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Title: Double Helix: Quarantine by John Vornholt ISBN: 0-671-03477-4 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: July, 1999 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.87 (15 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An Ok Book
Comment: BOOK REVIEW: "Quarantine" by John Vornholt
This is the fourth book in the "Star Trek: Double Helix" series about a mysterious villain who has been releasing biological agents across the Alpha Quadrant in an effort to create the perfect plague.
This time, the mysterious villain returns to his roots, as he has found the perfect lab to test his devastating multi-prion virus on: the world of Helena. A large and thriving colony founded and populated by people of mixed descent it's one of the few places where just about all of the races of the Alpha Quadrant are present. Located on a beautiful water world, each isolated island can also serve as mini petri dish for prolonged experimentation. And if the plague happens to escape the planet and infect the galaxy, all the more better
A neutral world located in the Demilitarized Zone, the Federation is powerless to help. So it is only up to a handful of Maquis (Chakotay, Tuvok, Torres, Seska) and a Starfleet sympathizer (Thomas Riker) with limited resources to stop the plague. They must race against the clock while battling the mysterious villain's operative and prickly natives before a fleet of Cardassian ships arrive to destroy the infected planet, breaking their treaty with the Federation and potentially setting off another war.
Highlights: 1) we get to see a pre-Voyager Chakotay and crew at work. 2) we learn more about Thomas Riker and get to see why and how he joined the Maquis. 3) the world of Helena is a fascinating smorgasbord of forgotten Trek races (Coridan, Antosians, etc.). 4) a DS9 character has a cameo that actually works out quite well.
Nitpicks: 1) once again the plague itself gets little attention. 2) methinks this villain needs to dump the multi-prion virus, because it's getting way too easy to treat. 3) nothing new is revealed about the conspiracy. 4) as usual, it felt rushed at the end.
All in all, it was an ok book. It's worth reading for Chakotay and Thomas Riker alone.
Rating: 5
Summary: John Vornholt does it again!
Comment: Another great Star Trek novel by John Vornholt. Quarantine gives us a good idea of how "Tom Riker" ends up joining the Maquis. As is par for the course with John Vornholt, he goes into great detail describing a beautiful planet and all of it's surroundings. Not a lot of Trek authors do that. I thought Torres seemed a little soft, considering her personality, but that can be explained away. Hopefully not too much of a spoiler. Another great installment in the "Double Helix" series and thank you to the author for another good read.
Rating: 4
Summary: A lot of backgrounds explained
Comment: This is one of the better Double Helix books, because it doesn't focus entirely on the virus itself. With backgrounds setup for Thomas Riker, Chatokay, and Torres, it is definatly a page turner.
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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: 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: Call to Arms... : The Dominion War #2 by Diane L. Carey ISBN: 0671024973 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Behind Enemy Lines: The Dominion War, Book 1 (Star Trek: The Next Generation) by John Vornholt ISBN: 067102499X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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