Since 2001, the Star Trek novels across multiple series have given we the reader a chance to continue on with stories & events in the era post "Star Trek: Nemesis", "What You Leave Behind" and "Endgame"。 Until the premiere of "Star Trek: Picard" that timeline was mostly safe, but the reality is the creators of that series chose not to stick to what was known as novel canon。 With the "Star Trek: Coda" trilogy, we the fans of the novels and Trek in general have been given what is the most importan Since 2001, the Star Trek novels across multiple series have given we the reader a chance to continue on with stories & events in the era post "Star Trek: Nemesis", "What You Leave Behind" and "Endgame"。 Until the premiere of "Star Trek: Picard" that timeline was mostly safe, but the reality is the creators of that series chose not to stick to what was known as novel canon。 With the "Star Trek: Coda" trilogy, we the fans of the novels and Trek in general have been given what is the most important book series since "Destiny" and also a way to reconcile just how we got to this new reality and for the fans a tribute to the last 20 years of loyalty as readers。With "Moments Asunder", Dayton Ward begins the task with a tale that is stunning & breathtaking in scope as well as acknowledging what this current novel timeline looks like。 The biggest returning character in this premise is Wesley Crusher who has been dealing with trying to understand just why certain timelines have been diverging and disappearing。 When a future version of himself learns something that eventually causes that version's death it's up to an alternate version to help figure this out。 With the help of the Enterprise crew, Aventine & DTI, it's eventually determined that the Devidians ("Time's Arrow Parts 1 & 2) are trying to find a way to destroy all of time itself。Ward's fast paced novel is at times heart warming & heartbreaking as we watch these characters we know & love go through the unspeakable with deaths that will shock we the reader even though ultimately they maybe necessary。 The use of the Relativity is a nice gesture as well especially for a trilogy involving time travel。 Where this ultimately ends up is anyone's guess right now but 1 book in, this reader is beyond ready to see just where this ends up and how we reach the conclusion。 。。。more
Jonathan,
Dayton Ward has been playing merry hell with my emotions over the last six days, in the best possible sense。 Star Trek’s first, best destiny has always been on television screens, but the novels have come damn close to replicating the magic。 I’m grateful that The Powers That Be are letting Ward, James Swallow, and David Mack “swing for the fences,” as their editors put it。 This is a work on a par with the Destiny trilogy, and I cannot wait for Books 2 and 3。
Billy,
Let me start by saying the cover for Moments Asunder is stunning。 Well, at least it's stunning through the eyes of a forty-year-old Trekkie。 LOL。 If you haven't read all of the relaunch books, like me, then we're in luck because there's a four-page 'Previously" section before the first chapter to help us catch up on past storylines。To avoid giving away too many spoilers, I'm not going to include a detailed synopsis。 The plot involves temporal anomalies scattered across time and space, which gets Let me start by saying the cover for Moments Asunder is stunning。 Well, at least it's stunning through the eyes of a forty-year-old Trekkie。 LOL。 If you haven't read all of the relaunch books, like me, then we're in luck because there's a four-page 'Previously" section before the first chapter to help us catch up on past storylines。To avoid giving away too many spoilers, I'm not going to include a detailed synopsis。 The plot involves temporal anomalies scattered across time and space, which gets the attention of 'traveler' Wesley Crusher, the crew of the 29th-century starship USS Relativity, and the Guardian of Forever。 Who or what is responsible for these events is connected to a two-part TNG episode。 Wesley time-shifts aboard the Enterprise-E in 2387 to seek help from his stepfather, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, and mother, Beverly Crusher, only to learn his half-brother René is physically being altered by the temporal anomalies。 That's as far as I'm going to go with the plot。 Read the book if you want to know more。 The story features other Trek characters, such as Captian Ezri Dax and the crew of the USS Aventine, Admiral William T。 Riker, Commander Deana Troi, Commander Tom Paris, and Commander B'Elanna Torres。 The USS Enterprise-D crew from an alternate reality (first seen in the Star Trek: TNG novel Headlong Flight) also appears。Overall, I enjoyed reading Star Trek: Coda: Book 1: Moments Asunder。 A part of me will mourn the loss of "the litverse" continuity but will welcome the timeline changes that I'm guessing will occur by the end of the third book。 Sadly, all things must come to an end - or receive a timeline correction using good old-fashioned science fiction。 。。。more