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Requiem Star Trek The Next Generation Book 32 eBook Michael Jan Friedman Kevin Ryan

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Requiem Star Trek The Next Generation Book 32 eBook Michael Jan Friedman Kevin Ryan

Michael Jan Friedman is always going to give you a pretty good book, and he does not get bogged down with backstory that we are already familiar with from watching the shows. This story was another pretty good one, but I kept thinking as I was reading it that it could have been and should have been better. I did not learn much of anything about the Gorn; it was not about them. Nor did I really buy Picard's struggle with the temporal Prime Directive; I thought Friedman chose the easiest way out of that. I think Picard was not quite in character. I did not buy the depth of the feeling he felt for Julia at all (certainly not after having spent only a few hours with her). She was too two-dimensional, and Picard's type seems to be more complicated than that. I had read this book many years ago, but I remembered almost nothing about it when I read it again this week, and I doubt much of it will remain with me going forward. I know these are only Star Trek books and not great literature, but there are a number of books that have made far more impact on me, so I do remember them quite well even years later. This is not one of those. Glad I read it, but it is not outstanding in any way.


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Requiem Star Trek The Next Generation Book 32 eBook Michael Jan Friedman Kevin Ryan Reviews

Although this exceptional numbered novel is today considered to be one of the early "Stargazer" novels, it is most definitely considered one of the best novels written to date by Star Trek's most prolific author Michael Jan Friedman and former Star Trek editor, Kevin Ryan. Few of the numbered novels can even compare to this fast paced, "historically" rich Star Trek novel. This novel is a pure sign of MJ Friedman's "true" genius and one of the reasons why he is Star Trek's most prolific author; he knows what the fans want to read about, primarily because he's a fan who also has the best job for a fan and the talent to back it up.
Within these pages you'll find a story involving both the crew of the Enterprise NCC-1701-D and Captain Picard and the crew of the USS Stargazer, some twenty five years earlier. You'll also have a chance to visit Cestus III, first seen in the classic Star Trek episode, "Arena" and of course, the Gorn, who claimed sovereignty over the planet.
Although the cover art does contain an "interesting" image of a younger Captain Jean Luc Picard and a drawing of the Gorn from "Arena," it's pretty much standard fare for the time in which this novel was published.
The premise
Twenty five years prior to this story; Captain Jean Luc Picard, captain of the USS Stargazer, negotiated a breakthrough with the Gorn. Now, on the twenty fifth anniversary of that breakthrough, Captain Picard and the Enterprise are headed for the Gorn Homeworld to continue those negotiations.
While en route to the Gorn Home world, the Enterprise discovers a mysterious alien artifact and suddenly, Captain Picard disappears. Just as Commander Riker and the Enterprise begins the investigation in to what happened to their Captain, the summit with the Gorn goes terribly wrong and war now looms over the Alpha Quadrant and Captain Picard is desperately needed to prevent it. Captain Picard finds that he's been transported through time and is now on Cestus III, shortly before the Gorn attack it, leaving only one survivor.
What follows from there is, as stated above, one of the best numbered Star Trek The Next Generation novels to date. I highly recommend this novel to any and all fans of the genre and especially to those who've read MJ Friedman's Stargazer novels and would like to read as much on Captain Picard's time as the Captain of that ship as possible. {ssintrepid}
Welcome back the Gorn! You Trekkies should remember them. Greenish lizard like creatures, one which Kirk battled one on one on Cestus III?
Well, enter the diplomat, Jean-Luc Picard. The story starts out with a younger Picard on the Stargazer. They encounter the Gorn, and Picard transports over to their ship and eventually to their homeworld. With very little known about the Gorn, except for accounts from Kirk's encounter, Picard somehow figures them out.
This sets up the current time, where the Gorn want to establish diplomatic relations with the Federation. Picard is the only one who is fit for this of course. While traveling there, the Enterprise comes upon a huge space station. While investigating it, power surges take place, and some of the crew manage to get transported back to the Enterprise, but Picard. Then, he is caught in a blinding beam, and wakes up 100 years or so in the past in an infirmary. Guess where? Cestus III, although the captain is not aware of this yet.
Eventually, he learns where he is, and in the meantime, is considered suspicious by all the colonists there, except the doctor, who he becomes attracted to. Going by the name of Dixon Hill, he finds out what Stardate it is, and knows it will not be long, before the Gorn invade and destoy this colony. He plans his escape, but before he even has a chance to move out, they find out he is not who he says he is.
Picard then reveals some information to the doctor about who he really is, since she is the only one who trusts him. Picard manages to save the colony from a reactor core overheating, but has to use force to do it, as everyone things he is sabotoging it. After doing this, he runs away into the canyons, trying to find his communicator, in the only hope of being found 100 years in the future. The Enterprise 1701-D, get the help from Bajoran pirates. As Picard is being pursued by the colonists, the Gorn invade. Being torn between obeying the Prime Directive, or helping the colonists, and the doctor who he cares about, he decides to help them, hoping it will not affect the future timeline. While helping them, he is beamed away back to the future, or his time. Toward the end of the book, Kirk, Spock and Bones appear.
All in all a great book. Was mislead a little, thinking Picard would be facing one on one with a Gorn like Kirk did.
What do you do when you find yourself flung back in time? Jean-Luc Picard finds himself in that situation on Cestus III when the Federation & the Gorn are having a difference of opinion on whose world it is. Hoo-boy!
Michael Jan Friedman is always going to give you a pretty good book, and he does not get bogged down with backstory that we are already familiar with from watching the shows. This story was another pretty good one, but I kept thinking as I was reading it that it could have been and should have been better. I did not learn much of anything about the Gorn; it was not about them. Nor did I really buy Picard's struggle with the temporal Prime Directive; I thought Friedman chose the easiest way out of that. I think Picard was not quite in character. I did not buy the depth of the feeling he felt for Julia at all (certainly not after having spent only a few hours with her). She was too two-dimensional, and Picard's type seems to be more complicated than that. I had read this book many years ago, but I remembered almost nothing about it when I read it again this week, and I doubt much of it will remain with me going forward. I know these are only Star Trek books and not great literature, but there are a number of books that have made far more impact on me, so I do remember them quite well even years later. This is not one of those. Glad I read it, but it is not outstanding in any way.