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Loading... Treasonby Peter David
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It is a time of political upheaval and uncertainty in the New Thallonian Protectorate. Following the brutal assassination of her husband, Si Cwan, former Starfleet officer-turned-newly-appointed-Prime Minister Robin Lefler must now face the growing danger and intrigue surrounding her newborn son and heir to the noble line of Cwan. Following a harrowing assassination attempt, Robin has no choice but to flee New Thallon with her child . . . seeking refuge with Captain Mackenzie Calhoun and the crew of the U.S.S. Excalibur and creating a major diplomatic crisis in Sector 221-G. The political fallout between the Federation and the New Thallonian Protectorate pales, however, in comparison to the threat of an enigmatic alien race determined to seize the infant Cwan for its own mysterious purposes. But nothing could possibly prepare Calhoun for the shocking betrayal from within--an act of treachery to aid and abet this alien race--forever altering the lives of the Excalibur crew. . . . No library descriptions found. |
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"What [affected] me was the sense that I've read this before. The book centers around Dr. Selar kidnapping Robin Lefler's child to save her own son, so in essence the book was one hysterical mother against another hysterical mother (at least as hysterical as a Vulcan can get). So... neither character's finest hour.
On top of that, Selar only does what she did at the prompting of a mysterious, powerful beings whose true motive has yet to be determined... Hmm, manipulative, nigh-omnipotent beings. Where have I read that before? Could it be in books like Missing in Action or Gods Above? Maybe saying they're the same is a bit of a stretch, but thematically they feel the same. The "little people" get jerked around by a more powerful race.
I'd say that in the last six books the series has really stagnated. " (