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  • Hardcover: 338 pages
  • Publisher: Star Trek; New edition edition (7 May 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0743406435
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743406437
  • Product Dimensions: 24.3 x 16.3 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 730,324 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Book two of the compelling and fast-paced saga which charts the rise and fall of Khan Noonien Singh -- one of Star Trek's most complex and powerful villains. Earth, late twentieth century. The story continues...The Chrysalis project -- an international consortium of scientists who have developed a group of genetically engineered men and women designed with superior intellect, strength and will -- have unwittingly unleashed a force which will prove their undoing. Designed to lead Earth into the twenty-first century, their experimental super-race has instead become Earth's nemesis. For the disarmingly brilliant but ruthless Khan has gradually asserted his superiority even over his fellow enhanced creations. No longer content to simply adjust the course of Earth's destiny here and there, his drive has reached a frightening maturity: he is determined to seize control of the entire planet. Gary Seven, extraterrestial agent, together with his human colleague Roberta Lincoln, finds himself the final line of defence in a brutal struggle for the future freedom of Earth -- can they prevent Khan from attaining his goal of total domination?

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Greg Cox is the author of several Star Trek novels including the bestselling Next Generation Q Continuum trilogy: Q-SPACE, Q-ZONE and Q-STRIKE.
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5.0 out of 5 stars "Would you reveal to war-weary nations that some 80 or 90 supermen might still be alive?", 23 Dec 2007
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Star Trek: The Eugenics Wars Volume 2 is the 17th classic Trek hardback and without a moment's break, heads straight into the conclusion of the epic saga that was started in book one. Once again Greg Cox's tireless research gives an added dimension of realism to the sections of the stories set in contemporary times.
While Kirk has to deal with sabotage on the Sycorax colony far in our future, the epic struggles between the various superhuman generals continues on Earth. After Seven's failure with Khan in the last novel, he begins a very dangerous game of pitting one of the children of Chrysalis against another in order to get them to do destroy themselves while limiting civilian casualties.
With Roberta on a mission into the stronghold of a genetically enhanced general of an American military cult, Seven has to deal with Khan alone. With doomsday weapons hanging over the world and Khan prepared to unleash a bacterial armageddon the tension is high throughout the whole story.
Like book one, the novel is a real page turner and you will have a hard time putting it down. With the links to all the episodes covered in book one, Cox demonstrates with ease how a DY-100 class sleeper ship could've been launched from 1990's Earth. Trek fans will find themselves laughing at that one!
The emotions brought out by the plight of Seven as he struggles to ensure humanity's survival are intense and world seen through the maturing eyes of Roberta Lincoln are at times sad and painful, especially for those of us that remember such tragedies as Waco.
Written with the same passion and zeal as the first volume, Greg Cox gives us a satisfactory conclusion to one of the best unexplored sagas of the Star Trek universe. A must have for any Trek fan - enjoy!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Eugenics Wars - The rise and fall of another Dr Evil, 22 April 2006
By Lauri Gardner (Glasgow, Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Eugenics Wars: v.2: Vol 2 (Star Trek: The Original) (Mass Market Paperback)
I love Star Trek. I have loved Star Trek since I started reading the original series novels. I have always had a soft spot for Spaceseed and Wrath of Khan. Khan Noonian Singh being such an interesting character.

In the "Rise and Fall of Khan Noonian Singh" the eugenics wars are described vaguely to shadow behind major, current real life events. I found the whole premise behind it interesting, but unfortunately when put into motion it comes across with very poor craftmanship. The desire smash in every single time hopping, alien's on earth Star Trek episode ends up causing the story to fragment into more of an author pointing to what canon he knows, instead of dealing with the far more important plot.

Gary Seven and his faithful sidekick Roberta both come across as four color super-heros. Khan himself comes across as more Ming the Merciless with the knock-on super-intellectual ability to utter from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Quotations at the drop of a hat.

There is an eery feeling that this would have made a fantastic Austin Powers meets Star Trek novel, but it was done far too seriously to have even an element of humor.

I have read a few reviews that have praised this as being a piece of fantastic writing. Please don't believe the hype, but read a few passages and make the informed decision.
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4.0 out of 5 stars From hell's heart I stab at thee!, 11 Feb 2008
By S. Bentley "stuarthoratiobentley" (North Yorkshire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Eugenics Wars: v.2: Vol 2 (Star Trek: The Original) (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the second part of Greg Cox's life story of Khan Singh, the greatest Trek baddie from the greatest Trek film. It's an interesting experiment in that Khan was supposed to have taken over the world by 1996, but we never saw that did we? So Cox weaves Khan into real history as a shadow mover, secretly taking over the world like a Bond villain.

Moving against him is Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln from the Trek episode Assignment Earth about a human being made superhuman by alien overseers from far away (which was a backdoor pilot that never went to series).

In this book Khan has matured and is ready to wash his hands of the human race. It explains how he ended up in space and how mankind could have a spaceship in 1996. I feel it shows some good research and clever thinking, that Cox is able to wind Khan and his fellow supermen into real history. However the book, being Trek, is never quite hard-edged enough. Khan is never as ruthless as you imagine him to be, and in fact doesn't seem to do a lot in the book which instead focuses on Seven and Lincoln instead. It's also slightly campy, feeling like the Man from UNCLE at times.

That said, I read the book very quickly and quite enjoyed it. I just weep for what could have been if it had been more full-blooded.
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