Enigma Tales, Una McCormack
Enigma Tales, Una McCormack
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Enigma Tales

Author: Una McCormack

Narrator: Robert Petkoff

Unabridged: 9 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/27/2017


Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Fall: The Crimson Shadow comes a compelling and suspenseful tale of politics and power set in the universe of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Elim Garak has ascended to Castellan of the Cardassian Union...but despite his soaring popularity, the imminent publication of a report exposing his people's war crimes during the occupation on Bajor looks likely to set the military against him. Into this tense situation come Dr. Katherine Pulaski—visiting Cardassia Prime to accept an award on behalf of the team that solved the Andorian genetic crisis—and Dr. Peter Alden, formerly of Starfleet Intelligence. The two soon find themselves at odds with Garak and embroiled in the politics of the prestigious University of the Union, where a new head is about to be appointed. Among the front-runners is one of Cardassia’s most respected public figures: Professor Natima Lang. But the discovery of a hidden archive from the last years before the Dominion War could destroy Lang’s reputation. As Pulaski and Alden become drawn into a deadly game to exonerate Lang, their confrontation escalates with Castellan Garak—a conflicted leader treading a fine line between the bright hopes for Cardassia’s future and the dark secrets still buried in its past...

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About Una McCormack

Una McCormack is the author of ten previous Star Trek novels: The Lotus Flower (part of The Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine trilogy), Hollow MenThe Never-Ending SacrificeBrinkmanshipThe Missing, the New York Times bestseller The Fall: The Crimson ShadowEnigma Tales, Discovery: The Way to the Stars, the acclaimed USA Today bestseller Picard: The Last Best Hope, and Discovery: Wonderlands. She is also the author of five Doctor Who novels from BBC Books: The King’s DragonThe Way Through the WoodsRoyal BloodMolten Heart, and All Flesh is Grass. She has written numerous short stories and audio dramas. She lives with her family in Cambridge, England. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel on June 18, 2017

As far as I'm concerned, Una McCormack should be the only author allowed to write for Elim Garak and the Cardassian Union...she never fails to grasp the threads of a story, and spin them into fibers of gold. This is beyond excellent -- this is sublime "Star Trek", and in its complexity and brillianc......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on January 09, 2020

What a fantastic Star Trek story, certainly one of the very best I've read. Enigma Tales is the story of Cardassia, rebuilt after it's devastating defeat in the Dominion war, yet still in the process of fully coming to terms with its dark past. This is a wonderful exploration of a deeply passionate a......more

Goodreads review by Amy H. on July 19, 2017

Una McCormack not only gets Star Trek as it is, capturing characters such as Elim Garak and Katherine Pulaski and peoples such as the Cardassians with pitch-perfect clarity, but she also gets Trek's potential to say meaningful things about subjects that are all too relevant to our world today. Her g......more

Goodreads review by Llinos on September 05, 2017

Enigma Tales is a thoughtful and moving exploration of how cultures (and individuals) can come to terms with and begin to put right the mistakes of their pasts. (Something that’s also true of the author’s other works about Cardassia, which form a loose series within the larger Star Trek tie-in novel......more

Goodreads review by Aron on July 14, 2017

Let me first say that Dr. Polanski is one of my all time least favorite ST characters, any time I watch an episode with her in it I think about how much I'd like to slap her face. Despite that, Una McCormack was able to craft a very well written, balanced novel. She voice's Garick's character perfec......more