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Proud Helios [Mass Market Paperback]

Melissa Scott (Author)

3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Star Trek; First THUS edition (Feb 1 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0671883909
ISBN-13: 978-0671883904
Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 10.6 x 2 cm
Shipping Weight: 136 g

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,390,108 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #60 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Media > Star Trek > Deep Space Nine

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The varied occupants of the Deep Space Nine space station must cope with a powerful and very hostile invisible warship, and Commander Sisko joins forces with the Cardassians to stop the mutual menace.

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The free flow of traffic to the Gamma Quadrant is vital to the recovery and survival of the planet Bajor and to Federation interests as well, so when a mysterious cloaked ship begins raiding wormhole shipping, cleaning out holds and killing whole crews, Commander Sisko of Deep Space Nine^TM acts at once to the stop the piracy. He soon finds he has unlikely help, since the cloaked ship has been preying on Cardassian ships as well, and the convenient alliance goes well until two of Sisko's personnel are captured by the pirates. The Cardassian commander will not hesitate to destroy the pirate ship if he can, even if Sisko's people are still aboard, and Sisko must find the pirates first and hold off the Cardassians at least long enough to bring his crewmen to safety.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Solidly entertaining action story., Feb 17 2004

James Yanni (Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo. USA) - See all my reviews
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This book is a perfectly adequate action story, competently told and with slightly better than fair characterizations, but it is no more than that. If you enjoy DS9, read it for the pleasure of seeing your favorite characters in action, but don't expect any philosophical insights or epiphanies; they aren't there. Neither is the prose anything special; good, but nothing memorable.

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3.0 out of 5 stars DS9 #9 Proud Helios - An interesting premise!, Oct 24 2003

K. Wyatt "ssintrepid" (Cape Girardeau, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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"Proud Helios" represents only the first of two forays into the Star Trek universe for Melissa Scott which is kind of sad considering that her writing style was rather promising. I found "Proud Helios" to have a somewhat intriguing plot and the author carried a fairly decent pace throughout the novel. "Proud Helios" is one of the earlier Star Trek Deep Space Nine novels so when picking up this novel keep that in mind because when this novel was written and published, the series was still in its second and third seasons and as any fan of the show knows, character and plot wise, it was very much in a state of flux at that time.

The cover art for "Proud Helios" is very typical for the time of its publishing, which doesn't really show much in imagination.

The premise:

Bajor depends quite heavily on the flow of traffic to the Gamma Quadrant through the wormhole and when that flow is suddenly interrupted by a mysterious ship using a cloaking device it is time for Commander Sisko to step in and stop it. This mysterious ship also starts attacking Cardassian ships as well, which brings about an unexpected alliance between Sisko and Gul Dukat.

As this novel is one of the earlier Deep Space Nine novels and I recommend all of them, I will also recommend this novel more as one of those "completists" type novels for Trek fiction readers. {ssintrepid}

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3.0 out of 5 stars Unfocused, Aug 29 2003

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I tried reading this book I really did but somehow I just never could get through it. I think the plot killed this book even though the author did his best to help it along. If you want a better DS9 book try reading "Antimatter" or "Fallen Heros" they are much better.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Good Trek
Proud Helios is one of the better Trek books out there. It lacks any true depth, of course, and posits no new ideas or perspectives. It taxes the brain not at all. Read more

Published on Sep 19 2002 by jrmspnc

3.0 out of 5 stars For a Star Trek Book, a real dissapointment.
Star Trek books, especially Deep Space Nine books, are usually so exciting I read them in one night, but this book was pretty dumb and boring. Read more

Published on April 12 1999