A review by rcollins1701
Dead Endless by Dave Galanter

3.0

With the Star Trek: Discovery tie-ins, there is a concerted effort by the show runners and the authors to bring the novels into the official story of the show. This raises the stakes a little and creates a more seamless continuity between what we see on-screen and on the page (and avoids devolving into too much fan service). This is great for weirdos like me who like to watch shows as much as they like to read novels. Dead Endless is a straight-up classic sci-fi story, full-up with multiple dimensions and non-linear time, spores, spaceships, aliens and telepathy. Good stuff. The core of the novel is the love between Dr. Culber and Lt. Stamets, and Galanter doesn't take for granted that the reader will just accept these two men love each other—he builds there relationship from the ground up in a way that makes the conclusion heartbreaking and adds so much value to the plot on-screen. Good stuff!