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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780743496285
ISBN: 0743496280
Label: Star Trek
Manufacturer: Star Trek
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2005-09
Publisher: Star Trek
Studio: Star Trek
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Investigating the disappearance of a secret Romulan fleet, the U.S.S. Titan, commanded by Captain William Riker, is unexpectedly propelled more than 200,000 light-years into the Small Magellanic Cloud. One of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies, the Cloud is also home to the Neyel, the long-sundered offshoots of Terran humanity, with whom the Federation has had no contact in over eighty years.
Nearby, Riker's uncertain ally, Commander Donatra of the Romulan Warbird Valdore, rescues a young Neyel, the survivor of a mysterious cosmic upheaval that seems at times to be both unraveling and reweaving the very fabric of space...the fulfillment of an apocalyptic vision that has already claimed millions of lives. Titan's science team soon finds evidence that the ravaging of Neyel space is the work of a vast and powerful intelligence: the stirrings of a dormant consciousness that is maintaining the existence of the Small Magellanic Cloud -- and all life within it -- from one moment to the next. And if it should awaken, the consequences are unimaginable.
As Riker considers his options, his new crew struggles with the scientific and philosophical implications of what they've discovered...while the young Neyel in their midst forges a bond with the captain, conjuring old ghosts Riker has yet to lay to rest.
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Rating:  -
This book was something of a chore to get through. First off, the book comes hot off the heals of the first book, which wasn't terribly interesting either. Second, the story takes place in the Small Magellanic Cloud with a race apparently introduced by these authors in an obscure Lost Era novel. (I say obscure as I've read the vast majority of Trek novels, but that one was beyond my notice.) The use of this "race" left me wondering what I'd missed in their back story, but really the Neyel are wildly ... Read More
Rating:  -
This was my second foray into Trek lit in over ten years (The first being Titan: Taking Wing). It was good but wasn't stellar. I would put it as slightly below the first book in the series. It's worth a read b/c it's good to see some Star Trek that's not lousy. But don't read it if you're not going to read the whole relaunch thing or if you haven't read the previous book.
Rating:  -
Overall, I found The Red King more enjoyable than Taking Wing. The characters are more engaging in this book, and there was more of a sense of adventure, danger, and unknown. It had a much truer "Star Trek feel"--the characters needed to overcome obstacles internally and externally to solve the problems they faced, and they did so in intelligent and creative ways. The book also explains Tuvok & Akaar's backgrounds. Although far from a literary or even a sci-fi masterpiece, The Red King was a pleasing ... Read More
Rating: -
"Titan, Book Two: The Red King (Star Trek, the Next Generation)" has a most intriguing premise; the crew of the USS Titan, under the command of Captain William T. Riker, rescue altered humans, the Neyel, and other sapient species from one of the Magellanic Clouds, thanks to some timely, if reluctant, intervention by Romulan Commander Donatra and a fleet of Romulan warbirds. But is this great "Star Trek" literature of the kind I've come to expect from Diane Duane at her best? The short answer is unfortunately ... Read More
Rating:  -
Why do Troi and Riker have to be so obviously straight? I'm sick of having heterosexuality rammed down my throat. And those knowing looks they give each other.....
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