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Summary: Good concept
Review: A good concept for a story that doesn't develop well enough to be thsi short of a book. Basically they spend most of their time hidden and then escape in the nick of time. I wished that this book would've been better, it had the potential to be greater and unfortunately the ideas didn't always live up to the promise of what I think the writers wanted them to.
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Summary: Good concept
Review: A good concept for a story that doesn't develop well enough to be thsi short of a book. Basically they spend most of their time hidden and then escape in the nick of time. I wished that this book would've been better, it had the potential to be greater and unfortunately the ideas didn't always live up to the promise of what I think the writers wanted them to.
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Summary: The first Star Trek DS9 novel with Worf.
Review: As you have read above, Mr. Betancourt considers this to be a fine example of Star Trek fiction. Having Worf join DS9 was the biggest event in DS9 for several years, and truly gave the show another dimension.
The Heart of the Warrior is an introduction to the new environment of DS9 with Worf. The story itself has a concise plot line that involves only a few of the characters. Heart is very similar to some of the Star Trek episodes which focus on a particular character, Thus, Heart will be acceptable to most Star Trek readers.
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Summary: DARN GOOD BOOK
Review: I HAVE READ APP. 50 OR 60 TREK BOOKS AND THIS BOOK IS PROBABLY THE BEST BOOK OF ALL OF THEM. I LOOK FOR BETANCOURT'S BOOKS WHEN I GO SHOPPING. THANKS TO THE AUTHOR FOR SUCH A GOOD BOOK
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Summary: good, but inaccurate
Review: I really liked this book. It has everything from Changlings to Jem'Hadar to religious riots. However, Jem'Hadar don't sleep and Changelings don't have names. If you can ignore this you will have a lot of fun reading it, though.
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Summary: Terrible!!!!!
Review: I will not say "If you a true fan, don't read this book", or anything like that, but, to me this book seemed like a rehash of the old "Oh, Sisko's sending a team to destroy a Jem'Hadar base or get a secret weapon to defeat the Dominion." Overall,this novel is pointless. I'll wait (and hope) for a DS9 book by J.M. Dillard where Kai Winn gets possessed by a Pah-wraith, and runs amuck on DS9 (serve her right, too, for dabbling with Pah-wraith occultism).
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Summary: Terrible!!!!!
Review: I will not say "If you a true fan, don't read this book", or anything like that, but, to me this book seemed like a rehash of the old "Oh, Sisko's sending a team to destroy a Jem'Hadar base or get a secret weapon to defeat the Dominion." Overall,this novel is pointless. I'll wait (and hope) for a DS9 book by J.M. Dillard where Kai Winn gets possessed by a Pah-wraith, and runs amuck on DS9 (serve her right, too, for dabbling with Pah-wraith occultism).
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Summary: This book had a heart attack...
Review: The book starts out fairly good, but then once they go off into the gamma quadrant and meet the Jem'Hadar warship, it sucks. The Jem'Hadar act nothing like they do in the show, and neither do the changelings. The changelings talk about the weather and other cultures, and they take Odo to an outpost where changelings are just walking around. And worse, the Jem'Hadar are hunting down something on their ship for sport, wearing something you'd see in Hawaii. Don't buy this book!!!!! I set it on fire after reading it.
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Summary: The author comments on the book.
Review: The publisher gave me the opportunity to write the first original Deep Space 9 novel featuring Worf after he joined the crew. It became a very dark, very intense book, which TV ZONE (a British review magazine) called "brilliant." I think it's pretty darn good myself -- easily the best of my 3 Star Trek novels. (See also Voyager's INCIDENT AT ARBUK and my other DS9 novel, DEVIL IN THE SKY, co-written with Greg Cox.) This may also turn out to be one of the best-selling DS9 novels ever, since everyone from Blockbuster Video to all the bookstore chains have been promoting it heavily. Give it a try -- you won't be disappointed
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Summary: DS9 #17 The Heart of the Warrior - Good but not great!
Review: What better title could an author have for the first original Star Trek Deep Space Nine novel with the character of Lieutenant Commander Worf? That being said, this book does leave a lot to be desired if you, the reader, have watched the entire saga that is Star Trek Deep Space Nine. When sitting down to read this book, one has to take the time to consider the time in which it was written and published which was well before the series as a whole thoroughly explored the Dominion and its makeup, from the Founders to the Vorta and ultimately the Jem'Hadar. Take heart in the fact that John G. Betancourt, who is an excellent author in the Star Trek genre, did not have the benefit of two to three seasons' worth of canon to work with but only a small amount of Dominion "facts" and a lot of speculation. For making the first attempt at an original DS9 story including Worf and tackling a novel dealing primarily with the Dominion and a mission in the Gamma Quadrant, I found the overall premise to be a good one, rife with the potential to be a superior story but that potential was ultimately unrealized. Where this novel tripped was in the execution of the plot and the characterizations which I spoke about above. Given those considerations, the pacing of the novel suffered some as well, detracting from the experience. The cover art for the novel is a bit better than the standard fare for the time in which this novel was published. The premise: While Captain Sisko and the rest of the crew deal with a crucial peace conference on Deep Space Nine Major Kira and Worf embark on a mission deep in the Gamma Quadrant to find the secret of the Ketracel White that the Founders use to control the Jem'Hadar. What follows from there is an interesting but ultimately unsatisfying story that is contradicted in many ways by the series, which is too bad considering the effort that the author put into this novel. I would still recommend this novel for the basic story behind it if not for the characterizations and the "suppositions" about the Dominion. {ssintrepid}
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