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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781416524007
ISBN: 1416524002
Label: Pocket Books
Manufacturer: Pocket Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 420
Publication Date: June 27, 2006
Publisher: Pocket Books
Studio: Pocket Books
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The Taurus Reach: a remote interstellar expanse that holds a very old and potentially cataclysmic secret, the truth of which is feared by the Tholians, coveted by the Klingons, and dubiously guarded by the Federation. At the center of this intrigue is Vanguard, a Federation starbase populated by an eclectic mix of Starfleet officers and civilians, whose lives are forever altered as they explore the layers of mystery surrounding the Reach and steadily peel them away...one after another.
In the aftermath of Harbinger, Commodore Diego Reyes commands Vanguard while waging an intensely personal struggle, tasked to uncover the true significance of the Taurus Reach while simultaneously concealing that mission from his fellow officers -- and even his closest friends. As the Daedalus-class U.S.S. Lovell brings some of Starfleet's keenest technical minds to help, the U.S.S. Endeavour makes a find that could shed further light on the enigmatic meta-genome that has captured the Federation's interest -- if its crew survives the discovery....
Deep within the Taurus Reach, an ancient and powerful alien mind has awakened prematurely from aeons of hibernation, alerted to the upstart civilizations now daring to encroach upon the worlds in her care. With the stakes for all sides escalating rapidly, the alien lashes out with deadly force against the interlopers, propelling the Vanguard crew on a desperate race to understand the nature of the attacker, and to prevent the Taurus Reach from becoming a war zone.
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If you didn't know better, you would swear that STAR TREK VANGUARD: SUMMON THE THUNDER (why do they insist on these ridiculously overwrought names?) was written by the same guy (David Mack) as its predecessor, HARBINGER. The writing, the plotting, and the tone are all of a piece. This is a good thing, because HARBINGER was a good old-time Trek novel, with the usual quotients of action, fun, silliness, seriousness and fake science/tech.
There's nothing galaxy-shattering here in terms ... Read More
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It went rather slow in parts, but has its moments. We see the potential of a major inter-stellar conflict developing... Tholians, Klingons, the federation and Romulans. The one thing which I really like about the series and this installment is that it doesn't neglect the personal struggles of the characters, it really goes into main characters minds. As the series progresses, I'm eager to learn more about the individual characters and the developing conflict.
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What a disappointment. This, the second Vanguard book, fails to meet the high bar set by the first, David Mack's "Harbinger". The story is great, but weak writing drags it all down. Whereas "Harbinger" was hard to put down, reading "Summon the Thunder" was too often something to be endured.
First, it's easy to tell more than one person was at work here. One writer is serviceable. The other is clearly weaker. Usually a couple of pages into a chapter you could detect if the weaker was ... Read More
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I was surprised by this novel after reading the first in the Vanguard series because it is so poorly written. I'm sure Dayton Ward does good work because this novel is very detailed, but this work is overly complicated and way too wordy for even a techno-geek and very long-time Trek fiction fan such as myself. I found the references to Trek lore to be encyclopedic rather than integrated into the story, as if the authors injected facts from past situations to bolster the strength of the "embeddedness" ... Read More
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I have to say that I didn't think I would like this series when I first bought the books. That said, this 3 book series was very entertaining and well written. I enjoyed the books so much that I have sought out others by David Mack, who wrote the first (Harbinger) and third (Reap the Whirlwind) books in the series.
Suggestion: don't read this book first. Get Harbinger. It is worth it to get to the final book, Whirlwind. You may as well get all three; they are so entertaining you'll want to ... Read More
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