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Desperately
in need of repairs, the USS Voyager finds the Sardalia, a
planet of immense beauty and very friendly natives. But they seem overly
friendly and willing to help the crew of Voyager get
whatever materials they require without asking for much in return. After
sending up one engineer to assist B'Elanna, and her getting upset with
his ineptitude, suspicions about the natives arise. Then when Janeway
visits the planet, and watches one of the natives collapse and no one
moving to help, she begins to get suspicious that all is not well on the
planet. Kim and Paris, while on shore leave, become involved in the
illegal poaching of some water mammals. After their ship is sunk, and
after washing up onshore with the Lord Councillor's daughter, they are
captured by the protectors of the mammals and held for hostage. But the
Lord Councillor does not appear to be interested in bartering for his
daughter's life, and he claims to know nothing of Voyager's missing crewmen.
This
is a book in the Star Trek: Voyager series. The number of the book is
10. It is based upon the characters on the television show Star Trek:
Voyager. This story appears to takes place during the first season of
the show, so Kes is still on board and Seven of Nine has not yet joined
the crew.
This
book is an interesting one. It is a little hard to relate to since a lot
of things have changed on Star Trek Voyager since this book was written.
B'Elanna is more interested in what happens to Harry, rather than Tom,
her future husband and father of her child. Nelix is more easy to anger
and the Doctor has no personality at all. These differences only made me
laugh a little. Is this the way that it really was in the first season?
I can't say...it is hard to remember. Other than these small issues,
the story was good and entertaining. I read it rather quickly and was
happy with the plot. But I did find it quite easy to figure out what was
going on and how it was going to end. As a Star Trek Voyager fan, this
is a book that I enjoyed. Yes, it was a little predictable, but still it
was a new story with characters that I am very familiar with and enjoy
either watching or reading about. So, if you like Star Trek Voyager, and
are looking for something to read, you may want to pick this one up.
I
rated this book a 7 out of 10. |
