“Voyager : String Theory, Book One - Cohesion” by Jeffrey Lang

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The best Voyager story I’ve ever read.

 

Jeffrey Lang did the impossible : He made the most uninteresting crew roster in the whole Star Trek franchise actually work for me. Especially the chemistry between B’Elanna and Seven is excellent, you really get the feeling of a good old "Odd Couple" story. But the other characterizations are very good, too, Jeffrey Lang tapped potentials I thought they didn’t have.

The story develops on a slow and steady pace after the beginning catastrophe and is able to be stand alone and the starting point for the following book(s) at the same time. The alien culture has potential, but is the only weaker point so far, a bit more background material beside Kaytok’s story about his grandsire, would have been great.

Overall a great start for a hopefully great trilogy.

<b>"Defcon’s TrekLit" Rating :</b>

Story : **** of *****

Characterization / character development : ***** of *****

Originality : **** of *****

Writing style : **** of *****

<b>Overall : 86 %</b>