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The Last Full Measure (Star Trek: Enterprise) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Michael A. Martin (Author), Andy Mangels (Author) "WHENEVER DEGRA CONSIDERED the end product of the Weapon Project he had spent the last several moon-turns supervising, he saw the smiting face of Naara..." (more)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket Books (1 Aug 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1416503587
  • ISBN-13: 978-1416503583
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 423,373 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Without warning or provocation an alien weapon appears above Earth and unleashes a blast that kills millions across two continents. A second such weapon could destroy the entire planet. In a desperate bid to save Earth and its people, Starfleet must change its mission from one of peaceful exploration to one of military service. Only the Starship Enterprise is fast enought to stop the production of a second Xindi weapon. But the crew cannot do it alone, and Captain Jonathan Archer accepts a contingent of Military Assault Command Operations personnel - battle-hardened soldiers known as MACOs - on board his ship. Starfleet and the MACOs are two very different services sharing a common goal, but divided in their views of how to attain it. It is a culture clash that echoes across centuries of military service. The men and women on board the Enterprise understand that somehow they must succeed in working together or the price will be paid in blood - failure is not an option.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Average, 7 Aug 2006
By N. Brett (Wiltshire, England) - See all my reviews
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Now in my mid 40's I have been a Trek fan most of my life but I must confess that a few years ago I reached 'Trek Novel fatigue'. For many years I bought and read any Trek novel from any of the various series, starting off with the James Blish adaptations through to somewhere in DS9 territory. I just got bored of reading average novels that were being churned out by the truckload with insufficient quality control.

But I like to dip back in when I see one that is well reviewed, so I picked up this one...

Set on Archer's Enterprise during the Xindi conflict the main focus is on the tensions between the crew and the newly introduced MACOs. You would then expect this to be a 'how they came to respect each-other' story and of course that is exactly what happens.

So, no great surprises, no great characterisations and no great thrills. Despite a mildly interesting cameo at the end this book has been a reminder of why I buy so few trek books now.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a good Enterprise novel!, 28 Jun 2006
By S. Cooper (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews
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Enterprise novels have been rather a hit and miss bunch, but this one definately arrives at the 'hit' end of the spectrum.

The central storyline is set during the Xindi conflict (ie Season 3 of the show) and has the Xindi council trying to deflect the Enterprise away from their homeworld/weapons base by sending them on a wild goose chase.

It's a clever idea as a way to shoehorn a story into the season's arc but because, as viewers, we already know how the Xindi/Earth conflict plays out some of the drama is lost. A fact not missed by the authors, just consider the letters home at the start and end of the story to be nods to the audience on the subject.

That said, the tension of the story comes not from the aliens but from the MACO/Starfleet interaction. On the show this was mostly limited to the feud between Hayes and Reed but TLFM shows how having the military on board has affected all the crew, specifically Travis Mayweather who takes on a large part of the plot alongside his roommate MACO Corporal Chang.

One of the most interesting things about this novel is that it starts to set things up for the Enterprise Relaunch novels (due at some point in the future...) using a 'framing sequence', a chapter at the beginning and one at the end showing the future and only barely related to main body of the text. They are scenes which as a fan you will either love (for explaining away one of the least popular events of the show) or hate (for messing with accepted canon) but I don't want to spoil it for you! There's also a lovely little cameo from elsewhere in the franchise.

All in all, it's a good story. Not perfect (there's a whole sequence that feels ripped right out from Star Wars which niggles as just feeling wrong) but considerably better that the last offering Rosetta. The characterisations really stand up well, I especially liked the depiction of Season Three's 'I'll do whatever it takes' Archer, and Reed's rather more thoughtful reaction to him.

I believe it bodes well for the next series of Enterprise stories whenever they might reach our bookstores.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars It's ok, 14 Jun 2006
It's a very good book but the one thing that bugged me the most was that it felt too short. But apart that it was a good read.
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