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A review by dreamwanderer
Harbinger by David Mack
4.0
Harbinger is the initial story in the Vanguard series. James Kirk is the new Captain of the Enterprise and the ship has docked at a new Space Station. The mystery in the story is why does Starfleet have a starbase this big on the edge of nowhere? Well, not exactly the edge of nowhere. It borders on Tholian and Klingon space and who naturally want to know what's going on and why are the Tholians experiencing weird species-wide interruptions in their telepathic link? Does it have to do with the strange DNA genome found a few years earlier by another Starfleet Crew?
This story is more of a setup, introducing us to the crew of the Space Station. We see all types of people here, the reporter, the raffish trader, the commander, the JAG officer, the spy and we get to know the Tholians and Klingons. Interesting bunch.
Amusing note-Mack constantly is bringing up the fact that the 'new uniforms' for women are miniskirts. Several times he brings it to the reader's attention but in all fairness he points out that while the men might like them, the women aren't all that fond of them and even mentions Uhuru being annoyed at having to tug at it.
Minus a star for the relationship drama. I don't care for it and with the exception of the Pennington/Orianna story (it is his motivation for finding out what happened to her ship, The Bombay) the rest could have been cut out completely and the story wouldn't have suffered.
A good beginning to what I hope is an interesting series.
This story is more of a setup, introducing us to the crew of the Space Station. We see all types of people here, the reporter, the raffish trader, the commander, the JAG officer, the spy and we get to know the Tholians and Klingons. Interesting bunch.
Amusing note-Mack constantly is bringing up the fact that the 'new uniforms' for women are miniskirts. Several times he brings it to the reader's attention but in all fairness he points out that while the men might like them, the women aren't all that fond of them and even mentions Uhuru being annoyed at having to tug at it.
Minus a star for the relationship drama. I don't care for it and with the exception of the Pennington/Orianna story (it is his motivation for finding out what happened to her ship, The Bombay) the rest could have been cut out completely and the story wouldn't have suffered.
A good beginning to what I hope is an interesting series.