Book Review: ‘The High Country’ by John Jackson Miller
March 3, 2023 at 9:26 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Star Trek | 1 CommentTags: john jackson miller, strange new worlds
Star Trek: The High Country is the first novel in the Strange New Worlds line of books to release from Gallery Books. It was written by John Jackson Miller and it was released in February of 2023.
John Jackson Miller is no stranger to Star Trek literature, having written seven novels and novella before this. He is also no stranger to the Pike-era crew, as he wrote for them in his novel The Enterprise War. As such, he was the perfect person to lead off the Strange New Worlds line of books at Gallery Books.
Continue Reading Book Review: ‘The High Country’ by John Jackson Miller…Book Review: ‘Child of Two Worlds’ by Greg Cox
February 13, 2023 at 8:18 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Star Trek | 1 CommentTags: greg cox
Star Trek: Child of Two Worlds is a standalone novel from The Original Series line of Star Trek books from Pocket Books. It was written by Greg Cox and was released in December 2015.
The first thing I will say is that Greg Cox can write some amazing Star Trek stories. Between this book and The Antares Maelstrom, he has made his way into my Star Trek author top five!
This book is a very straightforward book, and yet it has so much heart to it. Greg Cox takes the simple question of “Nature vs Nurture” and applies it to a Cyprian Girl who is kidnapped by the Klingons and has now become Klingon in almost every aspect. The question is does the Enterprise return her to the Cyprians?….or to the Klingons?
Continue Reading Book Review: ‘Child of Two Worlds’ by Greg Cox…Book Review: ‘Raise the Dawn’ by David R. George III
January 16, 2023 at 8:45 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Star Trek | Leave a commentTags: david r. george iii, typhon pact
Star Trek: Raise the Dawn is the penultimate novel in the Typhon Pact series. It was written by David R. George III and was released in July of 2012.
While the Typhon Pact series has had everything from fantastic entries to utterly dull ones, this book lands itself somewhere in the middle. There are things that I thought were excellently done in this book, while there were other elements that bored me throughout.
I’ll begin with what works in the book. When writing a political story, David R. George does a really good job. The Typhon Pact vs. The Federation storyline here was fascinating and I was hooked on every chapter. In some ways, this book paid off several books of development, particularly the last few by David R. George. While I’ve seen many reviewers discuss how this novel is part of a duology with Plagues of Night, I would argue that it’s more of an end to a trilogy, including Rough Beasts of Empire.
Continue Reading Book Review: ‘Raise the Dawn’ by David R. George III…Book Review: ‘Harm’s Way’ by David Mack
December 20, 2022 at 7:28 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Star Trek | Leave a commentTags: david mack, vanguard
Star Trek: Harm’s Way is the newest novel set in the original oeries era by David Mack. It was released by Simon and Schuster’s Gallery Books imprint in December of 2022.
David Mack has a long and storied career with Star Trek books. He has written over 30 in his tenure there, making him one of the most widely published authors along with Peter David and Dayton Ward. Along with Peter David, Mack is the one other author I’ve heard many many people call their “Favorite Star Trek Author.”
And for good reason, because he turns in amazing books!
Continue Reading Book Review: ‘Harm’s Way’ by David Mack…Book Review: ‘Plagues of Night’ by David R. George III
December 8, 2022 at 9:20 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Star Trek | Leave a commentTags: david r. george iii, typhon pact
Star Trek: Plagues of Night is the fifth novel in the Typhon Pact series. It was written by David R. George III and was published by Simon and Schuster’s Pocket Books in June of 2012.
The Typhon Pact has been really hit or miss thus far. Some books have been great, while other books have been mediocre or downright bad. David R George has been the primary DS9 writer for Pocket Books before and during the Typhon Pact, and here he proves why he earned that mantel.
Continue Reading Book Review: ‘Plagues of Night’ by David R. George III…Book Review: ‘Paths of Disharmony’ by Dayton Ward
November 21, 2022 at 7:53 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Star Trek | Leave a commentTags: dayton ward, typhon pact
Star Trek: Paths of Disharmony is the fourth book in the Typhon Pact line of novels from Pocket Books at Simon and Schuster. It was written by Dayton Ward and was released in February 2011.
The Typhon pact has had some hits and misses. Zero Sum Game was a mediocre novel, while Seize the Fire was very disappointing and Rough Beasts of Empire was partially amazing and partially poorly executed. I have also read some mixed books by Dayton Ward, so I wasn’t particularly excited about this one. However, one of my friends rated this very high on his list, and he and I have had similar thoughts on the Typhon pack novels thus far. So I was intrigued to see what this book was like.
And I’m so glad I did, because not only is it the best Typhon Pact novel, it’s also one of Dayton Ward’s best novels.
Continue Reading Book Review: ‘Paths of Disharmony’ by Dayton Ward…Book Review: ‘Rough Beasts of Empire’ by David R. George III
October 17, 2022 at 7:47 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Star Trek | Leave a commentTags: david r. george iii, typhon pact
Star Trek: Rough Beasts of Empire Is the third book in the Typhon Pact series. It was written by David R. George III and was released in January 2011.
I was incredibly nervous going into this book. I have read that this was an incredibly controversial book. You need look no further than the Goodreads ratings or the discussions by prominent Trek literary reviewers to know this book ruffled some feathers. I was especially nervous since I just read the first two book in the Typhon Pact series Zero Sum Game and Seize the Fire, both of which I thought were disappointingly mediocre.
Continue Reading Book Review: ‘Rough Beasts of Empire’ by David R. George III…Book Review: ‘Second Self’ by Una McCormack
September 20, 2022 at 11:01 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Star Trek | Leave a commentTags: picard, una mccormack
Star Trek Picard: Second Self is the newest Star Trek novel in the Picard line of novels published by Gallery Books. It was written by Una McCormack and was released in September of 2022.
The first thing I’ll say about this book is that it is a long time coming. We have not had a Star Trek novel in almost ten months since Deep Space Nine: Revenant came out last year. As such, there has been such a drought of Trek publishing that fans have been itching for a new release. This book was scheduled for release in May, but due to paper shortages kept getting pushed back to September. As such, this book has an important role in the history of Star Trek publishing.
Continue Reading Book Review: ‘Second Self’ by Una McCormack…Book Review: ‘Seize the Fire’ by Michael A. Martin
September 6, 2022 at 7:20 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Star Trek | 1 CommentTags: michael a. martin, typhon pact
Star Trek: Seize the Fire is the second novel in the Typhon Pact series. It was written by Michael A. Martin and was released in December of 2010.
After reading this novel, I can kind of see where they are taking this Typhon pact series. It appears that every book will essentially be another book in that ship’s particular line of novels (TNG, Titan, Aventine, DS9, etc), but there is a throughline current here about the threat about the Typhon Pact, although you’d almost be forgiven if you didn’t realize it in this book.
Continue Reading Book Review: ‘Seize the Fire’ by Michael A. Martin…Book Review: ‘Zero Sum Game’ by David Mack
August 16, 2022 at 6:17 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Star Trek | Leave a commentTags: david mack, typhon pact
Star Trek: Zero Sum Game is the first novel in the Typhon Pact line of novels. It was written by David Mack and was released in November of 2010.
David Mack has turned in several amazing books. His Destiny Trilogy is truly legendary for the scope and sheer audacity. His The Fall novel Ceremony of Losses was one of the best thematic books in Star Trek. His A Time to books and his Legacies book were both really stellar! Unfortunately, this book does not live up to the others.
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