Star Trek: Titan #2: The Red King
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Publisher Description
Investigating the disappearance of a secret Romulan fleet, the U.S.S. Titan, commanded by Captain William Riker, is unexpectedly propelled more than 200,000 light-years into the Small Magellanic Cloud. One of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies, the Cloud is also home to the Neyel, the long-sundered offshoots of Terran humanity, with whom the Federation has had no contact in over eighty years.
Nearby, Riker's uncertain ally, Commander Donatra of the Romulan Warbird Valdore, rescues a young Neyel, the survivor of a mysterious cosmic upheaval that seems at times to be both unraveling and reweaving the very fabric of space...the fulfillment of an apocalyptic vision that has already claimed millions of lives. Titan's science team soon finds evidence that the ravaging of Neyel space is the work of a vast and powerful intelligence: the stirrings of a dormant consciousness that is maintaining the existence of the Small Magellanic Cloud -- and all life within it -- from one moment to the next. And if it should awaken, the consequences are unimaginable.
As Riker considers his options, his new crew struggles with the scientific and philosophical implications of what they've discovered...while the young Neyel in their midst forges a bond with the captain, conjuring old ghosts Riker has yet to lay to rest.
Customer Reviews
Disappointment
Unfortunately, I did not like this book as much as part 1. Part 1 had some interesting political ramifications that began in Star Trek: Nemesis. This book didn’t conclude those but took the ship (and some Romulan and Klingon ships) outside the galaxy and it felt instead like part 2 of another book that took place when Tuvok was an ensign. These authors also have similar faults the the writers of today’s Star Trek in that they take whatever political issue they want to address and slap you in the back of the head with their viewpoint. Star Trek always worked best when political or societal issues were analogies or were flexible enough to allow the reader or viewer to take the story and make it their own. A number of the character actions felt out of place. Riker seemed to have trouble not sharing critical tactical data with the Klingons about the Romulans while needing the Romulans help to save millions of lives and it felt needlessly contentious. A number of the characters also felt overly emotional in one spectrum or another and it didn’t feel genuine or needed.