War Drums
by John Vornholt
Star Trek: The Next Generation (23), Star Trek (novels) (1992.10), Star Trek (1992.10)
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Violence between the human settlers and the native Klingons on the planet Selva forces Captain Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise to intervene and prevent a massacre.Tags
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I found this one very enjoyable, despite some rather comically villainous characters. I particularly liked the idea of a "Lord of the Flies" style Klingon society and thought it was played out well with interesting work for both Worf and Ro as "bumpyheads" dealing with fairly racist human colonists.
Cliched, predictable, implausible... annoying. Some interesting bits, esp. Worf's interactions with the feral juvenile Klingons. Not a miserable experience to read, esp. as it's short, but not recommended.
Excellent book. A pretty good concept and a pleasant ending.
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71+ Works 11,041 Members
John Vornholt is the author of two of the New York Times bestselling Star Trek: The Next Generation Dominion War books, the successful two-book Star Trek: The Next Generation series Gemworld, and several other Star Trek novels, including Quarantine, Antimatter, Sanctuary, War Drums, Rogue Saucer and Mind Meld. He lives in Tuscon, AZ. (Publisher show more Provided) Author John Vornholt was born in 1951. He wrote for many different venues during his 20 years as a freelance writer including travel articles, plays, screenwriting, and nonfiction books. He started writing primarily fiction works in 1989 and has written over 50 books for children and adults. He writes the Troll King Trilogy and for the Star Trek series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Star Trek: The Next Generation
63 works (23)
Star Trek (novels)
626 works (1992.10)
Star Trek
1004 works (1992.10)
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- Canonical title
- War Drums
- Original title
- War Drums
- Original publication date
- 1992-10
- People/Characters
- Worf; Ro Laren; Jean-Luc Picard; Data; Deanna Troi
- Important places
- Selva (Fictitious Planet)
- Important events
- Worf must create a truce between Human and Klingon colonies inhabiting the same world
- Epigraph
- Where drums beat, laws are silent.
~ Ancient Earth proverb - Dedication
- For my buddies
Barbara Beck and Steve Robertson - First words
- A cacophony of bird calls abruptly stilled as three women and three men entered a heavily wooded glade carrying baskets, buckets, blankets, and assorted hand tools.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It was worth a try.
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- Reviews
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- Rating
- (3.20)
- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
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