I can't say that I'm the biggest Star Trek fan by any means. If anyone here makes candles and wants to make me an evergreen and musk scented one called Riker, I will be your BFFL

My only main question and seeming plot hole was - who created the ghost ship? The introductions were basically good, although some of the events just had not happened yet (like Wesley wasn't an acting ensign until later on).

The other bad news for me was that the first part of the book had nothing to do with the Enterprise, and for a series opener I don't think it's a great tactic. She writes a great story but didn't quite get some of the personalities and relationships right - she really couldn't have though. It is amazing to me that she concocted this on, what I imagine, was not a lot of source material to go off of. The bad news? Diane Carey hadn't seen an episode yet as this was written (I believe) at some point before the series aired. As a new crew, the members are getting to know each other and quite a bit of introduction and introspecting is taking place. (Sorta made me want to watch the whole episode again, which is a good sign for a book).A solid four stars and most Star Trek novels, even the better ones don't usually approach four stars.I decided to start re reading some of the Star Trek books in between more serious reads.Īlways a good idea, right? In Ghost Ship, by Diane Carey, the Enterprise is investigating a gas giant when strange phenomena start. But if it went perfectly then there'd be no TV show or books.It was one of the most relevant storylines that the Star Trek shows ever made and the book lives up to that as well.It's a well written book, there are only a few mistakes here and there in regards to characterization, but for the most part it is a very good novelization of a great episode. Its first mission is to go to the Gamma Quadrant and put the scare a little bit into the Dominion and also test out the cloak that it uses (that the Romulans have 'loaned' to Starfleet).Of course, the mission doesn't go how it should.

It's the start of the explanation of the Dominion, the Founders and Odo amongst other things.The story is that Sisko has convinced Starfleet to give him a new ship, a new warship class, The Defiants. This novel is based on the two part episode of the same name.

Star Trek by Diane Carey