Star Trek: The Fall: Peaceable Kingdoms Author: Dayton Ward | Language: English | ISBN:
B00BSBR5GC | Format: EPUB
Star Trek: The Fall: Peaceable Kingdoms Description
Following the resolution of the fertility crisis that nearly caused their extinction, the Andorian people now stand ready to rejoin the United Federation of Planets. The return of one of its founding member worlds is viewed by many as the first hopeful step beyond the uncertainty and tragedy that have overshadowed recent events in the Alpha Quadrant. But as the Federation looks to the future and the special election to name President Bacco’s permanent successor, time is running out to apprehend those responsible for the respected leader’s brutal assassination. Even as elements of the Typhon Pact are implicated for the murder, Admiral William Riker holds key knowledge of the true assassins— a revelation that could threaten the fragile Federation-Cardassian alliance.
Questions and concerns also continue to swell around Bacco’s interim successor, Ishan Anjar, who uses the recent bloodshed to further a belligerent, hawkish political agenda against the Typhon Pact. With the election looming, Riker dispatches his closest friend, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, in a desperate attempt to uncover the truth. But as Picard and the
Enterprise crew pursue the few remaining clues, Riker must act on growing suspicions that someone within Ishan’s inner circle has been in league with the assassins from the very beginning . . . .
- File Size: 3877 KB
- Print Length: 385 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1476718997
- Publisher: Pocket Books/Star Trek (December 31, 2013)
- Sold by: Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00BSBR5GC
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Actually a little disappointed with this offering, especially after the excellent "A Ceremony of Losses" and "The Poisoned Chalice" made for some exciting and true-to-character reads. The [SPOILERS HERE]
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"alternate Bajoran identity" angle of President Ishan just seemed overused, especially after it had been done in the TV series with Dukat/Anjol and later with Iliana Ghemor/The Intendant. Also it would have been nice to see how they got Galif jav Velk to spill his info and involvement in the whole thing. The biggest thing that was left hanging and didn't get ANY time in this book was the Kira/Altek Dans storyline. I guess they're going to leave why Altek appeared in DS9 and what's going on with Taran'atar to another line of books (hooray, keep writing them, Relaunch authors!) but I was hoping for some clever involvement of these two in the overarching Bacco assassination storyline.
I also would have liked to get at least one little section describing how the latest Andorian citizen and "nephew" of Emissary ch'Nuillen was adjusting to life on his new homeworld.
The good part about this offering was Dayton Ward has all the TNG characters and their ways of speaking down pat. I could "hear" every TNG character in my head in the written dialogue. Appreciate all the little nods to earlier TNG episodes and other ST series, including Kirk's advice to Picard about getting promoted. There's a lot of material to keep straight in this universe, and finding all the tie-ins and references was a treat.
By IronMaideleh
I have to agree with most of the reviewers here. The final installment of The Fall has no real bang, even though there is some plot and there is some real character of the Cardassian doctor and "Ishun". The final nail in the coffin for the aggressive interim Federation President also seems, to me, quite contrived and out of left field. I don't think it was really necessary, given there was the logical and obvious link between him and the True way and setting up the death of previous Federation president (which is itself was a poorly written plot- anyone with a brain could tell "security" as anything but)
At least it ends with Starfleet returning "To boldly go where no one has gone before". I've had enough of Federation politics. Let's get back to the adventures of interstellar exploration.
By Adrian
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