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Having recovered from the catastrophic events of Wildfire, the Starfleet Corps of Engineers team on the U.S.S. da Vinci meets its new second officer: Mor glasch Tev, an arrogant Tellarite who's the best there is -- and he knows it.
Even as Captain Gold and Commander Gomez get used to their acerbic new officer, the S.C.E. team faces crises in its own solar system. A strange vessel appears in the middle of San Francisco that the S.C.E. must deal with -- aided by engineers extraordinaire Montgomery Scott and Miles O'Brien. Then they have to help the Venus terraforming team -- a mission that brings Bynar computer expert Soloman to a difficult crossroads.
That's only the beginning of the challenges for the Corps as it faces a Ferengi with a time machine, a prison colony in a black hole -- and a mission from the Dominion War that comes back to haunt the da Vinci crew in more ways than one. . . .
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Keith R.A. DeCandido was born and raised in New York City to a family of librarians. He has written over two dozen novels, as well as short stories, nonfiction, eBooks, and comic books, most of them in various media universes, among them Star Trek, World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Marvel Comics, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Serenity, Resident Evil, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, Farscape, Xena, and Doctor Who. His original novel Dragon Precinct was published in 2004, and he's also edited several anthologies, among them the award-nominated Imaginings and two Star Trek anthologies. Keith is also a musician, having played percussion for the bands the Don't Quit Your Day Job Players, the Boogie Knights, and the Randy Bandits, as well as several solo acts. In what he laughingly calls his spare time, Keith follows the New York Yankees and practices kenshikai karate. He still lives in New York City with his girlfriend and two insane cats.
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3.9 out of 5 stars (10 customer reviews)
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
About average for this series., Dec 28 2006
By Josh R. "doorock42" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Star Trek:Corps of Engineers: Aftermath (Paperback)
Once you have David Mack kill off half your crew in traditional David Mack fashion, what's left? This book gave me the same feeling I got at the start of Lost Season Two -- they built up to a really great conclusion in Season One, and then... wait... there's more? And it's, at best, only as good as the middle stuff from the first season?
The stories are competently written and have some decent science, but the novella format doesn't give the writers enough time to fully develop stories with all the nuances of the classic Trek novels. There's humor, which is good, but there's also things that might make you cringe. If you like SCE, you'll like it. If you like Trek, you'll probably enjoy it, but not enough to read again for a while.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good, But Could Have Been Better, Aug 26 2008
By David McElvenney - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Star Trek:Corps of Engineers: Aftermath (Paperback)
After the events of Wildfire and Breakdowns, I was looking forward to seeing the crew move on to new adventures with new crewmates. Some of the stories here are good--"Collective Hindsight", I think, is the best---but some are disappointing, particularly, for me, "Buying Time". Too much time is spent telling us that the character Tev is brusque and hard to deal with, but no one ever sits him down and explains to him the need to adjust his interactions with humans, or, for that matter, explains to the humans the similar need on their parts.
Also, in some stories, much time is spent setting up the problem to be solved and too little time is spent on the resolution of the problem. It's just "Poof! Problem solved!" with little sense of the details. I hope to see better in the future.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A fun read, May 7 2010
By Steven J. Haworth "sjh7" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Star Trek:Corps of Engineers: Aftermath (Paperback)
This is a good read, though a little uneven. I thought one of the stories was kinda, but others were solid and fun, and the last was pretty riveting. If you've been following the SCE thru the first 8 books, this is good addition. If you're new to SCE, this is a good intro, although I'd recommend starting w/ book 1.
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