Rating: 
Summary: should I even have bothered
Review: I tried to read this book, I really did but please Daffyd you could really do more with this book. I have had trouble reading other books before but I am a pretty open person and usually manage to finish them. However I couldn't even get halfway through this book, it was that terrible. Still, everyone is different, don't let my silly ramblings, dissuade you from buying this book you may like it. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Rating: 
Summary: Action and humor, a good book.
Review: In contrast to some other reviews, I think that this was a good book. I am a major ST fan, and though I agree that the chracters and not so in...chracter, but let's not forget that they are not really themselves at that time. As for the 'Chief Engineer' comment, if I'm not mistaken, Voyager was one of the first starship in the Federation that possesed the bio-tec technology, thus it is reasonable to say that Torres might not be as familiar as she likes with it.Aside from the minor chracter flaw, which could be explained, this is a good book to read, filled with actions and humorous situations and all the weird ideas they came up to overcome the Fury's technology.
Rating: 
Summary: Gives good detail in the characters.
Review: It gave good detail on what the creatures looked like in the story. It also left off from "Soldiers of Fear", with the mysterious federation distress call from Redbay's Shuttle. The previous comments given about this book are unecessary. Daffyd Ab Hugh deserves a little more respect for doing such a wonderful job on this book.
Rating:
Summary: Lots of fun, Kind of hokey, Great way to sell 4 books
Review: It wasn't bad. If, however, you were happily, blissfully
working your way through the Star Trek novels from a
particular series (ST, TNG, DS9, or Voyager) and you came
across the next book in the series, you were suddenly
surprised. "Hey," you say, "This is the 9th book of the Voyager series, but it's the FOURTH book of this other
series -- Invasion!" Shortly thereafter you'd say, "ARGH!!"
because you'd have realized that in order to do this "right"
you really have to buy all four books of the series. UGLY!
While it was kind of neat to be reading a series that crossed
all four ST's, I felt a bit cheated by having to spend over
$20 to read the next book in a $5/book series...
Rating:
Summary: I you like Voyager DO NOT read this book!
Review: Mr Dafydd Ab Hugh must not have watched a single voyager show
in his entire life in order to have written this book. The
characters were completely out of character, Neelix basically
does everything cause Janeway and Tuvok cant see to find their
brains or training. This was by far the worst not only Trek but
and book that I have ever read, and believe me I have read my share.
The rest of the Invasion series is well worth reading, but don't
even bother to pick this one up. It does not end the series and
you will tear your hair out, rant and scream at the abusurdity
of it.
Rating:
Summary: Best of the BEST!!!!!
Review: The best Star Trek book I've ever read! Usually I don't like the Voyager books as much as the TNG novels, but this one was the BEST! I loaned it to a friend of mine, and we both agree it is at the top of our Star Trek lists! While the characters do act out of the first season, the story, action, and humor made up for any inconsistencies. A few gripes: Janeway gets mad way to easily, and threatens to demote various crewmembers and throw them in the brig! Yes, B'Elanna's competence crisis did seem a little out of place, but more in line with season one, and her latest problems dealing with emotional difficulties made it seem a little more plausible. Tom Paris NEVER called Harry "Kim" Except for those few mistakes, the book lived up to and in fact passed my expectations. The writing was wonderful, and Neelix's comments about carrying a spare communicator and phaser rang true! Oh, and the bit about Janeway using her hairclip on the door. I am obsessed with her hair :-)
Rating: 
Summary: A few scenes saved it.
Review: The final volume of the Invasion series is a pleasant surprise and makes for a fitting conclusion to the self-proclaimed "ultimate Star Trek saga." In Book One, Jim Kirk stops the advance guard of the Furies while Jean-Luc Picard prevents the next attempt at invading the Alpha Quadrant. Book Three, the best of the series and one of the best Star Trek novels I have ever read, has Benjamin Sisko and his crew dealing with the creatures that cast out the Furies from the universe five thousand years earlier. With Book Four we come to Kathryn (I think that spelling was used the most) Janeway discovering the next threat from the Furies. What makes "The Final Fury" so fascinating is that Dafydd ab Hugh provides not only some interesting Star Trek science problems but also give Janeway the biggest moral dilemma in Star Trek history. There are 27 billion Furies living on a planet-like starship, having prepared for centuries to reconquer the Alpha Quadrant. They are going to make their sun go nova, harness the energy, and use it to transport themselves to the heart of the Federation when they will use their fear weapon to re-enslave everyone everywhere. While Voyager's crew grapples with the technical question of how to stop this from happening, Janeway has to deal with the responsibility that if they succeed they will kill every being on the planet. The trite philosophical chestnut, "If you could go back in time and kill Hitler as a baby, would you do it?" is transformed into a very real question for Janeway. The debate among the characters is very interesting, and quite surprising in several regards. The main sub-plot has to do with B'Elanna Torres having a severe crisis of confidence. Although you have to remember this is early on in the Voyager storyline (Book 9), this is a bit contrived, but you have to respect the effort to develop the character a bit more in terms of being Human/Klingon, which the series failed to do until the last couple of seasons. Of course, the technical aspects of the storyline will ultimately depend on her. I also liked the way a minor but pivotal character from an earlier Invasion series makes surprise reappearance. Overall, this is a more than adequate payoff for the Invasion series, which is pretty impressive because usually the endings are never quite up to the set up, a complaint I have been making ever since I first saw "Apocalypse Now." This volume ends with a series of words from the authors that are fairly interesting and provide more insights into what they were up to with each of their novels than you usually find in Star Trek books. Of course, if you have gotten this far you have already made up your mind on whether the entire series was worthwhile, but for me three out of four sure ain't bad.
