The Antares Maelstrom

Cox juggles quite a few balls here as the crew is spread thin dealing with a number of crises resulting from a "gold rush" and the ensuing mayhem on a remote planet. Each crisis is spun off as a separate mini-story featuring one or two of the main crew, with the narrative and POV bouncing among them......more

The way I consume books has pretty much prevented me from using audiobooks. I can't sit and just listen to them. Often I listen to them when I am walking the dog, or to and from work. The thing is that means that I do better listening to books that exist in franchises that I know well, with characte......more

I had the impression that Greg had a lot of fun writing this one, well I had a lot of fun reading it anyhow. I thought it had the energy of a DS9 or B5 story, not because it was based on a station but because there is so much mayhem going on pretty much all the way through the story. It reminded me......more

This was an interesting story that used everyone, not just a focus on one or two crew members. It's called the Antares Maelstrom because the pieces happen around it - and it's an area of space where you just don't want to cross (the Kessel run of Star Trek in a way). You can't cross it without getti......more

A CONTEST OF PRINCIPLES was my favorite Star Trek read last year and I think pretty far up my list of all time favorite Star Trek novels period. It was also perfect "election year' reading. Sadly, it seems that important elections will a running theme for the next few decades. Anyway, I was anxious......more