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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.92
EAN: 9781439109144
ISBN: 1439109141
Label: Star Trek
Manufacturer: Star Trek
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: October 27, 2009
Publisher: Star Trek
Studio: Star Trek
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The Starship Titan continues on her outward voyage of discovery. Ranging farther and farther from Federation space, Captain William Riker and the crew look forward to living Starfleet's mission: seeking out new life, discovering new civilizations.
Striking a "sandbank" -- a spatial distortion -- the Titan is knocked out of warp, her crew shaken up but uninjured. Titan has stumbled across a battlefield, and floating in it, shattered and in pieces, are the remains of a ship. Searching for survivors, they discover the ship never had a crew. The away team removes the computer core, looking for answers. Once the device is restored, it becomes clear this is not just a computer, but a thinking, reasoning artificial intelligence.
It identifies itself as SecondGen White-Blue, and it comes from a civilization composed entirely of sentient computers. Eons ago these artificial intelligences were charged to be the first line of defense against The Null -- a destructive force so all-consuming that generation upon generation have waged unending war trying to find a way to beat back this terror. Captain Riker offers to assist them, but years of war have left the AIs distrustful and suspicious, especially of organics.
The tide of the battle is turning, and The Null is winning. Set free, it will destroy everything in this system and then, unchecked, spread its mindless destruction into the heart of the Federation.
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This book is a better treatment of Titan. No more side plots dragging the Titan crew into The Next Generation storylines. No Romulans or Borg. Titan is back to doing what they were meant to- To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before.
There are a few twists and turns in the second half of the book so I'll keep away from too much of the story, except to say that the Titan comes across an Artificial Intelligence civilisation and it takes a lot of adjustment on the part of the crew to change ... Read More
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Book 6 (Synthesis) of the Titan Series is good as the others. This book is a continuance of the Titan mission with Captain William Riker, Commander Vale, Commander Tuvok, and Commander Troi. The book takes place a few months after book 5. Titan is continuing its mission of exploring the unknown. This mission is an exploration of a society of all computers/artificial intelligence. Like all the other Titan books, its an enjoyable read. I highly recommend it.
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Swallow's entry in to the STAR TREK: TITAN series is an interesting twist on sentient machines and AI, along with an original threat that is comparable with other "high concept" sci-fi novels out there. Combined with Swallow's excellent capture of the crew's voices and wonderful drama, SYNTHESIS is a novel that lives up to the core values of TREK: the wonder of exploration and adventure. Highly recommended.
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