Friday, February 24, 2012

#13: Star Trek Destiny: Gods of Night - David Mack

1/26/12
Very rare is it to find three consecutive books in a series like Star Trek books written by the same author, even when those books are part of a series within the series. Here David Mack takes on that challenge though and connects himself to the three books of the Destiny Trilogy.

Time has passed and enemies have been defeated but one of the greatest threats the Federation has ever faces is back and this time their only objective is complete annihilation. Elsewhere in Federation space the mystery of what happened to one of Earth's first generation starships is solved. But there is more than the mystery of where the starship was. More questions arise and shed light on one ship's struggle for survival. Three captains will find that no matter what we do sometimes destiny is inescapable.

Mack had taken on something I have found to be rare, no I'm not just taking about all of the books in this trilogy, but different times and three different ships. Throughout the first book of the Destiny Trilogy we enter different times and actually four different ships. The way Mack weaves the tales together is effortless and artistic. There are connections among all the stories and a deeper story that sets the stage for something much bigger.

All the characters we know from the crew of the Enterprise E and the Titan are present as well as new character from the Aventine and the Columbia. Mack creates stories that weave together like colors of paint that combine together to create a picture.

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