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Title | Desperate Hours
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Author | David Mack
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Publisher | Gallery Books - 2017
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First Printing | Gallery Books - 2017
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Title | Drastic Measures
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Author | Dayton Ward
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Title | Fear Itself
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Author | James Swallow
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Title | The Way to the Stars
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Author | Una McCormack
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Category | Science Fiction
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Warnings | None
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Main Characters | Michael Burnham, Philippa Georgiou, Spock
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Main Elements | Aliens
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 Desperate Measures
An all-original novel based upon the explosive new series on CBS All Access
Aboard the Starship Shenzhou, Lieutenant Michael Burnham, a human woman raised and educated among Vulcans, is promoted to acting first officer. But if she wants to keep the job, she must prove to Captain Philippa Georgiou that she deserves to have it.
She gets her chance when the Shenzhou must protect a Federation colony that is under attack by an ancient alien vessel that has surfaced from the deepest fathoms of the planet's dark, uncharted sea.
As the menace from this mysterious vessel grows stronger, Starfleet declares the colony expendable in the name of halting the threat. To save thousands of innocent lives, Burnham must infiltrate the alien ship. But to do so, she needs to face the truth of her troubled past, and seek the aid of a man she has tried to avoid her entire life--until now.
I wasn't impressed with the TV series for the first two seasons (I can't figure out why they need to keep messing with the look of the Klingons, was already weird enough between the original and Next Gen, but this one is practially at the same time as the original and they are even more alien looking than they look in later series), but I started enjoying it a lot more with the next two. I was hoping I'd also get a better appreciation for the first two seasons if I tried reading some of the books. With Simon & Shuster putting up a few Star Trek books for 99cents each month, I managed to get almost all the Discovery ones on my eReader!
Now...ever since COVID and working from home I no longer commute, so I pick up my eReader very sporadically, wanted to mention that since it means I may read a chapter and then not touch it for a week, even if the book is good I tend to favour physical books so that can skew some of my reviews. That said, here goes:
Drastic Measures - I had no trouble reading this one in spurts, the plot was straightforward enough I never forgot what had happened since last I read it. This story focuses on the dynamic between Michael (on the Shenzhou) and Spock (on Pike's Enterprise). They are forced to work together to speak with an ancient weapon designed to wipe out any species that fails its test, most of the story is about that test...in retrospect, maybe those spurts worked well, you know kind of reading one test at a time, might have gotten a bit repetitive having to read it all in one sitting as they pair go through yet another test.
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