Harbinger (Star Trek: Vanguard, #1) by David Mack
››› Download audio book for free. ‹‹‹ Original Title: Harbinger (Star Trek: Vanguard, #1) ISBN: 1416507744 ISBN13: 9781416507741 Autor: David Mack (Goodreads Author) Rating: 3.6 of 5 stars (1975) counts Original Format: Paperback, 388 pages Download Format: PDF, FB2, DJVU, iBook. Published: July 26th 2005 / by Pocket Books Language: English Genre(s): Media Tie In >Star Trek- 90 users Science Fiction- 52 users Fiction- 16 users Adventure- 6 users
Description: Returning from its historic first voyage to the edge of the galaxy, the damaged U.S.S. Enterprise
journeys through the Taurus Reach, a vast and little-known region of space in which a new starbase has been unexpectedly established. Puzzled by the Federation's interest in an area so far from its borders and so near the xenophobic Tholian Assembly, Captain James T. Kirk orders the Enterprise to put in for repairs at the new space station: Starbase 47, also known as Vanguard. As Kirk ponders the mystery of the enormous base, he begins to suspect that there is much more to Vanguard than meets the eye. It's a suspicion shared by the Tholians, the Orions, and the Klingon Empire, each of whom believes that there are less than benign motives behind the Federation's sudden and unexplained desire to explore and colonize the Taurus Reach. But when a calamity deep within the Reach threatens to compromise Starfleet's continued presence in the region, Kirk, Spock, and several key specialists from the Enterprise must assist Vanguard's crew in investigating the cause of the disaster and containing the damage. In the process, they learn the true purpose behind the creation of Vanguard, and what the outcome of its mission may mean for life throughout that part of the galaxy. Inside: Bonus diagrams of Vanguard station!
About Author:
David Mack is the New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels of science-fiction, fantasy, and adventure, including the Star Trek Destiny and Cold Equations trilogies. Beyond novels, Mack's writing credits span several media, including television (for produced episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), film, and comic books. Follow him on Twitter or join .
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Rewiews:
Aug 11, 2011 Rebecca Rated it: it was ok Shelves: scifi, read2011, ebook, startrek Well David Mack, you've got something here, but it isn't a novel. Harbinger reads like a fantastic new Star Trek TV pilot. There's plenty to hook viewers - short, punchy scenes, loads of worldbuilding, promising arcs, explosions! And who cares if the story doesn't really hold together. But for 300 pages of print, there are flat out too many original characters introduced to keep track of, let alone care about who is sleeping with whom. (And, yes, they are ALL having illicit affairs. Did I menti Well David Mack, you've got something here, but it isn't a novel. Harbinger reads like a fantastic new Star Trek TV pilot. There's plenty to hook viewers - short, punchy scenes, loads of worldbuilding, promising arcs, explosions! And who cares if the story doesn't really hold together. But for 300 pages of print, there are flat out too many original characters introduced to keep track of, let alone care about who is sleeping with whom. (And, yes, they are ALL having illicit affairs. Did I mention the TV potential?) I'm still not sure if this is a character driven novel with lame to nonexistent intrigue, or a thriller with flimsy characters. Either way, this adds up to... not a whole lot. I'm going to give the author the benefit of the doubt because his style here is very different from Sorrows of Empire. I THINK he's
trying to give a nod to pulp cliches like heavy drinking, loose women, schemes that require you to suspend your disbelief, and underdog reporters. Unfortunately, his writing is not nearly snappy enough to pull this off. Dealbreaker: I really want to believe you, male scifi writers, when you promise me the old boys club is no more. I mean, you don't titter over boobs in space anymore. You even write men with 23rd century feminism awkwardly inserted into thought bubbles. ("She's so brave! And they say women can't be captains!" "Boy, that new miniskirt uniform sure is hot! I mean demeaning! Really demeaning! Demeaning... and hot.") But every time I relax and think I just might have made it as part of your target audience, you go old school. Say, with some decidedly unenlightened girl on girl action. Ew. (If you must, you can read the entire offending scene excerpted here. It's pretty tame, though shameless in its violation of copyright laws, in that it is clearly lifted from the first 30 seconds of the lesbian porn David Mack watches when he has writers' block.) 5 likes 3 comments
