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Chakotay and his sister, Sekaya, are imprisoned on the formerly Cardassian-occupied planet of Loran II. They soon discover that their tormentor is an old enemy: Arak Katal, the Bajoran who betrayed Chakotay's comrades, the Maquis, to Starfleet. Worse still, he is also Chakotay's second-in-command, Lieutenant Andrew Ellis -- for he is in fact a Changeling, a shapechanger, a renegade Founder who has been rejected by the Great Link for his evil actions. On Loran II he has teamed up with Cardassian scientist Crell Moset, who he hopes will restore his Changeling powers to the full. But that is only part of their plan: Moset intends to create a new race, a superspecies to do his will, as the Jem'Hadar serve the Founders. With Chakotay's Sky-Spirit DNA, they may just be able to pull it off -- and stopping them could cost Sekaya her life.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I loved this book. One of Golden's best. It brings together a unique blend of old and new heroes, villians and of course the famous ship itself. We see Chakotay, and a few others confront the demons of their past and a few secrets from 'Homecoming and The Farther Shore' are reveled.The writing is excellent throughout, the plot well thought and the ending, fabulous. If you enjoyed book one this is a must have. However, if you were expecting something like The Farther Shore you'd be disapointed as this is completly original. Although the entire crew are envolved somewhere, maybe not as we would all hope!
Fab book - Highly recommended!
Fab book - Highly recommended!
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I am sad to say that this is a thoroughly rotten book. The plot is dreadful - like a bad B movie, unconvincing and hackneyed. A real return to the 'bad old days' of going nowhere Trek literature.
I only read this as I had forced myself through book one (which I had been looking forward to) and thought it may have some bearing on Kirsten Beyers continuations.
In fact, Kirsten Beyers novels dismiss this junks trailing plot threads in a few paragraphs and she then gets on with what the Spirit Walk novels should have done - continuing the Voyager story in a creative, unexpected, convincing and entertaining manner. They are great - stick to them...
I only read this as I had forced myself through book one (which I had been looking forward to) and thought it may have some bearing on Kirsten Beyers continuations.
In fact, Kirsten Beyers novels dismiss this junks trailing plot threads in a few paragraphs and she then gets on with what the Spirit Walk novels should have done - continuing the Voyager story in a creative, unexpected, convincing and entertaining manner. They are great - stick to them...
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This book had a lot more pace and action to it than part one, which was a nice surprise. I think as the eloquent Mr Roy put it though, there's still far too much romanticising and Astall can be a little bit OTT at times with her almost bipolar attitude swinging between holding back tears and hugging people.
I did commend Golden on bringing the various plot threads together, and especially on the increased pace of the book around page 200 until the end. It's good to see that the seemingly unrelated plots introduced in Old Wounds were actually leading towards the main plot, rather than just giving Janeway and the others not on Voyager something to do.
There are a couple of things that bothered me though - I'd worked out where the Paris story was going early on, and it seemed a bit convenient and cliched to me. Also the characters seemed to keep calling the Maquis traitor Arak Katal by his 'friendly' name, rather than Arak, which struck me as odd.
It did seem to take the crew - and only two of them at that! - quite a while to start questioning Chakotay's behaviour. It makes me think the new security chief isn't up to the job!
I was taken aback again at how quickly the book was resolved - literally in the last couple of pages, as with The Farther Shore. I was hoping that all the plot threads of the relaunch to date would be tidied up and new ones allowed to start with the upcoming Full Circle (under a new author's supervision). Particularly Libby Webber's story.
I'm having a hard time telling if the mole she was chasing in Homecoming is still the same mole as in Spirit Walk, and if so - why no more mentions of selling information and technology to the Orion Syndicate, as it doesn't really seem to fit with what the mole was doing in this book.
Other than that, I think this was a pretty entertaining conclusion to the Spirit Walk story and I'm looking forward to more.
I did commend Golden on bringing the various plot threads together, and especially on the increased pace of the book around page 200 until the end. It's good to see that the seemingly unrelated plots introduced in Old Wounds were actually leading towards the main plot, rather than just giving Janeway and the others not on Voyager something to do.
There are a couple of things that bothered me though - I'd worked out where the Paris story was going early on, and it seemed a bit convenient and cliched to me. Also the characters seemed to keep calling the Maquis traitor Arak Katal by his 'friendly' name, rather than Arak, which struck me as odd.
It did seem to take the crew - and only two of them at that! - quite a while to start questioning Chakotay's behaviour. It makes me think the new security chief isn't up to the job!
I was taken aback again at how quickly the book was resolved - literally in the last couple of pages, as with The Farther Shore. I was hoping that all the plot threads of the relaunch to date would be tidied up and new ones allowed to start with the upcoming Full Circle (under a new author's supervision). Particularly Libby Webber's story.
I'm having a hard time telling if the mole she was chasing in Homecoming is still the same mole as in Spirit Walk, and if so - why no more mentions of selling information and technology to the Orion Syndicate, as it doesn't really seem to fit with what the mole was doing in this book.
Other than that, I think this was a pretty entertaining conclusion to the Spirit Walk story and I'm looking forward to more.
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Why didn't i listen to David Roy
The Spirit Walk books were such a disappointment after reading David Roy's review (whom may I add is usually spot on with his comments) I still went ahead and bought books 1 and 2. Read more
Published on 17 July 2008 by Ms. S. A. James
That was...uh...better?
After reading Old Wounds, I was left to wonder whether a book series could get any worse. I was almost dreading picking up the second book, Enemy of my Enemy, but since I had... Read more
Published on 17 Dec 2004 by David Roy
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