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Summary: John Vornholt does it again!
Review: Another great Star Trek novel by John Vornholt. Quarantine gives us a good idea of how "Tom Riker" ends up joining the Maquis. As is par for the course with John Vornholt, he goes into great detail describing a beautiful planet and all of it's surroundings. Not a lot of Trek authors do that. I thought Torres seemed a little soft, considering her personality, but that can be explained away. Hopefully not too much of a spoiler. Another great installment in the "Double Helix" series and thank you to the author for another good read.
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Summary: John Vornholt does it again!
Review: Another great Star Trek novel by John Vornholt. Quarantine gives us a good idea of how "Tom Riker" ends up joining the Maquis. As is par for the course with John Vornholt, he goes into great detail describing a beautiful planet and all of it's surroundings. Not a lot of Trek authors do that. I thought Torres seemed a little soft, considering her personality, but that can be explained away. Hopefully not too much of a spoiler. Another great installment in the "Double Helix" series and thank you to the author for another good read.
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Summary: John Vornholt does it again!
Review: Another great Star Trek novel by John Vornholt. Quarantine gives us a good idea of how "Tom Riker" ends up joining the Maquis. As is par for the course with John Vornholt, he goes into great detail describing a beautiful planet and all of it's surroundings. Not a lot of Trek authors do that. I thought Torres seemed a little soft, considering her personality, but that can be explained away. Hopefully not too much of a spoiler. Another great installment in the "Double Helix" series and thank you to the author for another good read.
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Summary: A look at Chakotay, B'Elanna, & Tuvok when they were Maquis
Review: At last, a novel about Chakotay, B'Elanna, Tuvok, & Seska before they joined Voyager. Will Riker's clone Tom Riker is also seen between his appearances on TNG and his return as a Maquis on DS9. They join forces to help conquer a plague on a former Federation planet ceded to the Cardassians. The planet is almost entirely populated with genetic hybrids, who practically worship B'Elanna, as she is a Klingon-Human hybrid herself. Tuvok comes to an appreciation of Chakotay and the others, while Seska's actions hint at the future betrayal to come. I would love to see another Maquis book in the near future.
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Summary: An Ok Book
Review: BOOK REVIEW: "Quarantine" by John VornholtThis is the fourth book in the "Star Trek: Double Helix" series about a mysterious villain who has been releasing biological agents across the Alpha Quadrant in an effort to create the perfect plague. This time, the mysterious villain returns to his roots, as he has found the perfect lab to test his devastating multi-prion virus on: the world of Helena. A large and thriving colony founded and populated by people of mixed descent it's one of the few places where just about all of the races of the Alpha Quadrant are present. Located on a beautiful water world, each isolated island can also serve as mini petri dish for prolonged experimentation. And if the plague happens to escape the planet and infect the galaxy, all the more better A neutral world located in the Demilitarized Zone, the Federation is powerless to help. So it is only up to a handful of Maquis (Chakotay, Tuvok, Torres, Seska) and a Starfleet sympathizer (Thomas Riker) with limited resources to stop the plague. They must race against the clock while battling the mysterious villain's operative and prickly natives before a fleet of Cardassian ships arrive to destroy the infected planet, breaking their treaty with the Federation and potentially setting off another war. Highlights: 1) we get to see a pre-Voyager Chakotay and crew at work. 2) we learn more about Thomas Riker and get to see why and how he joined the Maquis. 3) the world of Helena is a fascinating smorgasbord of forgotten Trek races (Coridan, Antosians, etc.). 4) a DS9 character has a cameo that actually works out quite well. Nitpicks: 1) once again the plague itself gets little attention. 2) methinks this villain needs to dump the multi-prion virus, because it's getting way too easy to treat. 3) nothing new is revealed about the conspiracy. 4) as usual, it felt rushed at the end. All in all, it was an ok book. It's worth reading for Chakotay and Thomas Riker alone.
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Summary: An Ok Book
Review: BOOK REVIEW: "Quarantine" by John Vornholt This is the fourth book in the "Star Trek: Double Helix" series about a mysterious villain who has been releasing biological agents across the Alpha Quadrant in an effort to create the perfect plague. This time, the mysterious villain returns to his roots, as he has found the perfect lab to test his devastating multi-prion virus on: the world of Helena. A large and thriving colony founded and populated by people of mixed descent it's one of the few places where just about all of the races of the Alpha Quadrant are present. Located on a beautiful water world, each isolated island can also serve as mini petri dish for prolonged experimentation. And if the plague happens to escape the planet and infect the galaxy, all the more better A neutral world located in the Demilitarized Zone, the Federation is powerless to help. So it is only up to a handful of Maquis (Chakotay, Tuvok, Torres, Seska) and a Starfleet sympathizer (Thomas Riker) with limited resources to stop the plague. They must race against the clock while battling the mysterious villain's operative and prickly natives before a fleet of Cardassian ships arrive to destroy the infected planet, breaking their treaty with the Federation and potentially setting off another war. Highlights: 1) we get to see a pre-Voyager Chakotay and crew at work. 2) we learn more about Thomas Riker and get to see why and how he joined the Maquis. 3) the world of Helena is a fascinating smorgasbord of forgotten Trek races (Coridan, Antosians, etc.). 4) a DS9 character has a cameo that actually works out quite well. Nitpicks: 1) once again the plague itself gets little attention. 2) methinks this villain needs to dump the multi-prion virus, because it's getting way too easy to treat. 3) nothing new is revealed about the conspiracy. 4) as usual, it felt rushed at the end. All in all, it was an ok book. It's worth reading for Chakotay and Thomas Riker alone.
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Summary: Weakest of the series to date...
Review: Given the potential that existed for this book, I was hoping for a lot more... Instead, what I got was a pedestrian and at times predictable entry into the Double Helix saga that features Tom Riker and the Maquis. What could have been an interesting and fun romp through the early days of Chakotay, Tuvok and B'Elanna instead turns out to be a paint-by-numbers Trek novel. The virus plotline seems like it's added late in the storyline and is forced at points. Overall, I can't really recommend the book, except that some events here may affect the outcome of this six book saga.
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Summary: Follow-up to IDIC Epidemic?
Review: Having just finished two of the original series books, The Vulcan Academy Murders & The IDIC Epidemic, I was struck by this book's similarity to the latter book. Both are set on planets where diversity prevails & many of the victims are of mixed parentage (though not as mixed as in the newer book). Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Sarek, & assorted Vulcans, humans, a gallant Klingon, & his two Klingon/human sons save the day. If you liked this book (as I did), try to get the older book & compare the two.
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Summary: Very good
Review: I have yet to read a bomb in the Double Helix series. Red Sector was lacking in some parts, but it was still good. Like books 1 and 2, book 4 did great. It presented Tom Riker in a very cool way, in which he joins the Maquis. The planet they visit is very interesting. A very good story. My only problem with it was that a cure wasn't really found. They got rid of the infectors, but not the real diseis. Still, it did justic to the rest of the series. Now... all they need to make the whole series a hit is for the next two books to be good.
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Summary: A good read for any Star Trek fan
Review: I like the way this story feeds into the DS9 episode featuring Tom Riker. But the one thing that spoilt it for me was the mention on page 5 of Chakotay's concern for his people on Dorvan V. I thought it had been established long long ago that Chakotay doesn't come from Dorvan V. Apart from that, an enjoyable book for any ST fan, whether Voyager or Next Generation
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