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3.0 out of 5 stars
Good, solid sci-fi, just not a good Star Trek story, 20 May 2004
While exploring in the direction of the Galactic Core, Captain Kirk and the starship Enterprise are surprised to find themselves hailed by a shuttlecraft from a long-lost starship. However, when the pilot turns out to be a long-lost friend of Kirks, one now suffering from some sort of extreme religious mania, it simply raises more questions. The Enterprise is soon seized by an unknown power, and dragged to a Dyson Sphere world (a habitable globe surrounding a dwarf star). There's a deep mystery here, and with this world headed for a deadly collision with a black hole, there's little time to solve it!OK, first of all, let me say that this is an enjoyable story, not great, but well written. The fatal flaw here is that the author does a very poor job of capturing the Star Trek characters that fill his story. Quite often while reading, I would be shocked at the way a character would react or talk - it was as if the author had read a description of the Star Trek characters, but had never actually watched the show. Overall, it gave the story a rather disjointed (dare I say "out of phase"?) feeling. So, am I saying that you should skip this book? No, in fact, I did enjoy reading this book. It's a good, solid sci-fi story, just not a good Star Trek story. If you take the book on those terms, I think that you will enjoy it. I give this book a rather guarded recommendation.
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