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Summary: Star Trek The Badlands Book Two of Two truly good Trek!
Review: Part 3Star Trek Voyager Part 3 takes place 2371, just prior to Voyager being torn out of the alpha quadrant to the delta quadrant by the Caretaker. This is another wonderful story giving us a brief back story for several events prior to the events in "The Caretaker." The author takes us there with Chakotay, B'Elanna, Seska and Tuvok as they begin a Maquis operation. Seska, being a Cardassian spy is trying her best to warn Gul Evek about an impending raid. She's desperately hoping to successfully foil the raid and be able to leave the Maquis. Unfortunately for her and Gul Evek, the Maquis raiding force is afflicted with the same type of damage that Captain Kirk's Enterprise and Captain Picard's Enterprise had taken. Chakotay's ship isn't as seriously damaged and Chakotay takes advantage of an unprotected Cardassian station. We follow Chakotay and crew right up to the point their taken by the Caretaker. We catch up with Captain Janeway just as she's taking Voyager away from Deep Space Nine. She's on her way to the Badlands to find the Maquis ship with her Chief of Security, Tuvok aboard. Along the way the Voyager takes a small hit from this mysterious, sub space tetryon radiation. They then receive a distress call from Gul Evek, his ship took the brunt of the damage from the odd beam and he's preparing to abandon ship. Voyager of course picks the Cardassians up so they can rendezvous' with Gul Dukat to transfer the survivors. She puts Gul Evek into a particularly interesting light, where though he's the enemy, you truly feel sorry for him. Just after transferring the survivors, Captain Janeway has the ship in the Badlands searching for the Maquis and then the infamous coherent tetryon beam takes them to the gamma quadrant! This third story in the series is exceptionally well written. A lot of the plot line for this one is seamlessly tied into canon from the episodes. Magnificent story! Part 4 Deep Space Nine Part 4 takes place in 2373. Captain Sisko has just finished closing off the Maquis base in the Terikof Belt. Odo has just gone through the experience of the baby changeling and its death, the baby consequently giving him his morphing ability back. Bashir has been captured by the Jem'Hadar and there is a changeling in his guise on Deep Space Nine. Odo determines to find out where the baby changeling had been injured by the tetryon radiation that killed it. Through his usually tenacious investigative process he finds out that the baby changeling had been discovered near the Badlands. Given Captain Janeway's discovery three years prior that the Badlands anomaly is in actuality a Romulan Artificial Quantam Singularity (AQS) that was released when the prototype Romulan Warbird was destroyed in part one of this great story, Odo enlists Captain Sisko's aid to track it down and remove the threat. Along the way, we're treated to a young Tal Shiar commander of a Romulan scout ship that itself is sent to capture the AQS and use it for their own little plan. We are also treated to Weyoun and a couple Jem'Hadar ships carrying out the pre invasion negotiations with Gul Dukat. This is a stunningly well written story and closer for this great four part, two book series! Susan Wright has with these two book proven that she can write well for any of the four series! Of the four stories though, I would say that the Deep Space Nine is the best! Of no doubt, I would recommend these two books to any Trek fan!
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Summary: Voyager's Prequal, Sisko's Win... a good Book!
Review: Some of these reviews are just to darn picky! I mean goodness... look, Book 1 was pretty good with the whole " menace " in the Badlands defeating the first Enterprise and then Picard and crew. Book 2 was even better. Why? Because it fills the gap in between critical Voyager and DS9 episodes! Now look, why exactly was Tuvok and the Marqui lost in the Badlands? You'll find out! Remember Odo and the baby changelling that died? Or the Bashir Changelling for half that season? They play a big role in this book as well! Janeway and the ORIGINAL Voyager crew with Commander Cavit and Dr. Bist search for Tuvok and the Marqui crew who was lost within the Badlands after destroying Opek Nor! The Menace as we saw in Book 1, hit the Marqui and the Cardassian vessel with Evek. Janeway and the Voyager assist Evek and his ship and soon she discovers the Menace and its origin which dates back to the days of James T. Kirk. Just as the Menace hits Voyager, the Caretaker does as well and so the Voyager adventure begins. This book explores Paris' lonliness more as well and the crew and Seska and simply everything. Now after that episode where Odo's baby changelling dies and gives Odo back his powers, the Defiant goes into the Badlands to put an end to the AQS in the Badlands. They also assist the Romulans who plan on defeating the Dominion ( heh... good luck! ) This book also explains the Dominion/ Cardassian alliance. So basically, just get the book! Don't let these others turn you off from this book. Give it a chance, I think you'll like it.
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Summary: Voyager's Prequal, Sisko's Win... a good Book!
Review: Some of these reviews are just to darn picky! I mean goodness... look, Book 1 was pretty good with the whole " menace " in the Badlands defeating the first Enterprise and then Picard and crew. Book 2 was even better. Why? Because it fills the gap in between critical Voyager and DS9 episodes! Now look, why exactly was Tuvok and the Marqui lost in the Badlands? You'll find out! Remember Odo and the baby changelling that died? Or the Bashir Changelling for half that season? They play a big role in this book as well! Janeway and the ORIGINAL Voyager crew with Commander Cavit and Dr. Bist search for Tuvok and the Marqui crew who was lost within the Badlands after destroying Opek Nor! The Menace as we saw in Book 1, hit the Marqui and the Cardassian vessel with Evek. Janeway and the Voyager assist Evek and his ship and soon she discovers the Menace and its origin which dates back to the days of James T. Kirk. Just as the Menace hits Voyager, the Caretaker does as well and so the Voyager adventure begins. This book explores Paris' lonliness more as well and the crew and Seska and simply everything. Now after that episode where Odo's baby changelling dies and gives Odo back his powers, the Defiant goes into the Badlands to put an end to the AQS in the Badlands. They also assist the Romulans who plan on defeating the Dominion ( heh... good luck! ) This book also explains the Dominion/ Cardassian alliance. So basically, just get the book! Don't let these others turn you off from this book. Give it a chance, I think you'll like it.
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