A Time to Be Born (Star Trek The Next Generation)
by John Vornholt
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Author: John VornholtEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-01-27
ISBN: 0743467655
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Star Trek
Book Reviews of A Time to Be Born (Star Trek The Next Generation)
Book Review: Wesley Wesley Wesley
Summary: 4 Stars
I must admit, that for some reason I have always been a Wesley Crusher hater. Wil Wheaton is fine, but I hate Wesley. I never liked the character. OK. I'm OK now, just had to get that off my chest.
So when I realized that this is another frickin' Wesley-the-genius-screwup-comes-to-the rescue story I turned green and was very quiet for a long time. I'm OK now, again.
Anyway, it turned out that A Time To Be Born is a pretty good story - concluded in A Time To Die. Picard is locked away in a psych ward due to a political move by the Federation and Riker is commanding the Enterprise.
The major plot lines involve the situation in a `haunted' space graveyard that lands Picard under the control of a counselor who seems to be a control freak. (One plot device common to the Star Trek universe is that everyone in Star Fleet not on the Enterprise is either a power hungry maniac or a total idiot.) Riker commands the Enterprise.
The second plotline is of Wesley's initiation into the Travelers, a group of beings who, through mental powers can move through time and space at will. Crusher notices the plight of Picard and the Enterprise and at the risk of losing his place with the Travelers, decides to help out. Somehow he and Riker and the crew must clear Picard's name and solve the riddle of the spaceship graveyard.
The story moves along pretty well and Wesley is fairly tolerable - maybe he is growing up. Maybe I am mellowing.
You'll need to read A Time To Die for the conclusion.
Summary of A Time to Be Born (Star Trek The Next Generation)
On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker's promotion to captain and his new command, Riker's marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher's new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the Starship EnterpriseT has never been told.UNTIL NOW.
The site of one of the Dominion War's fiercest battles, the Rashanar Sector now contains a vast interstellar graveyard littered with the lifeless hulks of hundreds of devastated starships. The explosive destruction of so many varied warp drives has severely distorted the space-time continuum in this region, resulting in dangerous unleashed energies and bizarre gravitational anomalies.
The Enterprise has been assigned to patrol the perimeter of the danger zone, while other vessels carry out the difficult and highly hazardous task of retrieving the bodies of the dead from the wrecked warships.
To some alien races, the former battleground is hallowed space. To others, including the rapacious Androssi, it is a scavenger's paradise, ripe for salvage. None expect this ship's graveyard to hold a deadly secret that will force the android Data to make a heart-wrenching decision about the path his life will take -- and that will endanger not only the Enterprise, but Picard's future in Starfleet.
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