The Face of the Unknown, Christopher L. Bennett
The Face of the Unknown, Christopher L. Bennett
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The Face of the Unknown

Author: Christopher L. Bennett

Narrator: Robert Petkoff

Unabridged: 10 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/27/2016

Synopsis

Continuing the milestone 50th anniversary celebration of Star Trek—a brand-new novel of The Original Series featuring James T. Kirk, Spock, and the crew of the USS Enterprise!

Investigating a series of violent raids by a mysterious predatory species, Captain James T. Kirk discovers that these events share a startling connection with the First Federation, a friendly but secretive civilization contacted early in the USS Enterprise’s five-year mission. Traveling to the First Federation in search of answers, the Enterprise suddenly comes under attack from these strange marauders. Seeking refuge, the starship finds its way to the true home of the First Federation, an astonishing collection of worlds hidden from the galaxy beyond. The inhabitants of this isolated realm are wary of outsiders, and some accuse Kirk and his crew for bringing the wrath of their ancient enemy down upon them. When an attempt to stave off disaster goes tragically wrong, Kirk is held fully accountable, and Commander Spock learns there are even deeper forces that threaten this civilization. If Kirk and Spock cannot convince the First Federation's leaders to overcome their fears, the resulting catastrophe could doom them all!

About Christopher L. Bennett

Christopher L. Bennett is a lifelong resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, with bachelor’s degrees in physics and history from the University of Cincinnati. He has written such critically acclaimed Star Trek novels as Ex Machina, The Buried Age, the Titan novels Orion’s Hounds and Over a Torrent Sea, the two Department of Temporal Investigations novels Watching the Clock and Forgotten History, and the Enterprise novels Rise of the Federation: A Choice of Futures, Tower of Babel, Uncertain Logic, and Live By the Code, as well as shorter works including stories in the anniversary anthologies Constellations, The Sky’s the Limit, Prophecy and Change, and Distant Shores. Beyond Star Trek, he has penned the novels X Men: Watchers on the Walls and Spider Man: Drowned in Thunder. His original work includes the hard science fiction superhero novel Only Superhuman, as well as several novelettes in Analog and other science fiction magazines.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jamie on June 03, 2020

I love Bennett's vision here building off the TOS episode The Corbomite Maneuver, exploring the mysteries of the First Federation, the highly insular civilization that fell for the "Corbomite" self destruction bluff that Kirk used to get the Enterprise out of a sticky situation. He creates a fascina......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on December 28, 2016

I was a bit worried by the time I got to the middle of this novel; the amount of action mixed with TNG levels of techno-babble was doing my head in. It felt at times as if the novel was going to crumble under the weight of this titanic combination, and I had to pause on more than one occasion, to st......more

Goodreads review by Bruce on December 31, 2016

This book is a sequel to TOS episode "The Corbomite Maneuver" and takes place about three years later. We get to learn more about the First Federation and find out the origin's to Commander Balok's "puppet." Lt. Bailey also returns and we see how taking the role of an ambassador has been working for......more

Goodreads review by Dan on February 05, 2017

As usual from Christopher Bennett, we get top-notch storytelling with a compelling link to current-day events. Revisiting the First Federation was fun, and Bennett has succeeded in his mission to create the definitive story about that civilization. The tranya-loving Balok is a fun character, and it......more

Goodreads review by C.T. on September 01, 2020

I was really interested in this because I've always been a fan of Star Trek politics and was fascinated by the concept of THE FIRST FEDERATION as introduced in "The Corbomite Manuever." I was a bit surprised to realize no one had ever picked up that angle before and was mostly only remembered by me......more

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