A review by lunarcatbooks
Dead Endless by Dave Galanter

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I love Star Trek novels, I love exploring those characters and what they get up to before, during, and after the series aired. I really enjoyed Star Trek Discovery and the final season is about to be underway. I received this book for Yule and was excited to jump back into that universe.

Imagine my surprise when it turns out it's not that universe, but a parallel universe where nothing is as I tenebrous because to them it all happened so differently, yet similar. I was so confused at the start of this novel because there was just this subtle "off" -ness that I couldn't figure out. It took almost 10 chapters to discover that this was not the Discovery crew I grew to know and love.

The story was engaging and enjoyable, but like a lot of ST novels it got bogged down in technobabble. I really wanted more stories from the crew I knew so this was disappointing for me.