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Summary: Will Janeway be the biggest mass murderer of all time?
Review: The final volume of the Invasion series is a pleasant surprise and makes for a fitting conclusion to the self-proclaimed "ultimate Star Trek saga." In Book One, Jim Kirk stops the advance guard of the Furies while Jean-Luc Picard prevents the next attempt at invading the Alpha Quadrant. Book Three, the best of the series and one of the best Star Trek novels I have ever read, has Benjamin Sisko and his crew dealing with the creatures that cast out the Furies from the universe five thousand years earlier. With Book Four we come to Kathryn (I think that spelling was used the most) Janeway discovering the next threat from the Furies. What makes "The Final Fury" so fascinating is that Dafydd ab Hugh provides not only some interesting Star Trek science problems but also give Janeway the biggest moral dilemma in Star Trek history. There are 27 billion Furies living on a planet-like starship, having prepared for centuries to reconquer the Alpha Quadrant. They are going to make their sun go nova, harness the energy, and use it to transport themselves to the heart of the Federation when they will use their fear weapon to re-enslave everyone everywhere. While Voyager's crew grapples with the technical question of how to stop this from happening, Janeway has to deal with the responsibility that if they succeed they will kill every being on the planet. The trite philosophical chestnut, "If you could go back in time and kill Hitler as a baby, would you do it?" is transformed into a very real question for Janeway. The debate among the characters is very interesting, and quite surprising in several regards. The main sub-plot has to do with B'Elanna Torres having a severe crisis of confidence. Although you have to remember this is early on in the Voyager storyline (Book 9), this is a bit contrived, but you have to respect the effort to develop the character a bit more in terms of being Human/Klingon, which the series failed to do until the last couple of seasons. Of course, the technical aspects of the storyline will ultimately depend on her. I also liked the way a minor but pivotal character from an earlier Invasion series makes surprise reappearance. Overall, this is a more than adequate payoff for the Invasion series, which is pretty impressive because usually the endings are never quite up to the set up, a complaint I have been making ever since I first saw "Apocalypse Now." This volume ends with a series of words from the authors that are fairly interesting and provide more insights into what they were up to with each of their novels than you usually find in Star Trek books. Of course, if you have gotten this far you have already made up your mind on whether the entire series was worthwhile, but for me three out of four sure ain't bad.
Rating: 
Summary: Not the best of the invasion books
Review: This book was okay, however it did not really do justice to the other invasion books. First of all, the author makes too many mistakes,about the characters( he also did this in 'Vengeance'), secondly this books gets too tedious too read after a while, especially when B'Elanna and Redbay go on the moons' surface. After reading first strike, soldiers of fear and Times enemy, this book was slightly disappointing. However it was not all bad, I certainly like the part where Tuvok, janeway and neelix are in the fury cell, and neelix is lecturing them about starfleet effciency. On the whole, it was okay.
Rating:
Summary: It was fair. Once was definatelly enough for me.
Review: This book would be good for people who like Star Trek, but are not "real" fans of Star Trek. If you are a great fan of Star Trek and want the books to be written in a manner that is consistent to the show you might not enjoy it as much. B'Elanna Torres, the "Chief" Engineer, does not understand all of the circuitry on the ship. B'Elanna said, and I quote, "...I just wish I were back in a...Maquis ship without all this weird, bioneural circuitry!" Why would she be Chief Engineer if she did not understand the ship's circuitry? Also, some of the people are out of character. I am a MAJOR Star Trek Fanatic, Trekker, Star Trek Enthusiast. The writter has some stuff happen, to be funny, but it just would not happen in Star Trek the way it does. I like the books to be true to Star Trek, written like a Voyager episode, more realistic to Star Trek. The Inertial Dampers were off-line, and they were all getting sick. Shouldn't the docor be ab! ! le to cure their nausea due to the constant rocking? We already have pills today that cures nausea for quite a while, so why cann't they cure it in the future?
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