Star Trek Spectre

Star Trek Spectre
by William Shatner, Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens, George Truett

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Author: Garfield Reeves-Stevens, George Truett, Judith Reeves-Stevens, William Shatner
Edition: Audio Cassette
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Published: 1998-05-01
ISBN: 0671579983
Publisher: Audioworks

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Book Review: Shatner's take on the mirror universe
Summary: 3 Stars

Even though I thought Avenger sucked out loud I was still looking foward to this Shatner novel. I must say it started out with a bang. Lots of action from the start. As Kirk is making his way back to earth to meet up with Scotty he gets kidnapped by Kathryn Janeway, T'Val and Spock from the mirror universe. At the same time Picard and the Enterprise get taken captive by what appeared to be the Voyager only to find out that it was a replica and there were some mirror counterparts from the Voyager teaming with Klingons and Cardassians.

As usual Shatner rights his original series comrads very well. He basically knows them as well as any other writer. All the characters for the most part where written very well. However as for the story, it kind of slowed down a little. There is about fifty pages in the middle of the book that are almost a chore to read. You are just reading and hoping that this will get better. It does... as the end, even though a cliff hanger for the next book, is very exciting.

Shatner has the same ego that he does in the rest of his books. The universe still counldn't exist without James T. Kirk. Kirk even says it in the book. Something along the lines of Kirk knows he has to continue to save the universe because no one else can. Shatner still has very little respect for TNG members and that is certain. One other thing that I noticed was it was mentioned that since Kirk, Spock, Scotty and McCoy didn't know whether they could trust T'Val, the mirror Spock and Janeway that a mind meld should be done to make sure they were telling the truth. Scotty mentioned it to Kirk and Kirk said that he couldn't do it but Spock could. However, Kirk learned how to do the mind meld from Hugh when he rescued Kirk from the Borg world in Avenger. He then used it on Spock's assistant to find out that he was the one that killed Sarek. Has he forgot how to do it? Not sure what happened there.

They are also a lot of good things about the book. First of all, it is better than Avenger. I was getting worried, Ashes of Eden was great, The Return... still pretty good, and then Avenger was not good at all. So I was worried that if the trend continued that this book would be bad. Another interesting fact about this story was that there was an exact time that the mirror universe went bad. There was a certain event, unlike Duane's Dark Mirror in which she had that universe bad from the beginning of time. They will probably continue the idea through out the rest of the books.

This book was a good read with lots of action, several surprises, and good story telling. If you are an OS fan it is a must read.

I have a baby due in 10 days I am going to try to get The Vulcan Academy Murders read before that. After that it might be a while before I get to read anymore.

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Summary of Star Trek Spectre

William Shatner has once again brought his unique blend of talents as actor, writer, director, and producer to continue the saga of Jim Kirk's remarkable second life, as an insidious menace from his past threatens a new generation of heroes...

Retired and in a happy relationship, Kirk believes his adventuring days are over. But as he returns to Earth for the first time since his apparent "death" upon the U.S.S. Enterprise?NCC 1701-B, events elsewhere in the galaxy set in motion a mystery that may provide Kirk with his greatest challenge yet.

The Enterprise-E, under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, is exploring an unstable region of space on a mission of vital concern to Starfleet when they discover the last thing they ever expected to find: a battle-scarred vessel that is instantly recognizable to every member of Picard's crew. Five years after being presumed lost, the Starship Voyager? has come home!

The commander of Voyager, Tom Paris, explains that Captain Kathryn Janeway and half the original crew is dead, but if that is true, who is the mysterious woman who has kidnapped Kirk back on Earth, demanding that he assist her against a threat to the entire Federation? All is not as it seems, and soon Kirk is forced to confront the consequences of actions taken thirty years before, as well a his own inner doubts.

An unforgettable saga peopled by old friends and ancient enemies, Star Trek® Spectre propels Kirk on a journey of self-discovery every bit as harrowing as the cataclysmic new adventure that awaits him.

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