Star Trek The Next Generation Genes..., John Vornholt
Star Trek The Next Generation Genes..., John Vornholt
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Star Trek: The Next Generation: Genesis Force

Author: John Vornholt

Narrator: Tim Russ

Abridged: 3 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/01/2013


Synopsis

Following on the success and popularity of Genesis Wave: Books One, Two, and Three, John Vornholt pulls together a group of Star Trek™ heroes with a mission unlike any other!

The passing of the Genesis Wave has damaged hundreds of worlds in the newly named "Genesis Sector," and chaos reigns throughout that area of space. Each world has been changed in different ways, and a group of extraordinary men and women -- some old friends, some new faces -- have been assigned the job of getting the devastated planets back on their feet.

Their first job: To resettle an entire displaced alien race on its altered home planet, where the dead come back to life, microbes have reached gigantic size, and the new ecology taking over the world is one not fit for man nor genetically altered beast....

About John Vornholt

John Vornholt is the author of is the author of two of the New York Times bestselling Star Trek: The Next Generation Dominion War books, the successful two-book Star Trek: The Next Generation series Gemworld, Genesis Wave Book One, and several other Star Trek novels, including Quarantine, Antimatter, Sanctuary, Rogue Saucer and Mind Meld.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeff

An alright book, but the writing just didn't grab me. And the premise of the story was a bit much. I know it is part of a larger series, but this fits in with a few of the ST novels that just don't quite feel like the larger established universe. It didn't help that this was a TNG novel, where the E......more

Goodreads review by Adam

A largely standalone coda to the TNG "Genesis Wave" series written by John Vornholt, "Genesis Force" examines the impact of the deadly wave on a non-aligned planet with mixed results. A compelling first half quickly gives way to a rushed mish-mash of fantastical ideas condensed into a second half. Al......more

Goodreads review by Luca

This is a sci-fi novel, but not a Star Trek one. Our heroes from the Enterprise are just guest stars in a story that is about an alien civilization on the brink of extinction because of the Genesis Wave. While the story is not bad in itself, it is simply something a Trekker is not expecting from a ST......more

For those of us who were quietly mourning the lack of Worf in the Genesis Wave trilogy, Genesis Force immediately makes up for that by showing us exactly what Ambassador Worf was doing when the first wave hit. I was surprised by this. In my characteristic haste, I jumped in without reading the blurb......more