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One year after the end of the Dominion War, the Romulan Star Empire comes under attack by a mysterious and alarmingly powerful enemy calling itself the Watraii, a species with a long-standing vendetta against the Romulans. Yet though they remain tenuously allied, the Federation, the Romulans, and the Klingons are unready to become embroiled in another sustained conflict, forcing Ambassador Spock, Admiral Uhura, Admiral Chekov, Captain Saavik, and some unexpected allies to defy their governments in order to meet the new threat head-on. But the first blood drawn may prove to be among the dearest of all.
Unknown to the defenders, the secret behind the Watraii’s attack is buried in Vulcan’s violent ancient past, during the time of Surak himself, when the proto-Romulans — staunch opponents of Surak’s reforms — were compelled to take their chances among the cold and distant stars. Now Spock must begin the first leg of a long and dangerous road to learn the truth…before his hopes for the future become ashes……..
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2008-12-12
By Challenger Nuke (Santa Fe, NM)
Thumbs down. Don’t buy this one. What I want to know is "Where are the editors on this? Weren’t they doing their jobs?" This collective work doesn’t hold a candle to that of A.C. Crispin or Diane Duane. Besides being dull and boring, here’s why I didn’t care for this:
* Whoever wrote the "Memory" chapters about the Vulcan sundering and the founding of the Romulan Star Empire has a terrible writing style. The sentence structure was complex and cumbersome and littered with too many adverbs. What the author was trying to say in instances was hard to fathom even after re-reading passages several times.
* The plot for the "present day" part was thin and predictable. The storyline was not helped by all the cameo appearances of various Star Trek characters; they were an annoyance. The details concerning "present day" characters on Romulus has me scratching my head; what is the relevance? Is there another sequel coming?
* After re-reading the first chapter of "Exodus" after completing the entire 3 volume work, I still can’t understand the intent or the necessity of this chapter. In addition, there were characters introduced here (this chapter) in detail who played no role in the rest of the novels. What a waste of my time to try and decode!
* The scene selection and the detail in which they were presented in the "Memory" chapters is questionable. There was material presented, although somewhat interesting, that added little value to the story line. The reason for Karatek’s (and his family’s) exile to Remus was more tell than show. Why wasn’t this developed more fully?
* Some of the books used regular dates; the middle book used star dates. Confusing.
* I think those who follow Star Trek understand that this is basically fantasy. However, there is still a certain amount of fundamental physics that you need to get right. When you have an explosion in deep space (i.e., vacuum), you can’t have a shock wave because a traditional shock wave can only be propagated with continuous media like an atmosphere or an ocean. But, you can have ejecta!
There are more faults that I could find with this work. Do yourself a favor and read something by Timothy Zahn or Tom Clancy.
2008-08-20
By Roniron99 (wherever)
This book is a good beginning to this trilogy and gives us a glimpse of the time of Surak just before and during the Sundering.
However, in the 24th century subplot…certain technical details got ignored. Such as…how did they beam Spock on board the Watraii ship without punching through its shields? Suddenly shields don’t exist anymore? Or Starfleet transporters can now beam through shields? I would have expected some minimal explanation of them finding a breach in the shields of the Watraii or somehow turning it off for a microsecond.
As if above mistake wasn’t enough…they repeat it. Right after above a Watraii beams into the Alliance to retrieve the device Spock stole. Once again no mention of punching through or finding a breach in the Alliance’s shields to allow the Watraii to beam through.
It’s really lazy of them to just ignore the established fact in Trek lore that YOU CANNOT BEAM THROUGH SHIELDS…unless there were certain things done to breach it, punch through it, or somehow get it turned off for a quick bit to sneak in a transporter beam.
2008-07-17
By William C. Allen (Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX USA)
I’m never disappointed with these ladies work. I really enjoyed the sections with Surak and his struggle while in the ever so near death Vulcan planet and the story of those few that would travel into the stars to try to start new… and then become their Romulan brothers (cousins) as I’ve come to "logically conclude".
2008-02-06
By Joseph Williams (New York)
Before the Romulans became who they are they were Vulcans living on a war torn and diseased Vulcan. This book takes you through the background of why these people left Vulcan, the various factions who left together, and an important instrument to be used by the Exile’s leader to record the history. This book is great and the whole series is really good. You’ll not be disappointed at all.
2007-10-05
By James Yanni (Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo. USA)
Unfortunately, while the actual writing itself is reasonably well-done, the pacing is a bit off and the plot is a bit disjointed. The attempts to blend the two halves of the story, the flashbacks to Surak’s time and the "current" Star Trek story, fail pretty thoroughly. There is very little feel of connection between the two. Further, the authors make use of the very common but no less unacceptable device of writing a story in multiple installments none of which constitute an even marginally complete story in themselves, so the book ends on a cliffhanger. (Two cliffhangers, actually, one for each half of the story.) This was, perhaps, acceptable in 1950s movie serials, but is no way to write a novel.
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