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On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker’s promotion to captain and his new command, Riker’s marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher’s new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the Starship Enterpriseâ�¢ has never been told.
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The site of one of the Dominion War’s fiercest battles, the Rashanar Sector now contains a vast interstellar graveyard littered with the lifeless hulks of hundreds of devastated starships. The explosive destruction of so many varied warp drives has severely distorted the space-time continuum in this region, resulting in dangerous unleashed energies and bizarre gravitational anomalies.
The Enterprise has been assigned to patrol the perimeter of the danger zone, while other vessels carry out the difficult and highly hazardous task of retrieving the bodies of the dead from the wrecked warships.
To some alien races, the former battleground is hallowed space. To others, including the rapacious Androssi, it is a scavenger’s paradise, ripe for salvage. None expect this ship’s graveyard to hold a deadly secret that will force the android Data to make a heart-wrenching decision about the path his life will take — and that will endanger not only the Enterprise, but Picard’s future in Starfleet……..
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2008-05-02
By Michael Bond (Shawnee, OK United States)
I must admit, that for some reason I have always been a Wesley Crusher hater. Wil Wheaton is fine, but I hate Wesley. I never liked the character. OK. I’m OK now, just had to get that off my chest.
So when I realized that this is another frickin’ Wesley-the-genius-screwup-comes-to-the rescue story I turned green and was very quiet for a long time. I’m OK now, again.
Anyway, it turned out that A Time To Be Born is a pretty good story - concluded in A Time To Die. Picard is locked away in a psych ward due to a political move by the Federation and Riker is commanding the Enterprise.
The major plot lines involve the situation in a `haunted’ space graveyard that lands Picard under the control of a counselor who seems to be a control freak. (One plot device common to the Star Trek universe is that everyone in Star Fleet not on the Enterprise is either a power hungry maniac or a total idiot.) Riker commands the Enterprise.
The second plotline is of Wesley’s initiation into the Travelers, a group of beings who, through mental powers can move through time and space at will. Crusher notices the plight of Picard and the Enterprise and at the risk of losing his place with the Travelers, decides to help out. Somehow he and Riker and the crew must clear Picard’s name and solve the riddle of the spaceship graveyard.
The story moves along pretty well and Wesley is fairly tolerable - maybe he is growing up. Maybe I am mellowing.
You’ll need to read A Time To Die for the conclusion.
2007-09-01
By M. Hall (Glendale, AZ USA)
This book is a pretty good start to a great series of ST TNG books. The plot is interesting enough to make you want to read the entire series, and made a great Summer read for me. Personally, I would have lead the series off with either David Mack or Christopher Bennett, but John Vornholt does a pretty good job of taking you into the Star Trek Realm and keeping the reader entertained and wanting more.
In 2007, I would suggest ordering the entire series, or at least the next three books at a time if you like this series. It seems the books are getting somewhat rare, and it takes a month to get the middle of this series. If you want to read one after the other, I would suggest biting the bullet here and ordering at least the first seven (Be Born, Die, Sew, Harvest, Love, Hate, Kill)books so that you can read one right after the other. I had to wait for the middle books (that I could only find on Amazon) for about a month, and I was really watching my mailbox after reading the first three. Great series of books for the ST TNG fan.
2006-06-07
By Kevin Ryan (Ithaca, NY USA)
I’m sorry, but this book is, simply put, not good. The writing level is extremely elementary and the dialogue is robotic and completely unrealistic. The plot line contained potential that was never explored and the entire time the story spends in Rashanar is a garbled mess of ridiculous occurrences. I rarely give books less than three stars but I was very disappointed with A Time to be Born. The only reason why I spent time finishing it was because I had paid for it and continued to hope that it would get better. It didn’t. I have been a Star Trek fanatic since I was 5 and this ranks as my least favorite Star Trek book I have read.
2005-12-18
By Lennier (GA)
Let me start by saying John Vornholt is one of my favorite authors. I’ve read several of the Trek books he’s written, and he’s definitely one of the better Trek authors.
A few people said there were boring parts in the book, and that’s true, but you have to remember the "A Time to…" series spans 9 books, so you can’t have everything happen all in the first book. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book that didn’t have at least some boring parts to it (save maybe the Babylon 5 Technomage trilogy, and some of the Harry Potter books).
In all, I’d say this was a good beginning to this series and sets up what could be a great storyline.
2005-08-03
By Jimmy Bing (Capitol City, TX)
The first in the "A Time To…" series, "Be Born" recounts events that took place between the TNG movies "Insurrection" and "Nemesis." It starts out pretty good; the Enterprise has been dispatched to one of the battle sites from the Dominion War to help keep looters away and recover bodies, only to find something dangerous lurking inside. So, we start off with a good premise, but John Vornholt’s writing just doesn’t stand up to other Trek authors such as David Mack or Keith R.A. DeCandido. And that was my major problem with the book: the writing. After seven seasons and four movies, you get a certain feel for how the TNG crew acts and talks, and I thought that Vornholt could have done a much better job nailing that. That aside, it is enjoyable to be back with the Next Generation crew, and it’s nice to have the blanks between the ninth and tenth films filled in. If you plan on reading other books in the "A Time To…" series, I would read this one as well. That way you’re not lost when references are made in later books.
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