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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781416551720
Edition: 1st Pocket Books Pbk. Ed
ISBN: 1416551727
Label: Star Trek
Manufacturer: Star Trek
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: October 28, 2008
Publisher: Star Trek
Studio: Star Trek
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On Earth, Federation President Nanietta Bacco gathers allies and adversaries to form a desperate last line of defense against an impending Borg invasion. In deep space, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Captain Ezri Dax join together to cut off the Collective's route to the Alpha Quadrant.
Half a galaxy away, Captain William Riker and the crew of the Starship Titan have made contact with the reclusive Caeliar -- survivors of a stellar cataclysm that, two hundred years ago, drove fissures through the structure of space and time, creating a loop of inevitability and consigning another captain and crew to a purgatory from which they could never escape.
Now the supremely advanced Caeliar will brook no further intrusion upon their isolation, or against the sanctity of their Great Work....For the small, finite lives of mere mortals carry little weight in the calculations of gods.
But even gods may come to understand that they underestimate humans at their peril.
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The Destiny trilogy is the pinnacle of ST novels, combining a suspenful storyline including a REAL Federation-wide threat(for the first time ever in ST literature, no character is safe!) with fantastic characterization for established and new characters.
Ever since the Star Trek novel line re-alligned in 2000-2001, the novels have kept a consistant continuity (which still allows readers to "jump in" in jus about every novel, without confusion), and the Destiny trilogy is the culmination of those last few years of stories. Don't be alarmed, though. You don't need to read every Trek novel out there to understand it all - far from it: These books provide ALL the information you'd need.
In closing, the entire trilogy is a top-notch work from Star Trek's greatest novelist today!
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I've been buying and reading Star Trek novels since the 1970's. I still have the complete set of Alan Dean Foster's Star Trek Log series (an example: (Star Trek Logs One and Two (Star Trek the Animated Series)). These were the "novelizations" of the animated Trek episodes. Ah, the memories...
Well, we've come a long way, baby! Or babies, in this case, where both Deanna Troy and Beverly "Mrs. Capt. Picard" Crusher are expecting. This new "Destiny" trilogy continues a trend of aiming at a more adult audience. I enjoyed seeing the characters in the book acting and thinking like adults would.
Mere Mortals continues the epic story started in Gods of Night. This old Trekker enjoyed seeing a galaxy-spanning array of characters: Picard, Riker, Dax, Worf, the crew of the USS Columbia, and even Seven of Nine.
I recommend this trilogy. It is a lot of fun. You'll need to read Gods of Night first. You won't regret it.
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This is the third in a series of three and it is really well written. It tells the story of the ongoing battle with the Borg. The series is tied in with a few other books from Star Trek world.
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There are several good ST authors, but I think David Mack is the best. This book starts off with the Enterprise battling three Borg cubes in a real page-turning style.
I would recommend getting all three books BEFORE you start reading. Gods of night (book 1), Mere Mortals (book 2), and Lost Souls (book 3). The problem with David Mack books is that, if you don't read them congruently it's hard to keep up with the names/facts/storyline.
You're going to want to read these one right after another.
A great read.
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"Mere Mortals" is the second book in the 'epic' Trek mini-series, 'Destiny'. As a reader, I felt slightly let down by the first book due to the varied plots which prevents the focus being put on the topic at hand - The Borg. This installment continues the many plots introduced in the first novel, as well as previous books that lead up to this novel event. In all, not bad, but some minor critiques:
The Bad: With four different crews or situations competing for space and attention, yet again the Borg situation isn't really given its time to develop and be fleshed out as a plot element. The main focus is not so much on the Borg but the race introduced in book one, the Caeliar and their dealings with the Columbia NX-02 crew. The actual Borg plot, the much hyped plot and (from what you're lead to believe) is the focus of this series, barely moves. The least interesting plot is that surrounding Picard and crew. The main showdown/Borg conflict really doesn't happen until the last ... Read More
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