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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780743463577
ISBN number: 0743463579
Label: Star Trek
Manufacturer: Star Trek
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 304
Printing Date: August 30, 2005
Publishing house: Star Trek
Sale Popularity Level: 272528
Studio: Star Trek
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One year after the end of the Dominion War, the Romulan Star Empire comes under attack by a mysterious and alarmingly powerful enemy calling itself the Watraii, a species with a long-standing vendetta against the Romulans. Yet though they remain tenuously allied, the Federation, the Romulans, and the Klingons are unready to become embroiled in another sustained conflict, forcing Ambassador Spock, Admiral Uhura, Admiral Chekov, Captain Saavik, and some unexpected allies to defy their governments in order to meet the new threat head-on. But the very first blood drawn may prove to be among the dearest of all.
Unknown to the defenders, the secret behind the Watraii's attack is buried in Vulcan's violent ancient past, during the time of Surak himself, when the proto-Romulans -- staunch opponents of Surak's reforms -- were compelled to take their chances among the cold and distant stars. Now Spock must begin the very first leg of a long and dangerous road to learn the truth...before his hopes for the future become ashes.
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This book is a good beginning to this trilogy and gives us a glimpse of the time of Surak just before and during the Sundering.
However, in the 24th century subplot...certain technical details got ignored. Such as...how did they beam Spock on board the Watraii ship without punching through its shields? Suddenly shields don't exist anymore? Or Starfleet transporters can now beam through shields? I would have expected some minimal explanation of them finding a breach in the shields of the Watraii or somehow turning it off for a microsecond.
As if above mistake wasn't enough...they repeat it. Right after above a Watraii beams into the Alliance to retrieve the device Spock stole. Once again no mention of punching through or finding a breach in the Alliance's shields to allow the Watraii to beam through.
It's really lazy of them to just ignore the established fact in Trek lore that YOU CANNOT BEAM THROUGH SHIELDS...unless there were certain things done to breach it, punch through it, or somehow get it turned off for a quick bit to sneak in a transporter beam.
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I'm never disappointed with these ladies work. I really enjoyed the sections with Surak and his struggle while in the ever so near death Vulcan planet and the story of those few that would travel into the stars to try to start new... and then become their Romulan brothers (cousins) as I've come to "logically conclude".
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Before the Romulans became who they are they were Vulcans living on a war torn and diseased Vulcan. This book takes you through the background of why these people left Vulcan, the various factions who left together, and an important instrument to be used by the Exile's leader to record the history. This book is great and the whole series is really good. You'll not be disappointed at all.
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Unfortunately, while the actual writing itself is reasonably well-done, the pacing is a bit off and the plot is a bit disjointed. The attempts to blend the two halves of the story, the flashbacks to Surak's time and the "current" Star Trek story, fail pretty thoroughly. There is very little feel of connection between the two. Further, the authors make use of the very common but no less unacceptable device of writing a story in multiple installments none of which constitute an even marginally complete story in themselves, so the book ends on a cliffhanger. (Two cliffhangers, actually, one for each half of the story.) This was, perhaps, acceptable in 1950s movie serials, but is no way to write a novel.
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It's a great read on it's own. My major nitpick is that the book is not consistant with the established history of the Star Trek Universe. Sarek is alive in the book while in Star Trek: The Next Generation he died in 2368 in the episode Unification of Bendii syndrome.
If you ar elooking for a great read, buy the book. If you are a stickler for internal consistancy with the series, you will be unhappy.
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