Star Trek: The Next Generation: Greater than the Sum
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4.1 • 53 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A Star Trek: The Next Generation novel in which Captain Picard faces a desperate race to stop the Borg from seizing quantum slipstream technology that could make the Collective unstoppable
The Starship Rhea has discovered a cluster of carbon planets that seems to be the source of the quantum energies rippling through a section of space. A landing party finds unusual life-forms inhabiting one of the planets. One officer, Lieutenant T’Ryssa Chen—a half-Vulcan—makes a tenuous connection with them. But before any progress can be made, the Rhea comes under attack from the Einstein—a Starfleet vessel now controlled by the Borg. The landing party can only listen in horror as their comrades are assimilated. The Borg descend to the planet, and just as Chen accepts that she will be assimilated, the lieutenant is whisked two thousand light-years away.
A quantum slipstream—instantaneous transportation—is controlled by these beings in the cluster, and in the heart of the cluster there is now a Borg ship. Cut off from the rest of the Borg collective, the Einstein cannot be allowed to rejoin it. For the sake of humanity, the Borg cannot gain access to quantum slipstream technology.
Starfleet Command gives Captain Picard carte blanche: do whatever he must to help the beings in the cluster, and stop the Einstein no matter the cost.
Customer Reviews
A Return to Form
I enjoyed this more than the last TNG novel in the timeline. It felt more in step with the kind of adventures I was used to from this crew (barring one exception). The major theme here is about family. Some of the officers miss their family while they are away on adventures while others are debating starting a family. A new officer has joined the crew of Enterprise and unfortunately she’s not considered “Enterprise Material” she’s a crew member that would normally be placed on the Lower Decks show and we get a lot of the sarcastic humor and a less than professional attitude. The ending leads into the excellent Destiny trilogy and I’m looking forward to rereading that.
Just ok
He got Picard right, but the descriptions were way too lengthy. Every other page was a giant description about something, just get on with the story! Not the next installment that I was hoping for, to "Before Dishonor" one of the best Star Trek books ever.