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Title: Cold Wars (Star Trek New Frontier: Gateways, Book 6) by Peter David ISBN: 0-671-04242-4 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.55 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The first fully successful "Gateways Book."
Comment: No surprise that the first fully rewarding "Gateways" series book was written by Peter David and used his New Frontier characters. The story itself is self-contained, and you don't need to read all the other books in the Gateways mini-series for it to make sense (something mini-series writing Trek books need to do more often).
Secondly, the characters progress from where we last saw them in the New Frontier novels - Shelby on her own ship, with her own crew. I liked two additions to what I hope is the regular cast: M'ress and Arex - characters you may remember from the cartoon of the original series. Though I did find that some of the "return" characters seemed a little forced - Shelby basically snapped up half the crew from the Grissom from when Calhoun served aboard said ship, the entirety of the USS Triton was well done.
The plot was excellent - self contained, like I said, but also playing around with some interesting philosophical ideas: what is "holy land," what's the point of fighting over it, etc. Peter David is fairly true to characters when these issues arrive - it is the tactical-minded Shelby who can't comprehend the notion of fighting over something called "holy," for example. Add the usual level of witty conversation between characters and crew, and you've got a great book here, folks.
Grab it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best of Gateway Series
Comment: This was the best of the 5 I've read. Like many New Frontier books, this one ends in a cliffhanger, but the story just prior to that point has a conclusion that you can feel is complete in itself.
Peter David is probably the most consistently entertaining ST author, but this was a challenge for him. I think dealing with two New Frontier crews is difficult. He pulls it off, but not as much fun, in my opinion, as some of the earlier New Frontier books. The two separate Captain--First Officer relationships just don't have the flame of Calhoun and Shelby. And Shelby isn't her same old self either. That can be good, as the future will tell, but so far I was slightly disappointed in that aspect.
Still, the book by David is the best I've seen of the Gateway series.
Rating: 5
Summary: Cold Wars
Comment: A centuries-old feud between two alien races is re-ignited...with Captain Calhoun & Captain Shelby caught in the middle of horrific, escalating violence.
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Title: Gateways #7: What Lay Beyond (Star Trek) 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: No Man's Land (Star Trek Voyager: Gateways, Book 5) by Christie Golden ISBN: 0743418573 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Gateways #2: Chainmail (Star Trek/Challenger) by Diane Carey ISBN: 0743418557 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 31 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Demons of Air and Darkness (Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Gateways, Book 4) by Keith R.A. DeCandido ISBN: 0743418522 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 28 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Gateways #1: One Small Step (Star Trek) by Susan Wright ISBN: 0743418549 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 31 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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