Andy Mangels

Now obviously because this is a series opener, with a recently promoted captain taking on a brand-new ship and building a brand-new crew, you should expect a lot of new faces, interspersed with a few well known faces of course; Melora Pazlar from DS9 probably being my favourite character here (having already read the Destiny trilogy - as was my entry point into beta canon - I knew she would likely feature); and because this is the written word and not live action the author can let their show more imagination go wild ... dinosaur for a doctor, why not? (also a lamp) ... to build, as the protagonist mentions in the early pages of the book, the most diverse crew Starfleet has ever seen. This does get difficult, remembering all of this as you go forwards, but it gets easier the more you get to know each of them (though it gets less exotic as you move through also) - I think what I'm really missing however, is a page or two listing the crew of the ship, against their rank, position, and species; not unlike those in the appendices to the Destiny trilogy.

Otherwise, however, I felt this was a good setup to the rest of the series, it's really just a shame the first quarter of the book is all background, the next quarter is just setup, then much of the next quarter is once again more background, but we get to the meat eventually - hopefully the next three can fill in more of the Nemesis-Destiny gap (not to mention seeing Titan do what it was built for; Diplomacy is what the Enterprise exists for, Titan exists for Exploration). show less

I enjoyed the storytelling in this book. I felt like I was reading another Star Trek TNG episode. The best part of the novel was the dialogue between character Hawk and Zweller over the purposeful rule-breaking of Section 31 compared to the seat of the pants decision making that Riker and Picard do. Although this is part of a series this book does a good job of standing on its own. I will probably read the other books in this series if they are available in my local library.

I really liked the story of the Red King, the 2nd book in the '00s Star Trek: Titan series. Captain Will Riker's ship the U.S.S. Titan attempts to help the Romulans look for a fleet that disappeared near the bloom in space caused by Shinzon's weapon at the end of the movie Nemesis. Only to get sucked in along with the Romulans and a Klingon ship that was potroling the area due to their alliance with the newly indpendent Reamans, to the Small Magellanic Cloud past the edge of our galaxy. show more There they find a group of pilgrims of an indigeouns religion seeking a god whose wakening from slumbar will destroy their colonists worlds, and them too.

Its the first Star Trek book I recall reading that introduced new (to me) scientific theories including protounivereses and emerging space.

I liked how they brought together the scientific theory, the pilgrims' religious view of an omnipotent sleeper awakening and the Red King's dream of Alice in Wonderland.

I didn't like some of the writing. Namely I disliked the way the treated Counselor Troi as being far more telepathic than on TNG, including knowing peoples motives. I also found I had a hard time keeping track of so many new characters, most of which are also new species. I kept having to flip back to earlier chapters to recall who in the world this was who was talking.

With the good and the bad that gives me 3 stars. show less

Pretty awesome crossover series featuring Wonder Woman (drawn as Lynda Carter from the 1970s show) and the Bionic Woman (drawn as Lindsay Wagner from the 1970s show). I like the illustration style fine, and this was so much fun to read! I am approaching this from a being a big Wonder Woman fan (comics, cartoons, TV, movies) so I apologize if any Bionic Woman fans feel this is a skewed review.

I imagine the illustrator having a blast with all the

THUTT BRAKKAMM DEENEENEENEE SMEK TEK TEK FWOOSH show more KRASH
BREEEEEER KRONK TKKSSSHH WEEEPO WEEPO THUNT VLLLEP
RROOONK SHHHSHHCKK

I know I loved it. Sometimes you just need a good BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER to cheer your day up!

For every time there was cliched villain dialogue like "our long awaited revenge is close at hand," there was a FOMP, BAWOOP BLATZ or DEENEENEENEENEE to liven things up.

And Drusilla is in the book! At one point, Diana reminds her "I've told you that men do things that aren't necessarily helpful"

This would be great for Wonder Woman or Bionic Woman fans, and overall was an extremely entertaining read. Loved it!


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