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A review by librarianpeter
A Pocket Full of Lies by Kirsten Beyer
5.0
Before I say ANYTHING, for frame of reference, any future readers of this book need to watch the Star Trek Voyager episodes Before and After, Year of Hell Pts 1 & 2 and Shattered. Those are necessary background material to watch in order to understand what happens in this book.
Okay, onto the actual review.
I LOVED this book. This is exactly what I've wanted from ALL of the Star Trek relaunch novels. Don't get me wrong, I love the original plots and new characters that have been brought in but the Voyager relaunch novels are doing exactly what I wanted; they are revisiting plots from the TV series and making them new again. When the Full Circle fleet first set out for the Delta Quadrant in a proper mission, they were trying to do that. Their mission was to investigate the remnants if any of the Borg after Voyager's encounters with them and then their absorbing by the Caeliar gestalt. This was the first book however to actually delve into tidbits from the TV show's plots. I've missed the show dearly. Every Trekkie has that one series that brought them into the fandom and possibly have grown up with and Voyager was mine. 7 years was simply not enough so when I started reading the relaunch novels and in particular this one, it was like the show never ended. We just got more ships, a new mission and new characters along with old ones.
I fear going into more detail because I think I spoiled enough just by giving the episodes that one needs to watch before reading this book but let me tell you, Voyager fans you will not be disappointed. And again Kirsten Beyer does a great job giving plenty of "screen time" to our favorite old cast as well as the new cast (though I wanted the Phinn Bryce x Icheb subplot to develop more because I can't be the only one picking up on the chemistry there am I?).
A great book hands down and I can't wait to see what comes next! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE visit the site of the Borg Unicomplex we saw in Dark Frontier, Unimatrix Zero, and Endgame!
Okay, onto the actual review.
I LOVED this book. This is exactly what I've wanted from ALL of the Star Trek relaunch novels. Don't get me wrong, I love the original plots and new characters that have been brought in but the Voyager relaunch novels are doing exactly what I wanted; they are revisiting plots from the TV series and making them new again. When the Full Circle fleet first set out for the Delta Quadrant in a proper mission, they were trying to do that. Their mission was to investigate the remnants if any of the Borg after Voyager's encounters with them and then their absorbing by the Caeliar gestalt. This was the first book however to actually delve into tidbits from the TV show's plots. I've missed the show dearly. Every Trekkie has that one series that brought them into the fandom and possibly have grown up with and Voyager was mine. 7 years was simply not enough so when I started reading the relaunch novels and in particular this one, it was like the show never ended. We just got more ships, a new mission and new characters along with old ones.
I fear going into more detail because I think I spoiled enough just by giving the episodes that one needs to watch before reading this book but let me tell you, Voyager fans you will not be disappointed. And again Kirsten Beyer does a great job giving plenty of "screen time" to our favorite old cast as well as the new cast (though I wanted the Phinn Bryce x Icheb subplot to develop more because I can't be the only one picking up on the chemistry there am I?).
A great book hands down and I can't wait to see what comes next! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE visit the site of the Borg Unicomplex we saw in Dark Frontier, Unimatrix Zero, and Endgame!