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Captain Jean-Luc Picard, his ship repaired, must now reassemble his crew. With the departure of both William Riker and ship's counsellor Deannna Troi, the captain must replace his two most trusted advisors. He chooses a Vulcan, a logical choice, and for his new first officer, Worf. But the Klingon refuses the promotion and the new ship's counsellor appears to actively dislike Worf. A simple shake-down mission should settle everything. Except that once again, the captain hears the song of the Borg collective. Admiral Janeway is convinced that the Borg have been crushed and are no longer a threat. Picard believes she is wrong, and that if the Enterprise doesn't act the entire Federation will be under the domination of its most oppressive enemy.
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J.M. Dillard is the author of numerous Star Trek novels, including the movie novelisations GENERATIONS, FIRST CONTACT, INSURRECTION and NEMESIS, and the bestselling non-fiction pictorial history WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
After looking forward to reading this book, I was disappointed by almost every aspect of it. The story has a general interest to it, but it's marred by a fundamental misunderstanding of the established nature of the characters. None of the characters we're used to (Picard, Worf, Crusher, LaForge, even the Borg) have been written in a way that truly reflects their personalities and their behaviour. Picard especially is full of turns of phrases that you would never expect from proper Star Trek writers in a million years. This reflected on the characters original to this book, for me, as I couldn't believe the author was capable at all of portraying apt characterisations (with the possible exception of T'Lana, the counsellor).
Add to this some ignorance about the established facts of Star Trek, such as calling Picard's heart human (not artificial) and wrongly quoting a sequence of events from First Contact that appeared to be very important to the character internally describing them, this made for a book whose writing and continuity were poor. The only saving grace is a reasonably compelling story; although for it to be told, past Star Trek novels, films and television, and what they have told us, had to be battered.
Add to this some ignorance about the established facts of Star Trek, such as calling Picard's heart human (not artificial) and wrongly quoting a sequence of events from First Contact that appeared to be very important to the character internally describing them, this made for a book whose writing and continuity were poor. The only saving grace is a reasonably compelling story; although for it to be told, past Star Trek novels, films and television, and what they have told us, had to be battered.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Dillards atempts here are rather low at creating a sequel to death in Winter, released a few years back, dealing with the romulan reaction to the events of Nemesis, also seen in the first Tital novel. Dillards has gone off to the deep end writing her own fantasy story in the Star Trek world. He relies to much on what has gone before too much to establish what is going on with he characters. Also too many love stories here. Ok Beverly and Picard, which is kind of obvious. A Klingon and Vulcan and then a Helmsman after a lost crew man to the Borg, thats going too far. Nice use of the Admiral Janeway at Starfleet but again she relies too much on the Past events. The charcters don't seem right, In their mannerisms and how Beverly just simlpy follows orders of her Lover without putting up a fight, has she mellowed in the last 20 years on the enterprise? She tried to bring in too many characters at once in my opinion and couldn't work them well. Try to pu some more danger in their, I'd loved to have read more pages, a battle with the fleet, butwait we've had that before in films and TV. She needs to go back to the source material and make a few more notes. Always refer back to he episodes if you get stuck Mr Dillard. Although I liked his angle on the Borg fighting for survival, tieing up loose end of their origins which have gone unaswered for some ten years now.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book had me gripped from the very first word. It's set in a time after Nemesis and as such a few new characters are introduced to spice things up. They are introduced very well, and you really get a feel for their background and their overall moods. The idea behind this Novel is a very interesting one which i think everyone will find to their liking. Although it's not strictly cannon, it has it's interesting surprises which you either love or you hate. I found this novel exciting, and most surprising which is why i am giving it 5 stars. I hope you enjoy this as much as i.
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Some lovely character parts and a good injection of fear from a...
Being fairly new to the world of Star Trek books I did not entirely know what to expect. I had heard about how the books had improved, and being a fan of the TV series wanted to... Read more
Published on 19 April 2010 by Khepry
Weak and poorly written
Seems like The Next Generation books are going to be tied together in an ongoing continuity much as DS9 books are. Read more
Published on 3 Sep 2009 by Mr. N. Shaikh
the jouney continues
how can someone who is not a writer judge any book written after the amount of time and effort poured into the making of the story and every chapter, a book can only be judged by... Read more
Published on 16 July 2009 by Mr. P. Brown
Resistance, is futile...
Resistance is the second TNG novel set after the film Nemesis and kicks of Enterprise's new adventures after the pause for repairs and relationship building in the precceding book... Read more
Published on 12 July 2009 by 8of5
The futility of Resistance has been greatly exaggerated
I consider myself a hardcore Star Trek: The Next Generation fan and quite a critical reviewer when there's a need, even more so when I have a passion for the subject, but find... Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2009 by Fantasy Lore
Not great...
When I first heard about this book I was quite excited at the prospect of the return of the Borg despite their over exposure during Star Trek: Voyager's run and that terrible... Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2008 by Mr. C. Evans
The Borg again ruined!!!
Ok I bought this from the local bookshop and after reading the back synopsis I was really looking forward to reading the book. Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2007 by Jordan Clarke
Resistance is Futile - Thank Goodness
One of the better of the recent ST books, as it reads more like a plot for an onscreen adventure. And the Borg are back as pure baddies, which makes a welcome change from all the... Read more
Published on 2 Nov 2007 by V. Crook
Great Book, but the ending could have used a little more work
Ok, i ordered this from a third party, as i was unwilling to wait for it to become available on Amazon. Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2007 by Lurker
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