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3.0 out of 5 stars DS9 #18 Saratoga - Good but with faults!, Jan 23 2004

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K. Wyatt "ssintrepid" (Cape Girardeau, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Saratoga (Star Trek Deep Space Nine, No 18) (Mass Market Paperback)

For several years now I've been reading and enjoying Star Trek novels and have always found novels written by Michael Jan Friedman, Star Trek's most prolific author, to be among the best. Unfortunately, "Saratoga" cannot be counted among those as the plot and the pacing of this novel frequently drifts. What makes it worse is that the premise of the story is an extremely interesting one when considering it deals with some of Captain Benjamin Sisko's past along with the current timeline.

If this is the only Star Trek novel you've ever read by Michael Jan Friedman, who is one of Star Trek's premier authors, I urge you to not take this one as the definitive example of his writing as the majority of his novels are superior in every aspect conceivable, making them highly enjoyable reads in this genre!

The cover art for this title is unfortunately the same standard fare as the majority of those novels released at the same time as this one.

The premise:

Tasked with escorting the surviving members of his former USS Saratoga crew aboard the Defiant to an important ceremony, Captain Sisko finds himself dealing with the painful memories of the loss of his wife during the Borg attack at Wolf 359 and the possibility of sabotage aboard the Defiant by one of those same former crew members...

Overall, I would recommend this novel as it part of the line of Star Trek Deep Space Nine series, albeit a stand alone story, and the majority of these novels are well worth the read and this novel does have its place in the series. {ssintrepid}

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1.0 out of 5 stars No entertainment value, Jan 8 2004

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R. Spottiswood (Western Australia) - See all my reviews
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This book can be summed up in one word: boring. The plot is that some of the Saratoga survivors and the DS9 crew are on the Defiant on their way to the commissioning of a new Saratoga. They are trapped in a spatial anomaly by a saboteur aboard. It should have been an interesting story, but it is quite obvious that the DS9 crew have the situation completely under control and are pretending otherwise to reveal the traitor. There is no tension to the wait. The characterisations of the Saratoga survivors are all right but not memorable, except for their ship's counsellor. She's nuts, and you can see the plot 'twist' in her story from a mile away. The twist is also just stupid in its own right. This book had no entertainment value for me. I can only recommend it as a gift for a DS9 fan you don't actually like.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not that good, Mar 13 2003

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This review is from: Saratoga (Star Trek Deep Space Nine, No 18) (Mass Market Paperback)

Again the books were trying to find themselves. Though the Defiant gave the characters more mobility in a plot sense, this revisiting of Sisko's past didn't necessarily suggest perfection. It takes time to develop a new concept for characters that are being fixed in the public consciousness. This book tried to bring in some of Sisko's past, the past being an area thatthe book writer's can explore without fear of destroying some precious future episode. And though theres a heavy feeling of mourning, it's also nice to see how Sisko interacts with another crew.

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