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Title: This Gray Spirit: Mission Gamma, Book 2 (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) by Heather Jarman ISBN: 0743445627 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: September, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17
Rating: 5
Summary: ST-DS9: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit
Comment: Star Trek - Deep Space Nine: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit written by Heather Jarman is a character-driven book with a deep rich narrative making this one of the better Star Trek book series to date.
What I liked about this book is how descriptive and detailed the character-driven narrative is, making an enjoyable entertaining read. The distinctive merit of this fascinating book lies in its lively portrayal of a varied and eccentric cast of characters along with the cast of the regulars in this series. This book is spiced just right for your reading pleasure and the story moves quickly, political intrigue escalates to a fever pitch as Gul Macet (Gul Dukat's brother) arrives on Deep Space Nine with an unexpected passenger. Now on a mission of peace and hope, old wounds seem to fester between the Cardassian's Ambassador Natima Lang and Colonel Kira Nerys, now in charge of Deep space Nine. There is also an interesting sub-plot between Ro and Kira as Ro is charged with more responsibility of Deep Space Nine as Kira tries to find herself in the path of the prophets.
The Starship Defiant is exploring the Gamma Quadrant and has a bout with some very interesting aliens with a rather unique biological makeup. As the balance of power in the Gamma Quadrant becomes unstable... Lieutenant Ezri Dax and Ensign Thirishar ch'Thane are in a gut check time to pull off a compromise preventing a genocidal civil war. All this action-packed adventure is written very well as you find youself reading till you find out what the result will be.
So far, the first two installments of this series is better than Trek has been in the past, as we read this book is a feast of information and insight working its way through the turbulent course known as Deep Space Nine.
This is well worth your time to read and enjoy this rich tapestry of descriptive writing. I'll see you for the Mission Gamma concluding adventures of Cathedral and Lesser Evil soon. It will be very interesting to see how this story will end... fascinating... indeed.
The characters are well fleshed out making for an interesting story that will captivate you.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wow!
Comment: Just Like Book One of the Mission: Gamma series, "This Gray Spirit" has everything that has always made DS9 such a remarkable series: drama, political intrigue, lots of action and well-written characters, in both the Alpha and Gamma Quadrants.
One of the plot lines that surprised me the most was the Cardassian angle. Though the end of the Dominion War brought well deserved consequences to the Cardassians, you can't help but have sympathy for their circumstances, deserved or not. Gul Macet, for example, is a great deal more humble than when we first saw him in TNG's "The Wounded". It's also easy to notice that there is considerable difference between hime and his deceased cousin, Dukat.
It's fascinating to watch as Kira finally begins to come to terms with her former opressors. It gives her character a whole new depth that should bode well for her, despite the hard-heartedness of some of the rest of the Bajoran people. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for the people of Bajor, and for the crew of DS9. I cannot wait for book 3.
Rating: 3
Summary: Series is losing drive.
Comment: I suppose I should review this book based upon it's own merits and NOT in relation to the rest of the series.
But I won't.
This book when compared to the first book of the Mission: Gamma series is simply put: kind of boring. I found myself wanting to skip chapters to get away from the aimless cruising of the Gamma quadrant (even if they do hang out on a planet nearly the whole time) to get back to the events on DS9 itself. Though I do appreciate the desire to tell the events of both locations, I do wish that they had chosen to write two completely different stories, as the two together dilute one another.
Still, the story in the Alpha quadrant is a fun read, and I would recommend this book on that merit alone.
But I only recommend it if you can get it from the library.
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Title: Twilight: Mission Gamma, Book 1 (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) by David R. George III ISBN: 0743445600 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Cathedral: Mission Gamma, Book 3 (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) by Michael A. Martin, Andy Mangels ISBN: 0743445643 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Lesser Evil: Mission Gamma, Book 4 (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) by Robert Simpson ISBN: 0743410246 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Rising Son (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) by S.D. Perry ISBN: 0743448383 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 31 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Nanotech War by Steven Piziks ISBN: 0743436466 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 29 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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