- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (Feb 8 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 076530483X
- ISBN-13: 978-0765304834
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.7 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 404 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #834,914 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
This space operatic romp marks the debut of a new tie-in series, to Gene Roddenberry's last televised brainchild, Andromeda. Following the tramp freighter Eureka Maru's rescue of the High Guard starship Andromeda Ascendant, which has been stuck in a black hole's event horizon for 300 years, the story flashes back to how the Maru reached this rendezvous. We soon realize that we're one universe over from Star Wars, complete with a princess to be kept from harm-though Catherine, one of the genetically tailored Nietzschean super-persons and pregnant to boot, is far from your standard congenial princess. The characterization is rather more polished than the perils-of-Pauline plot, notably in Captain Beka Valentine, as well as minor characters like the purple-skinned Trance, who carries an odd streak of good luck with her as she bumbles about. And DeCandido, the author of a number of novels based on Star Trek, Farscape and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, exhibits his usual dry wit. This is better than average franchise fiction, and bodes well for the series. (Feb.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Fans of the TV show Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda will be intrigued by this exciting adventure that adds to the series' rich backstory. Before Captain Dylan Hunt and his ship, Andromeda Ascendant, were rescued from a temporal freeze near a black hole, Captain Beka Valentine and her crew, who rescued Hunt, were scavengers for hire, pretty much for whoever hired them. As DeCandido's novel opens, Beka has to retrieve her ship, the Eureka Maru, from an impound lot. Far away on another planet, Tyr Anasazi, a proud member of the genetically engineered Nietzschean race, is helping the king and queen of Malani's Heaven escape a coup attempt with their lives. As Beka and crew search for work to pay for repairs to the Maru, Tyr winds up working for the leader of the Malani's Heaven coup. Paths gradually converge for the mission that will bring Beka and Tyr both to the Andromeda. DeCandido captures the world and characters of the show perfectly, giving fans much to enjoy here. Kristine Huntley
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Rather disappointing....,
By Sam Uther "Sam" (Here and There and Everywhere) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: Destruction of Illusions (Hardcover)
I had high hopes for this book to fill out the background on the shows main characters, other than Dylan, but found it rather lacking. If you want to know more about Beka, Tyr and Rev. Bem, the book does a fairly good job but hardly expends any effort on Trance and Harper who have great potential for interesting story lines. In fact, there is far more expansion upon a tertiary character who is barely memorable from the first episode than for Trance and Harper put together. In addition, if you're a Trance fan, you likely won't care much for the less than flattering descriptions. Anyway, it's not a bad story but could have been a lot better.
3.0 out of 5 stars
It's like aerosol cheese,
By Neil "nwcs" (Tennessee) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: Destruction of Illusions (Paperback)
If you're looking for a meaty book that keeps you engaged mentally, you may want to look elsewhere. While the book is enjoyable for a light read, it lacks a lot of the tension and drama that characterized the first season of Andromeda.The book takes place in the immediate prehistory to the premiere episode and follows Beka and the crew on a mission and Tyr being a mercenary. There were some interesting points, and some parts were quite obvious and predictable to a fan of the show. Nothing really catches a person off-guard. And there wasn't much that was revealing or insightful. Think of the Alan Foster Star Trek books of the 1970s. It's like that.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Very Fun Read,
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This review is from: Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: Destruction of Illusions (Paperback)
This is the first time I've ever posted a review on Amazon about a book. While I enjoy reading quite a bit (and follow quite a few series such as Star Trek, Star Wars, etc.), my feelings after reading a book tend to vary from "great" to "okay" with few eliciting a reaction any more negative than that. Since this is the case, I guess I've felt that my reviews would be a bit boring.That said, I've been praising DESTRUCTION OF ILLUSIONS on the Star Trek books board (Keith DeCandido is an author of many Trek books and editor of the "Star Trek: S.C.E." eBook series) ever since I read it so I figured that I should put it in writing here as well. DeCandido has a real knack for getting dialogue right in his series books. I mean, you have absolutely no problem imagining Beka Valentine or Seamus Harper or Tyr Anasazi saying DeCandido's lines. The fact that this is a prequel novel is also nice because it lends a "special" feeling to it, giving the reader something he or she would most likely not see on the average episode of the TV series. The only possible downside, also due to the book's prequel nature, is that Captain Dylan Hunt and "Rommie" only appear in the first and last chapters (the present day framing story for the rest of the book's prequel setting), so if you are wanting to read about those characters, well, they're not in it very much. Still, that's a very small thing (and some might actually consider it a good thing because it gives the spotlight a chance to shine on the other characters for once). So, if you are an "Andromeda" fan, I'd definitely recommend DESTRUCTION OF ILLUSIONS to you.
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