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vingilot's review against another edition
5.0
While the Reports of Commodore Reyes' death turn out to have been greatly exaggerated, he is still in deep trouble, as are the rest of the Vanguard Crew.
Reyes is alive, but in the hands of a rather unusual Klingon by the name of Gorkon, a man who will go down in history, but not quite yet. While he seems to expect the impossible from Reyes, the Vanguard crew continues their respective investigations, and two seperate groups of rather special operatives work to find information on the Shadaai, and protect the Taurus Reach.
Just another great read. The vanguard series continues to add known characters from star trek history, and it is awesome to see a glimpse of what brought Gorkon to ask for federation help as the post praxis klingon chancellor
If you have not read this series and are reading these reviews please stop, and pick it up!
Reyes is alive, but in the hands of a rather unusual Klingon by the name of Gorkon, a man who will go down in history, but not quite yet. While he seems to expect the impossible from Reyes, the Vanguard crew continues their respective investigations, and two seperate groups of rather special operatives work to find information on the Shadaai, and protect the Taurus Reach.
Just another great read. The vanguard series continues to add known characters from star trek history, and it is awesome to see a glimpse of what brought Gorkon to ask for federation help as the post praxis klingon chancellor
If you have not read this series and are reading these reviews please stop, and pick it up!
graff_fuller's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
This story keeps being riveting. This book in particular was a real page turner. It continued to bring the established story to life, while changing the POVs often enough to make the reader desire to know what was happening in the diverse storylines. That, and the short chapters made it incredibly easy to keep reading.
The idea of using captured Shedai makes me uneasy, but in the end (the last book), I hope there is a good explanation to why it was important. At the moment I feel like living off of slave labor (even though the Shedai have killed countless numbers of people (of all races...seeing us as insignificant, but USING them also doesn't feel right IMO.
Not sure I like where Commodore Reyes has ended up. Frustrated with THAT conclusion (of the book, not the series). I do believe that Starfleet was fair and equitable with T'Prynn and Pennington.
When you decide to "take a stand", you should always be willing to suffer the consequences (either the winnings, or the losses).
All in all, this was a lot of fun reading. Cannot wait to pick up the next book.
The idea of using captured Shedai makes me uneasy, but in the end (the last book), I hope there is a good explanation to why it was important. At the moment I feel like living off of slave labor (even though the Shedai have killed countless numbers of people (of all races...seeing us as insignificant, but USING them also doesn't feel right IMO.
Not sure I like where Commodore Reyes has ended up. Frustrated with THAT conclusion (of the book, not the series). I do believe that Starfleet was fair and equitable with T'Prynn and Pennington.
When you decide to "take a stand", you should always be willing to suffer the consequences (either the winnings, or the losses).
All in all, this was a lot of fun reading. Cannot wait to pick up the next book.
fbone's review against another edition
3.0
Lots of action in this installment with a few surprises. Also, there was very little recall of events from the previous titles. I liked that. Not much in furthering character development occurred. The next in the series is the novellas which may fill in some of the blanks.
jonfucius's review
adventurous
tense
fast-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? Yes
5.0
bdplume's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as the other Vanguard books I've read to date. I'm not sure why.
It had probably the most action of any book in the series so far, and it was definitely more of a page-turner than, say, "Reap the Whirlwind." I think ultimately what took some of the edge off of this one, for me, was how neatly all the various plotlines tied together. It just didn't seem quite messy enough.
I still enjoyed it, and like most of David Mack's Star Trek work it was well-crafted and fun to read. I think my relative enjoyment of the other four Vanguard books over this one just comes down to personal taste.
It had probably the most action of any book in the series so far, and it was definitely more of a page-turner than, say, "Reap the Whirlwind." I think ultimately what took some of the edge off of this one, for me, was how neatly all the various plotlines tied together. It just didn't seem quite messy enough.
I still enjoyed it, and like most of David Mack's Star Trek work it was well-crafted and fun to read. I think my relative enjoyment of the other four Vanguard books over this one just comes down to personal taste.
fbone's review
3.0
Lots of action in this installment with a few surprises. Also, there was very little recall of events from the previous titles. I liked that. Not much in furthering character development occurred. The next in the series is the novellas which may fill in some of the blanks.
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