Demons of Air and Darkness: Gateways #4 (Star Trek Gateways)
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (764 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743418522 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Nice Plot, But The Writing Should Have Been Better The previous reviews did excellent jobs in covering the plot of this novel. I want to point out some things about the writing, though.DeCandido is a good Star Trek writer. But he falls into the same trap that many other (and more mediocre) Trek novelists fall into -- making the characters little more than 20th century people living in the 23rd/2A Nice Plot, But The Writing Should Have Been Better David Pasquantonio The previous reviews did excellent jobs in covering the plot of this novel. I want to point out some things about the writing, though.DeCandido is a good Star Trek writer. But he falls into the same trap that many other (and more mediocre) Trek novelists fall into -- making the characters little more than 20th century people living in the 23rd/24th centuries.Trek novelists can produce gr. th centuries.Trek novelists can produce gr. "Best so far" according to Domenico Bettinelli. This was the best of the books in the Gateways series so far. The first one was okay, but the next two seemed choppy and did not engage me. Plus each author seems to treat the nature of the gateways differently. You'd think they could have made some effort at consistency.That said, I think this book outshines the others. The characterizations are true to life and the plot is well paced a. Great outing for Lieutenant Nog, cliffhanger for Kira R. L. MILLER I can remember early on in the Deep Space Nine series when Ben Sisko felt uneasy about his son Jake hanging out with Ferengi teenager Nog--he was worried that Nog would serve as the conduit through which his uncle Quark's cutthroat mercantilism might infect Jake. Little did Sisko know that Jake would serve as the conduit through which his own values would rub off on Nog. We got our first
Scattered throughout the galaxy are Gateways which link star systems across unfathomable distances. On a world near space station Deep Space Nine, Colonel Kira Nerys, her crew, and some unexpected allies fight to avert destruction on a planetary scale. Meanwhile Lieutenant Nog and Ensign Thirishar ch Thane search for a way to shut down the portals forever; and behind the scenes Quark plays a dangerous game that could determine, once and for all, who wins control of the Gateways. The technology that built them has been lost for tens of millenniabut that doesn't mean that it can't be found again. Open for explorationor open for invasion. Now the key has been rediscovered, and all the doors have been flung open. Once they moved from world to world in a single step, through innumerable transdimensional gateways that spanned the galaxy. They were masters of space, and to those that feared them, they were demons of air and darkness. But long ago they left their empire and their miraculous technology behind
Decandido is the author of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer novelization, The Xander Years Volume One, and is known to Star Trek fans as the author of Perchance to Dream, a Star Trek: The Next Generation comicbook miniseries published by Wildstorm. . He is the editor of Marvel Comics' tie-in novels and of several science-fiction and fantasy anthologies. Keith R.A
He is the editor of Marvel Comics' tie-in novels and of several science-fiction and fantasy anthologies. About the Author Keith R.A. . Decandido is the author of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer novelization, The Xander Years Volume One, and is known to Star Trek fans as the author of Perchance to Dream, a Star Trek: The Next Generation comicbook miniseries published by Wildstorm