommend not only this first book in the series but the entire "Invasion!" series as whole. {ssintrepid}
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Summary: Star Trek #79 Invasion! First Strike - A great series!
Review: "First Strike" leads off the first crossover series in Pocket Books multiple lines of Star Trek fiction. Credit for this incredible, time and space spanning series goes to its concept creators, John J. Ordover, Pocket Books head Star Trek editor and Diane Carey, the author of this novel. As a whole, this series is great for the first of its kind in Star Trek fiction; individually, this first story a fairly good one, keeping in good faith with Diane Carey's writing style. The stories premise, plot setup, execution and pacing are all in synch making for an interesting and quick read. As I've noted over the years, when Diane Carey writes novels in the original series, she's in her element more so than any of the other series. The cover art for this novel is fairly creative and serves well in informing the reader of what period of Captain Kirk and crew you're dealing with. The premise: "Across time and space comes a fury...!" A quote directly from the cover and yes, it is an extremely accurate and telling statement. For many years the Federation has dealt with the Klingon Empire from either open war or cold war but never has the Federation received a call for help from them. That is exactly what they receive and the Federation sends their very best to deal with whatever the situation may be. The Klingons have found themselves dealing with a massive starship that they're unable to destroy. Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise come on the scene and discover that this ship and its leader, Vergo Zenner are but the mere vanguard of a massive invasion fleet that is headed to reclaim what they believe to be there territory since time before memory and that territory happens to encompass the Federation, Klingon Empire and the Romulan Star Empire. What follows from there is an extremely interesting and intriguing tale that is also a bit rare in Star Trek fiction where it deals more with Captain Kirk as the negotiator. Of course, when comes time to revert to the creative combat leader that he is, he steps right up to the plate. I highly recommend not only this first book in the series but the entire "Invasion!" series as whole. {ssintrepid}
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Summary: Star Trek #79 Invasion! First Strike - A great series!
Review: "First Strike" leads off the first crossover series in Pocket Books multiple lines of Star Trek fiction. Credit for this incredible, time and space spanning series goes to its concept creators, John J. Ordover, Pocket Books head Star Trek editor and Diane Carey, the author of this novel. As a whole, this series is great for the first of its kind in Star Trek fiction; individually, this first story a fairly good one, keeping in good faith with Diane Carey's writing style. The stories premise, plot setup, execution and pacing are all in synch making for an interesting and quick read. As I've noted over the years, when Diane Carey writes novels in the original series, she's in her element more so than any of the other series. The cover art for this novel is fairly creative and serves well in informing the reader of what period of Captain Kirk and crew you're dealing with. The premise: "Across time and space comes a fury...!" A quote directly from the cover and yes, it is an extremely accurate and telling statement. For many years the Federation has dealt with the Klingon Empire from either open war or cold war but never has the Federation received a call for help from them. That is exactly what they receive and the Federation sends their very best to deal with whatever the situation may be. The Klingons have found themselves dealing with a massive starship that they're unable to destroy. Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise come on the scene and discover that this ship and its leader, Vergo Zenner are but the mere vanguard of a massive invasion fleet that is headed to reclaim what they believe to be there territory since time before memory and that territory happens to encompass the Federation, Klingon Empire and the Romulan Star Empire. What follows from there is an extremely interesting and intriguing tale that is also a bit rare in Star Trek fiction where it deals more with Captain Kirk as the negotiator. Of course, when comes time to revert to the creative combat leader that he is, he steps right up to the plate. I highly recommend not only this first book in the series but the entire "Invasion!" series as whole. {ssintrepid}
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Summary: "One of the Best Trek Books"
Review: Bully for the way Diane Carey developed the characters in this book. OK, everyone knows what Captain Kirk is like, but she really delved deep into his personality, showing what drives him and how he percieves himself in the the world of Starfleet. Klingon General Kellen and Vergo Zennor of the Furies were flat out awesome. Kellen is the most rational, even-keel Klingon you'll ever meet, until the Furies appear in our part of the Galaxy, then he goes into full-blown Klingon mode of "Shoot! Kill! Destroy!" Zennor seemed in a tenuous situation through the entire book. While the Furies dogma says with absolute certainty this is the part of the Galaxy where they were banished from, Zennor keeps demanding more proof before deciding if they should go to war with the Klingons and the UFP. All the while Kirk is doing what he can to negotiate a solution, but Kellen and his fleet are ready to blast the Furies to hell. I also loved the way Kellen perceived Kirk. At the beginning of the book, he has a lot of respect for the man, even though he is an enemy. But the more he talks to the Furies, that respect goes out the window. I dug his one observation, "This Kirk was no Kirk." The story was excellent with many, "Oh ****" moments and some really cool battle scenes. I look forward to reading the rest of the "Invasion" series.
