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cheryl6of8's review against another edition
3.0
Book one in a trilogy. Loved spending time with the Voyager crew again and enjoyed learning some stuff about dark matter. The return of Telek R'Mor was a nice touch, because that was one of the earliest episodes. The effects of the dark matter on the entire crew were also interesting to read about for someone with some medical knowledge -- people react to the same stimuli in different ways. I am interested to see how the story plays out.
amyz001's review
5.0
Really enjoyed this one and devoured most of it in one sitting. Christie Golden is becoming my favourite of the Voyager novel writers. The characters are spot on, she takes the time to acknowledge their thoughts and feelings, and the story had me gripped. It reminded me a lot of the episode 'Scientific Method' with the whole crew being adversely affected by the dark matter - all of them in genuine peril where I worried about how they would get out of the situation. Also a great tie back to early series 1 episode 'Eye of the Needle', with the Romans wanting to take advantage of the wormholes to steal tech from Voyager. Tied up well, and excited to read the next part of the story!
dreamwanderer's review
2.0
Cloak and Dagger is the first book in the Dark Matters Trilogy. This is set late in the sixth season around the time of the episode "Muse'.
This trilogy ties in with the episode 'Eye of the Needle'. The Romulan character Telek R'Mor makes a return.
This is a set up book that shifts locations from Voyager to the Romulan Capital. There is a conspiracy afoot to capture Voyager via a manufactured wormhole. Voyager is being attacked by 'dark matter' that is affecting the crew. It makes some sick, some homicidal and some paranoid. After pulling Telek onto Voyager he tells them their only hope is to find a group of aliens called "The Shepherds'. They find a planet, take in a refugee who becomes close to Harry and Chakotay and an injured Paris disappear into another dimension.
One nitpick. Tom Paris had his accident after he graduated from the Academy and was on assignment for Starfleet. In this book he has a flashback and says it happened while he was at the Academy. I have seen this before in other books and wonder if perhaps the authors aren't getting Tom Paris from Voyager and Nick Larcono from Star Trek TNG mixed up. Both characters were played by Robbert Duncan McNeil and had similar background stories.
The story flows, is easy to read but keep in mind it is a 'set up' novel for the other two books. To be honest the story has fallen into the good but nothing special' category.
This trilogy ties in with the episode 'Eye of the Needle'. The Romulan character Telek R'Mor makes a return.
This is a set up book that shifts locations from Voyager to the Romulan Capital. There is a conspiracy afoot to capture Voyager via a manufactured wormhole. Voyager is being attacked by 'dark matter' that is affecting the crew. It makes some sick, some homicidal and some paranoid. After pulling Telek onto Voyager he tells them their only hope is to find a group of aliens called "The Shepherds'. They find a planet, take in a refugee who becomes close to Harry and Chakotay and an injured Paris disappear into another dimension.
One nitpick. Tom Paris had his accident after he graduated from the Academy and was on assignment for Starfleet. In this book he has a flashback and says it happened while he was at the Academy. I have seen this before in other books and wonder if perhaps the authors aren't getting Tom Paris from Voyager and Nick Larcono from Star Trek TNG mixed up. Both characters were played by Robbert Duncan McNeil and had similar background stories.
The story flows, is easy to read but keep in mind it is a 'set up' novel for the other two books. To be honest the story has fallen into the good but nothing special' category.
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