Caretaker

Name: Caretaker
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: L.A. Graf
ISBN: 9780743546294

Author: L.A. Graf

Series: Star Trek: Voyager #1

Narrator: Robert Picardo

Abridged: 2 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: 02/01/1995

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Military Science Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

Captain Kathryn Janeway and the crew of the Starship VoyagerTM are transported by alien technology to the other side of the galaxy, years away from the Federation and everything they call home. There an enigmatic being known as the Caretaker kidnaps two crew members and transports them to a people known as the Ocampa. Captain Janeway must rescue her crew members, battle a hostile race called the Kazon-Ogla, and solve the mystery which surrounds the Caretaker, only to begin the fantastic voyage back to Earth.

About L.A. Graf

L.A. Graf is jointly made up of two people, Karen Rose Cercone and Julia Ecklar. Karen Rose is a university geo-science professor and author of the Helen Sorby-Milo Kachigan historical mystery series. Julia Ecklar is the author of the popular Noah’s Ark science fiction series originally published in Analog magazine. The two women combined as L.A. Graf have written or contributed to over twenty Star Trek novels including a national bestseller.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa :-) on May 30, 2009

In my opinion, the only reason to read a novelisation of an episode of “Star Trek” (Or any TV show for that matter) is to get something new from the episode. New plot elements, new insights into a character’s thought processes that you simply can’t show on television. I was looking forward to seeing......more

Goodreads review by Alejandro on January 06, 2016

I was lucky to get the novelization of the pilot episode Caretaker of the TV series spin-off Star Trek: Voyager, right when the book got out in 1995, since that TV series got to Latin America like 1 years or 2 years later on cable, so I was able to know what was about the new addition to the franchi......more

Goodreads review by Paul on March 10, 2023

Absolutely rubbish......more

Goodreads review by Liz on December 09, 2022

I'd apparently forgotten how utterly bonkers this first novelization was. This ain't the Voyager you know. It's obvious that this was written before filming was complete--although the fact that Janeway's first name is Katheryn shows that Genevieve Bujold had already been swapped our for Kate Mulgrew.......more

Goodreads review by Kerry on August 22, 2015

I love this episode, it was a great start to the series and the book of it is fantastic!......more