Rating: 
Summary: It was a fairly good book.
Review: This was a very good book, but definately not the best. It had a few humorous lines, and it explained about the Academy. Of course, it did have a few flaws. It was interesting, and worth the money, but it just ... wasn't the best.
Rating: 
Summary: Horrible
Review: This was absolutley the worst book I have ever read. Star Trek or otherwise. It is the only book that that I haven't finished just because I hated it. Everything about this book was wrong. Mainly though, the part that got to me and will get to anyone who has watched more than one epsiode or read another Star Trek book is the characters. Everything they say is wrong. I'm serious almost everything they say and do is wrong. It's ubelievable every character. The worst from what I had read before I quit was Worf though. He backed down almost everytime he was spoken too. (Worf back down in a conversation?) And another example: At one poit Geordi basically cusses out the bridge crew just because he is in a bad mood apparently, then ends the communication and laugh's to himself how he guesses he'll never get to command he's own ship.(stupid) Everything in this book is absurd, if you like Star Trek don't buy this book, and if you don't listen to me see if you can surpass 83 pages that was all that I could stand.
Rating:
Summary: Is this book a joke?
Review: This was possibly the worst book, star trek or otherwise, that I have ever read. It amazes me as I look through the other reviews that anyone could have given this travesty more than one star. Forget the poor characterization. Forget how it tries and ultimately fails to tie into the rest of the Star Trek universe. This book doesn't even remain consistent within itself. From the very beginning, the author makes it clear that none of the inventions work. Right away you ask yourself, what is the point? Who cares whether a device that is ultimately harmless falls into Ferengi, Cardassian or Federation hands, and why bother to write a book with a meaningless plot? Aparently even the characters don't care, because after going through all the trouble to obtain it (which for the most part means participating in an auction with rules so crazy that any rational being would have gotten up and walked right out) Picard eventually lets the Cardassians have it. Foolish. The author has trouble keeping his own facts straight as well. At the beginning of the book, the major challenge for the Federation is getting a ship to the auction on time because, without exceeding warp five, it would take weeks and they would be too late. At the end of the book, however, that mysteriously changes (without any explanation from the author). At warp five they can have Wesley back on Earth in less than a day in a half. If they could get him back that quickly, why couldn't they have also sent a ship from Earth to the auction in the same amount of time? And why didn't any of the best minds in Starfleet notice this inconsistency? I've read some excellent Star Trek books, but the last few I've read have been horrible. Do the editors still care about telling a good story, or are they just cranking these things out to make a quick buck thinking that fans will buy anything, no matter how poorly it is executed, as long as it carries the Star Trek logo? It's sad, but the best books I've read recently are the Harry Potter books, King Fortis the Brave and Artemis Fowl, all written for young adults. It's a shame that these Star Trek authors that are supposedly writing for grown-ups can't treat their readers with the same respect that the authors of the childrens books do. If you enjoy having your intelligence insulted, pick up this book. If you want to read a well-written story, this is not the novel for you.
Rating:
Summary: Is this book a joke?
Review: This was possibly the worst book, star trek or otherwise, that I have ever read. It amazes me as I look through the other reviews that anyone could have given this travesty more than one star. Forget the poor characterization. Forget how it tries and ultimately fails to tie into the rest of the Star Trek universe. This book doesn't even remain consistent within itself. From the very beginning, the author makes it clear that none of the inventions work. Right away you ask yourself, what is the point? Who cares whether a device that is ultimately harmless falls into Ferengi, Cardassian or Federation hands, and why bother to write a book with a meaningless plot? Aparently even the characters don't care, because after going through all the trouble to obtain it (which for the most part means participating in an auction with rules so crazy that any rational being would have gotten up and walked right out) Picard eventually lets the Cardassians have it. Foolish. The author has trouble keeping his own facts straight as well. At the beginning of the book, the major challenge for the Federation is getting a ship to the auction on time because, without exceeding warp five, it would take weeks and they would be too late. At the end of the book, however, that mysteriously changes (without any explanation from the author). At warp five they can have Wesley back on Earth in less than a day in a half. If they could get him back that quickly, why couldn't they have also sent a ship from Earth to the auction in the same amount of time? And why didn't any of the best minds in Starfleet notice this inconsistency? I've read some excellent Star Trek books, but the last few I've read have been horrible. Do the editors still care about telling a good story, or are they just cranking these things out to make a quick buck thinking that fans will buy anything, no matter how poorly it is executed, as long as it carries the Star Trek logo? It's sad, but the best books I've read recently are the Harry Potter books, King Fortis the Brave and Artemis Fowl, all written for young adults. It's a shame that these Star Trek authors that are supposedly writing for grown-ups can't treat their readers with the same respect that the authors of the childrens books do. If you enjoy having your intelligence insulted, pick up this book. If you want to read a well-written story, this is not the novel for you.
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