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Star Trek: The Next Generation – Valiant |
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 Star Trek: The Next Generation – Valiant byMichael Jan Friedman Simon & Schuster (Pocket Books) 279 pages, 2000 ISBN 0671775227 Reviewed by our UK Editor Rachel A. Hyde This story is set well before Picard's captaincy of the Enterprise. Valiant is the story of how young Lieutenant Commander Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Stargazer is left in charge of the vessel, when his captain is killed and the first mate injured. Three hundred years before, the SS Valiant was destroyed as it tried to cross the Galactic Barrier. Now two human-shaped beings have appeared and are claiming to be the crew’s descendants. Worse still, they are insisting that an alien species, called the Nuyyad, are about to cross the barrier and invade our own galaxy. With a shape-shifting alien who appears human but has a habit of changing back into his true many-tentacled form tinkering with the equipment, it is hard for Picard to know who to trust, and who is possibly a saboteur. This novel is unexpectedly something of a whoduni,t as Picard has to find out what is going on, and who is friend and who is foe. The plot kept me guessing to the end. It was entertaining to meet a new crew and to see how young Picard – of course – saves the day. With plenty of action, it put me in mind of a sea story at times, and I thought that the author had made the tale just long enough. A suspenseful story. |
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