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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
dark
tense
fast-paced
I've been reading the Star Trek tie-in novels, off and on, for decades. I don't know that I've read one where Pulaski was the main character before - or if I have, I've forgotten it. I liked her in TNG, for the year that she was there, so it was good to read a novel where she's the main doctor instead of Crusher. To mix it up even more, she's on a mercy mission to DS9, where a new version of the plague is affecting Bajorans, Cardassians, and even Ferengi. I liked her interactions with Dukat, and would have enjoyed more of them.
I do think, however, that this mini-series is already at risk of being a little repetitive: mysterious figure doses a random location with contagion, and a Starfleet doctor takes the lead in curing it, at which point the mysterious figure basically rubs their murdering hands together and thinks "I'll do better next time!" Hopefully book three breaks the pattern a bit.
Finally, although I always enjoy Kira - she was one of the best characters on DS9 - I wonder if her subplot here was really necessary. It didn't seem to do much, or to illuminate her character any.
I do think, however, that this mini-series is already at risk of being a little repetitive: mysterious figure doses a random location with contagion, and a Starfleet doctor takes the lead in curing it, at which point the mysterious figure basically rubs their murdering hands together and thinks "I'll do better next time!" Hopefully book three breaks the pattern a bit.
Finally, although I always enjoy Kira - she was one of the best characters on DS9 - I wonder if her subplot here was really necessary. It didn't seem to do much, or to illuminate her character any.
This book was really well done. It was focused largely on Dr. Pulaski, a character I never really warmed up to on TNG, but I liked her here a lot. I also liked the interactions between her and Dr. Crusher. The story on Terok Nor was interesting, if a little too fast paced to be believable (but isn't scifi medicine always like that?). The science towards the end of the book, with the virus, doesn't really hold up to actual science, but it was still a good story.
I was expecting more drama, but this book doesn't lay that on too heavily. It's there, but takes a back seat to the plot.
Overall a good, quick read that made me appreciate Katherine Pulaski a bit more.
I was expecting more drama, but this book doesn't lay that on too heavily. It's there, but takes a back seat to the plot.
Overall a good, quick read that made me appreciate Katherine Pulaski a bit more.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A nice touch, setting this between seasons two and three of TNG, allowing for a passing (back) of the torch between Enterprise doctors. Plus, we get a reasonably compelling story set during the Cardassian occupation of Bajor.
3.5/5 Characters can be a bit slow connecting things, but then again, I guess they don't know these events are in a series. Also not really a lot of payoff for some threads I don't expect to hear from again.
I thought this was better than book 1. The cast in this is fantastic and they're pretty close to the way we know them for the most part. The set up in this story is perfect too.
The quarantine vibe is relevant to the current covid situation so it feels like an aptly timed reading of this series for me. The conspiratorial mistrust rings eerily true!
I was disappointed that our secret villain didn't get a closing chapter this time, I quite enjoyed that bracketing of book 1. I'm so keen to find out who is behind the terror and yet I want the chase to continue.
The quarantine vibe is relevant to the current covid situation so it feels like an aptly timed reading of this series for me. The conspiratorial mistrust rings eerily true!
I was disappointed that our secret villain didn't get a closing chapter this time, I quite enjoyed that bracketing of book 1. I'm so keen to find out who is behind the terror and yet I want the chase to continue.
PLOT OR PREMISE:
This is the second of six books dealing with biological terrorism by an unknown foe. This installment takes place at the end of Kate Pulaski's tenure on the Enterprise and before DS9 begins, and Pulaski goes to Bajor to help her ex-husband solve a plague that is infecting the Bajorans and the Cardassians during the occupation. The Cardassians believe it is the Bajorans; the Bajorans think it is the Cardassians. Again, however, the plague has an 100% fatality rate.
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WHAT I LIKED:
I am not a hard core sci-fi reader, but I do like Star Wars and Star Trek. Pulaski's character is fine, as are the "new" characters that are introduced.
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WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
Gul Dukat is far too mature and Kira Nerys is far too trusting of the Federation. In fact, her involvement makes almost no sense considering her character at the start of the DS9 episodes. The story doesn't have the same solid medical workup as the first one in the series, and while the characterization isn't quite as good, it is also not as jarring.
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BOTTOM-LINE:
A fast-paced storyline but without much depth
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DISCLOSURE:
I received no compensation, not even a free copy, in exchange for this review. I am not personal friends with the authors, but I do follow them on social media.
This is the second of six books dealing with biological terrorism by an unknown foe. This installment takes place at the end of Kate Pulaski's tenure on the Enterprise and before DS9 begins, and Pulaski goes to Bajor to help her ex-husband solve a plague that is infecting the Bajorans and the Cardassians during the occupation. The Cardassians believe it is the Bajorans; the Bajorans think it is the Cardassians. Again, however, the plague has an 100% fatality rate.
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WHAT I LIKED:
I am not a hard core sci-fi reader, but I do like Star Wars and Star Trek. Pulaski's character is fine, as are the "new" characters that are introduced.
.
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
Gul Dukat is far too mature and Kira Nerys is far too trusting of the Federation. In fact, her involvement makes almost no sense considering her character at the start of the DS9 episodes. The story doesn't have the same solid medical workup as the first one in the series, and while the characterization isn't quite as good, it is also not as jarring.
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BOTTOM-LINE:
A fast-paced storyline but without much depth
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DISCLOSURE:
I received no compensation, not even a free copy, in exchange for this review. I am not personal friends with the authors, but I do follow them on social media.