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defcons_treklitA good novel.
What I like about the book is that it doesn’t focus on the usual crew, but more on the “Lower Deck” characters. Although there is nothing wrong with the usual crew, from time to time it’s nice to see the action from a different perspective. Even though the events described in Kirk’s era mostly contain build up material and no real highlights action-wise, Kevin Ryan evens this lack of action with the story about Fuller’s past at the Battle of Donatu V. So we get both some action and much background material to create interest in the books to come. I haven’t read the first trilogy by Kevin Ryan, so I lack some info from there, but the book is understandable without it, although I would assume reading “Errand of Vengeance” before this one would heighten the enjoyment of “Seeds of Rage” further. Something that not really diminished my enjoyment, but what left me a bit unsatisfied, is that the novel suffers under the “Small World – syndrome” on the Klingon side a bit, we have Koloth , someone from the house of Gorkon and a Duras.
There are two things I was a little confused about :
A ) I thought the intentional separation of a ship wasn’t possible before TNG
B ) I don’t think Starfleet would let someone tell them where he/she will be posted. So when Fuller rejoined Starfleet, I would assume they would give him the task they think he serves best on, not the post he wants, as a normal security man on the ship his son served on and where he died. Putting aside that that’s a horrible mistake, no matter how his psychological tests look like, I would think Starfleet would have a dozen posts more suited for him and his abilities, especially if you keep in mind the political background at the time of the book. I know he is a friend of Admiral Solow, obviously a powerful man in Starfleet/ the Federation, but still : His posting on the Enterprise makes no sense at all to me, even from the Admiral’s standpoint. Of course if he hadn’t been posted on the Enterprise a huge portion of the book wouldn’t have happened, but “in the box” it’s a strange thing to happen.
The characterization of the known characters are sound and the “new” (at least to me) characters are interesting and well thought through. I would have liked to read more about the background of Parrish’s lover and his brother, but I guess that was covered in the first trilogy. The little interplay between Scotty and Steele was a nice diversion.
Overall a promising start for the Errand of Fury – trilogy.
”Defcon’s TrekLit” Rating :
Story : **** of *****
Characterization / character development : **** of *****
Originality : *** of *****
Writing style : **** of *****
Cover : **** of *****
Overall : 82 %
What I like about the book is that it doesn’t focus on the usual crew, but more on the “Lower Deck” characters. Although there is nothing wrong with the usual crew, from time to time it’s nice to see the action from a different perspective. Even though the events described in Kirk’s era mostly contain build up material and no real highlights action-wise, Kevin Ryan evens this lack of action with the story about Fuller’s past at the Battle of Donatu V. So we get both some action and much background material to create interest in the books to come. I haven’t read the first trilogy by Kevin Ryan, so I lack some info from there, but the book is understandable without it, although I would assume reading “Errand of Vengeance” before this one would heighten the enjoyment of “Seeds of Rage” further. Something that not really diminished my enjoyment, but what left me a bit unsatisfied, is that the novel suffers under the “Small World – syndrome” on the Klingon side a bit, we have Koloth , someone from the house of Gorkon and a Duras.
There are two things I was a little confused about :
A ) I thought the intentional separation of a ship wasn’t possible before TNG
B ) I don’t think Starfleet would let someone tell them where he/she will be posted. So when Fuller rejoined Starfleet, I would assume they would give him the task they think he serves best on, not the post he wants, as a normal security man on the ship his son served on and where he died. Putting aside that that’s a horrible mistake, no matter how his psychological tests look like, I would think Starfleet would have a dozen posts more suited for him and his abilities, especially if you keep in mind the political background at the time of the book. I know he is a friend of Admiral Solow, obviously a powerful man in Starfleet/ the Federation, but still : His posting on the Enterprise makes no sense at all to me, even from the Admiral’s standpoint. Of course if he hadn’t been posted on the Enterprise a huge portion of the book wouldn’t have happened, but “in the box” it’s a strange thing to happen.
The characterization of the known characters are sound and the “new” (at least to me) characters are interesting and well thought through. I would have liked to read more about the background of Parrish’s lover and his brother, but I guess that was covered in the first trilogy. The little interplay between Scotty and Steele was a nice diversion.
Overall a promising start for the Errand of Fury – trilogy.
”Defcon’s TrekLit” Rating :
Story : **** of *****
Characterization / character development : **** of *****
Originality : *** of *****
Writing style : **** of *****
Cover : **** of *****
Overall : 82 %
