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Title: Double Helix: Vectors (Star Trek: The Next Generation, No 52) by Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley-Smith ISBN: 0-671-03256-9 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.92 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Good follow-up to Double Helix: Infection
Comment: Double Helix: Vectors follows Dr. Kate Pulaski as she leaves the Enterprise, replaced by returning Beverly Crusher, at the end of TNG's second season, to Terok Nor (soon to become Deep Space 9) where a mysterious plague is killing both the Bajoran slaves & their Cardassian overseers. With the help of her Bajoran ex-husband, a dedicated Cardassian doctor, and a few Starfleet medical personnel, she works to find a cure, despite Gul Dukat's concern to protect his position. Kira Nerys, at this time a Bajoran freedom fighter, and Odo also take part. Quark, Rom, & Nog provide a little comic relief, & Picard & Crusher appear briefly. Again, the science is not too difficult for someone with little background to follow. This novel does borrow from the previous one to a small extent, but it can stand alone. Red Sector, next in the series, would appear to feature Ambassador Spock and Dr. McCoy. I enjoyed this book very much.
Rating: 3
Summary: Vectors goes off in all directions
Comment: The Plot:
This is the second of six books dealing with biological terrorism by an unknown foe. In this instalment that takes place at the end of Kate Pulaski's tenure on the Enterprise and before DS9 begins, Pulaski runs off to Bajor to help her ex-husband solve a plague that is infecting the Bajorans and the Cardassians during the occupation. The Cardassians believe it is the Bajorans; the Bajorans think it is the Cardassians. Again, however, the plague has an 100% fatality rate.
What I Liked:
Pulaski's character is fine, as are the "new" characters that are introduced.
What I Didn't Like:
Gul Dukat is far too mature, Odo is about average, and Kira Nerys is far too trusting of the Federation. In fact, her involvement makes almost no sense considering her character at the start of the DS9 episodes. The story doesn't have the same solid medical workup as the first one in the series, and the characterization isn't quite as good but it is also not as jarring. More like a fast paced storyline without much depth.
The Bottom Line:
3.00 lilypads out of 5.00.
Date of Review: January 20, 2001
Format Reviewed: Softcover
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Rating: 4
Summary: Dr. Pulaski And Terek Nor Shine
Comment: A mysterious villain known as The General has been releasing his biological agents across the Alpha Quadrant and testing his creations to see if they are the perfect killing machines. In the first book he released a plague that targeted subjects of mixed inheritance (parents of two different species) on a backwater Federation colony troubled with racial tensions. This time he has released a plague targeting two races: Cardassians and Bajorans on the backwater Cardassian space station Terek Nor, later known as Deep Space Nine.
The book shines a light on life on the space station when it was still occupied by Cardassians. We get to see the ruthless yet pragmatic Gul Dukat in charge as he tries to save his station, his career, and his very life. Quark and a newly arrived Rom and young Nog provide comic relief. While Kira, still in the Bajoran Resistance, has her second encounter with Odo.
The book even goes one step further by explaining the departure of Dr. Katherine Pulaski, who filled in for Dr. Crusher on the Enterprise-D for over a year. So we get to see the goodbye that was never shown as she leaves the ship to lead a small team (herself, Nurse Ogawa, two interns) on a dangerous unofficial mission to help her ex-husband, a brilliant and courageous Bajoran doctor, fight the plague. Captain Picard and Dr. Crusher also have memorable cameos that further the plot.
Nitpicks: 1) an Amazon reviewer pointed out that Kira got her facts about the Cardassian Occupation wrong, acting like she was born free when in fact her world had been occupied for over 80 years. 2) the Kira-Odo storyline seemed boring. 3) once again the ending was rushed.
The love-it-or-hate-it medical thriller aspect of the first book is toned down this time and turns into a more general DS9-style "station in peril" story. Although the first hints that a conspiracy is at work does finally appear. Overall, I really liked the book. Thought it was much better than the first one. The look at Terek Nor and Dr. Pulaski alone makes it worth reading.
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Title: Double Helix : Double or Nothing by Peter David ISBN: 0671034782 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Double Helix: Quarantine by John Vornholt ISBN: 0671034774 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: July, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Double Helix: The First Virtue (Star Trek, the Next Generation, No 56) by Michael Jan Friedman, Christie Golden ISBN: 0671032585 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Double Helix: Infection (Star Trek: The Next Generation, No 51) by John Gregory Betancourt ISBN: 0671032550 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: ...Sacrifice of Angels : The Dominion War #4 by Diane L. Carey ISBN: 0671024981 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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