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Summary: "One of the Best Trek Books"
Review: Bully for the way Diane Carey developed the characters in this book. OK, everyone knows what Captain Kirk is like, but she really delved deep into his personality, showing what drives him and how he percieves himself in the the world of Starfleet. Klingon General Kellen and Vergo Zennor of the Furies were flat out awesome. Kellen is the most rational, even-keel Klingon you'll ever meet, until the Furies appear in our part of the Galaxy, then he goes into full-blown Klingon mode of "Shoot! Kill! Destroy!" Zennor seemed in a tenuous situation through the entire book. While the Furies dogma says with absolute certainty this is the part of the Galaxy where they were banished from, Zennor keeps demanding more proof before deciding if they should go to war with the Klingons and the UFP. All the while Kirk is doing what he can to negotiate a solution, but Kellen and his fleet are ready to blast the Furies to hell. I also loved the way Kellen perceived Kirk. At the beginning of the book, he has a lot of respect for the man, even though he is an enemy. But the more he talks to the Furies, that respect goes out the window. I dug his one observation, "This Kirk was no Kirk." The story was excellent with many, "Oh ****" moments and some really cool battle scenes. I look forward to reading the rest of the "Invasion" series.
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Summary: Book one of the Invasion saga.
Review: Diane Carey and Company have created a series of books (one conviently from each series)that are a major storyline in the Star Trek universe.
The Furies are quite a believable bunch of aliens when taken in the context and referenced to humanities own dark pre-history. They are however, not really viable as a life form. But if you can gloss over that part, the novel conforms to the tried and true Star Trek themes.
Note the error on page 120.
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Summary: Book one of the Invasion saga.
Review: Diane Carey and Company have created a series of books (one conviently from each series)that are a major storyline in the Star Trek universe. The Furies are quite a believable bunch of aliens when taken in the context and referenced to humanities own dark pre-history. They are however, not really viable as a life form. But if you can gloss over that part, the novel conforms to the tried and true Star Trek themes. Note the error on page 120.
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Summary: Great Book! Nice start to the Invasion! series.
Review: Diane Carey is an experienced writer for the Star Trek book series. She definitely shows her experience with this book, the first of a four-book series, entitled Invasion!. The book flows just like an episode of the show; the characters act just as one would see them acting on the screen. I am not a big fan of the original series; I am more of a next-generationer. Still, I loved this book! It is wonderfully written, and it really makes you think. Invasion! First Strike keeps a great pace; it does not get boring. I started it at 10 PM last night, and found myself still up at two o'clock when I finally finished it. It is definitely impossible to put down. Don't make the same mistake I did; when you start it, make sure you have time to finish it. The book introduces a race of creatures called the Furies. They are supposedly demons, such as those in ancient mythology: medusas, devils, etc. They were defeated in a grand battle five millenia ago, and banished to the other side of the galaxy. They have returned, and are looking for proof that this is indeed where they used to rule. Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise must disprove this theory, or at least convince them not to destroy civilization. This proves to be a difficult task. If you like Star Trek, BUY THIS BOOK!
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Summary: Writing 101
Review: Don't get me wrong, but I am a huge fan of anything Star Trek and although I have read many Star Trek books, the vast majority are a baby step or two above exercises in high school creative writing. However, Diane Carey takes the concept of contrived dialog and awful similies to new heights. The only thing that makes this book slightly readable is that it is about Star Trek. Believe me, if Carey were to write on any other subject in this style, she would be hurled out the door of any self respecting publisher. Basically, her work slouches on the shoulders of giants.
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Summary: Nice start to the series!
Review: I am more of a fan of TNG and DS9 than I am the original series, but I found this book to be very good. It shows how Klingons and Humans CAN work together to fight a common goal. If you are a big fan of the original series, you are going to love this book. If you like the other series better, like me, your still gonna love this book. It makes you want to pick up the next one in the series and read all night
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