Titan: Orion's Hounds
by Christopher L. Bennett
Star Trek: Titan (3), Star Trek Relaunch (Book 34) (Chronological Order), Star Trek (novels) (2005.12), Star Trek (2006.01)
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As the U. S. S. Titan ventures beyond the outermost reaches of known space, the telepaths in her crew--including Diplomatic Officer Donna Troi--are overwhelmed by an alien cry of distress, leading the ship to the scene of a shocking act of carnage: a civilazation of insterstellar "whalers" preying upon and exploiting a familiar species of sentient spacebource giants. Appalled but reluctant to rush to judgement, Captain William Riker and his crew in investigate, discovering a cosmic spawning show more ground in a region of active star formation--the exosystem for a bewildering array of diverse but similarly vast life-forms. While attempting to negotiate an end to the victimizeation of these creatures, Riker's crew inadvertently grants them the means to defeat their hunters' purpose...only to learn that things are not exactly as they seem. show lessTags
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I really liked this book. It centers around the star-jellies that we were first introduced in TNG S1E1 at Farpoint station. If you can I would recommend watching that again before you read this.
I felt they did really good exploring modern day political issuea, like gun control and hunting rights, in a way that TNG failed to do as if all human issues were already solved.
There are still too many characters to keep them all straight even 3 books in, and the premise of just how many giant space monsters this area of space has is a little unbelievable preventing this from getting 5 stars.
I felt they did really good exploring modern day political issuea, like gun control and hunting rights, in a way that TNG failed to do as if all human issues were already solved.
There are still too many characters to keep them all straight even 3 books in, and the premise of just how many giant space monsters this area of space has is a little unbelievable preventing this from getting 5 stars.
I enjoyed the first 3 Titan books (and will have to pick up the later ones) largely because they show more non-humanoid aliens. I understand why the TV series focused primarily on humanoids, but books (and comics) give authors freedom to explore further, though they rarely do. I enjoyed the exchange between Chaka and the Elaysian.
Too wordy. Needed more action. If the action was along with the explanations I would have liked it better.
Not my favorite
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- Canonical title
- Titan: Orion's Hounds
- Alternate titles
- Orion's Hound; Star Trek: Titan, Orion's Hounds
- Original publication date
- 2006-01
- People/Characters
- William T. Riker; Christina Vale; Deanna Troi
- Dedication
- To Shadow and Natasha, predators extraordinaire, who have saved me from many menacing pieces of string and wrapping paper. Sorry about the "Hounds" thing.
- First words
- We swim through space, the void's chill brisk against our flesh.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"...Always forward."
- Publisher's editor
- Palmieri, Marco
- Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 813.6
- Canonical LCC
- PS3602 .E66447
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- Members
- 376
- Popularity
- 82,995
- Reviews
- 6
- Rating
- (3.56)
- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 4
