Lost Souls it the final book of the Destiny Trilogy dealing with the final showdown between the Federation and the unstoppable Borg.
Plot:
Following the surprise appearance of Captain Hernandez of the starship Columbia, Captain Riker has made the difficult decision to leave an away team, which includes his pregnant and ill wife Deanna, back with the Caeliar, while Riker and the Titan travel through the final space portal to join the fleet in its attempt to save the Federation.
While back on the Caeliar city, Deanna’s condition becomes so critical that Dr. Ree has to take drastic action that the other members of the team see as a direct attack against Deanna. Now, with her husband gone, Deanna must make a critcal decision that could affect not only her life but her child’s as well.
Meanwhile after returning from the Delta Quadrant and finding that the Borg has destroyed the 300 vessels in the Azure Nebula, Captain Picard and Dax must come up with a desperate plan to save the Federation.
In addition the MACO’s (22nd Century Marines) from the star ship Columbia have traveled back thousands of years in time along with several Caeliar and found themselves on a strange planet on a frozen continent. Ignoring the pleas of the Caeliar to stay and help them, the MACO’s set out to find a way off the continent and to a warmer spot.
My Feelings:
This book weighed in at 444 pages which makes it the longest of the Destiny series of books. Despite its length it is a riveting novel that will cause you to not want to put the novel down.
I have to compliment David Mack because he did a great job of blending plenty of action with character development. So few writers are able to combine those two elements so effectively but Mack did it in this book.
In this book Mack does an excellent job of delving deeper into the Borg psyche and really showing their inner most purpose. This is a major change compared to the rather two dimensional image that has been created by the television series.
While overall I thought the book was outstanding I do have to nitpick a couple of items.
For those who have read my other reviews of the Destiny series I am going to sound like a broken record here. Once again it seems like the ship Voyager was thrown in so Mack could say he included elements of all the modern series.
The other item I have to nitpick is the section of the book dealing with the origins of the Borg. First of all it was really predictable and I saw this coming for some time. Second, there is a large build up to the actual moment the Borg are created but then that moment is one sentence and then you move on. The build up to that moment was probably the slowest part of the book and seemed unnecessary. I would rather he had dealt with more of the Borg’s creation than the lead up.
Final Impressions:
For Star Trek fans I would highly recommend not only this book but the whole trilogy. While you could probably read this book on its own and figure out what is happening, the entire trilogy is done so well that you will thoroughly enjoy reading them.
I think that even non-Star Trek fans will find these books interesting and hook them.
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