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Title: The Genesis Wave Book Two by John Vornholt, John Vornholt ISBN: 0743411838 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.18
Rating: 4
Summary: Second Book of Trilogy
Comment: 3.5 STARS
The first book in this series was one of the better Star Trek Books I had read, so I had no hesitation is continuing on with book #2 of, "The Genesis Wave". Like many initial installments of a multiple part story the first had an abrupt ending that definitely was a catalyst for searching out the next portion of the tale. The second book left me confused for it appears to end the tale completely yet there is a third book to the series. I suppose that many books can be continued but this second book ended with such finality that I don't know if I will pursue the third.
This book does resolve the beings that are behind the release of the Genesis Wave and they encompass a variety of alien life-form characteristics together with what amounts to the most extreme form of biological warfare. If there have been beings as extremely genocidal as those portrayed in book #2, I do not remember them.
The resolutions presented for the various storylines vary in how clever they are, ranging from the predictable to the disappointing. Taken as a pair of books the story is worthwhile with the first of the two being much stronger. I have no idea how they will transition this to the third installment, and it may be awhile before I find out.
Rating: 4
Summary: A weapon is discovered and an enemy is revealed.
Comment: The Genesis Wave, a mutated form of Dr. Carol Marcus's long believed buried Genesis Project, has washed over the planet Myrmidon, transforming it into a primordial horror. The Romulan phase shifting technology may have worked, sparing the lives of tens of thousands inhabitants, but the survivors are now intruders on a world not meant for them, and they are not alone. The creature behind the Neptune's pre-Wave assault on the Myrmidon shields infiltrates and attempts to hijack the Enterprise. Meanwhile Dr. Leah Brahms and her crew of Klingons try to track down the home of the genocidal aliens to avenge those that have died.
The first book of the series had everybody discovering the Wave and then running from it for their very lives while trying to figure out a way to stop it, or at least survive it, at the same time. Book Two allows the now haggard Federation forces, and our cast of characters in particular, the chance to fight back and get a few choice jabs at their new enemy. While light on dramatic story, B2 does not skip on the action that fans crave from the series. In the long run a four star rating may seem generous, but I'm grading this strictly on the entertainment curve. Recommended to fans only.
Rating: 3
Summary: The story continues
Comment: This pickes up only minutes after book one concludes. I was glad to have it on hand to finish a very suspensfull cliffhanger. This trillogy, however, seemes to suffer from 'Trillogy Syndrome'(seems many do) in that it starts with a bang, and then fizzles out in the second and third books. There's a "sneak preview" of a chapter of book three at the end of this book, and just from that little bit seems to be streching it out for all it's worth, but losing momentum.
There are some great scenes with the Klingons, in fact, I belive the best part of the book is how Dr Braums, as captain of the Klingon vessle Hos, interacts with her crew, and the heroic actions of the Klingons she serves with.
Genisis Wave also gives more detail about the horror of what they're up against.....and how they are able to launch such an incredible attack when they've hardly been heard of previously. Some conflict is also given when they show a more spiritual side of these creatures.
Also, it's important to note that the charachterising isn't really up to par, and it seems Captain Picard and Dianna Troi both have some flatness, and speak in a way that just doesn't seem to fit thier personalities. Dianna does have a very important heroic part in all this though. On a good note, Geordi is more thoroughly explored, and Data saves the day as he is the only one immune to the effect of the creatures.
Worth it to finish the trillogy, I'll be reading the next book ASAP as well. A good, albiet not great story.
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Title: The Genesis Wave Book Three by John Vornholt ISBN: 0743463838 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Genesis Wave Book One by John Vornholt ISBN: 074341182X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Battle of Betazed (Star Trek: The Next Generation) by Charlotte Douglas ISBN: 074343434X Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Gateways #7: What Lay Beyond by Diane Carey, Peter David, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Christie Golden, Robert Greenberger, Susan Wright ISBN: 0743456831 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 29 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Immortal Coil by Jeffrey Lang ISBN: 0743405927 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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