Echoes (Star Trek: Voyager)
£15.57
One of the better Voyager books! - For several years now I ve been reading all of the Star Trek series books in order of release dates. That said, up to the point in which Echoes was released, with few exceptions, most of the Voyager books left a lot to be desired. That is certainly not the case with this book. Echoes is an extremely exciting book that at it s core uses the standard plot line - we re in the Delta Quadrant and we re short on this or that supply, we need to stop and find it - which has been pretty much worked to death by the previous Voyager books. Echoes involves the Federation starship picking up some odd sensor readings, so they decide to investigate. Once Captain Janeway arrives, she and her crew are instantly involved in a tragedy so large in scale and magnitude, it seems almost unsolvable by one small ship. The residents of the planet have created a planet wide transporter system, and tied it into the planets core for power. This has disastrous results. Like clockwork, the transporter system kicks everybody on the planet over to the next reality, plane of existence. Where there s a planet, no problem, where there is not a planet, welcome to the vacuum of space. And so begins one of the more intriguing and better written numbered novels of any of the series! I highly recommend this book to any and all Star Trek and in particular, Voyager fans. Thank you to the authors for another great Star Trek read. {ssintrepid}
Great but confusing - This book has a very interesting and complex storyline. Don t start reading it then leave it somewhere or you will lose what s going on. It has stories within stories and you can easily get lost within the complicated storyline. Getting to the end of the book is a relief so you can finally see the solution to what was happening. It is a great book and something i enjoyed reading.
Needs concentration! - One of the best things about this book is that you will want to get to the end to find out what the solution to the bizzare and quite frightening dilemna Voyager finds herself in. It s best not too leave it for too long or you might forget whats going on - the book is split into lots of short chapers, which span a couple of thousand parallel universes. It gets complicated, as we are introduced to not one, not two but at least 3 Captain Janeways et al in person, plus a few thousand others that we don t see, all trying to save an entire planet. It was a good read, but not one for just dipping in and out of (though I ve not yet found a Voyager novel that is, they re all pretty good!). I felt it was well written, and the characters were dealt with sympathetically, its just a little disjointed as you hop from universe to universe. Just remember that time travel is involved and you should be ok!