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Star Trek Voyager Full Circle

Review by Jeff Ayers

Even though I never missed an episode, I was never a big fan of Voyager. Inconsistent and bizarre at times, the show would have a fantastic episode one week, and the next week introduce Fairhaven or the consequences of traveling at Warp 10. (I could never understand why they didn't travel that way to get home and have the doctor turn everyone back to humans after the journey). The novels set after their reappearance in the Alpha Quadrant have been less than stellar also. So when I heard that Kirsten Beyer was writing the next novel in the cycle, I shrugged, even though I thoroughly enjoyed her String Theory novel.

The novel's storyline has a lot of catching up to do with the regular timeline that is prevalent through the remains of the Trek universe after David Mack destroyed it.

An ambitious admiral has plans for Captain Chakotay and his crew, while desperate parents have to plan with Kahless to protect a little girl. Seven deals with an aunt who is slowly dying, and the doctor gets an invitation from his creator.

Beyer has written what is probably the longest Star Trek novel to date (I'm guessing it's longer than Crucible: McCoy). She gives the characters a depth that was lacking on the show and makes them interesting. And, unveiling the events of their lives as they adjust to being back in Federation space proves to be interesting. What I honestly thought would be a cure for insomnia actually gave kept me up at night reading. Even though I don't necessarily like the "Full Circle," I still can't wait for her next one

For those who haven't yet checked out this DVD set-- definitely worth doing so if you have a chance. It's a five disc set featuring episodes from all five Star Trek series involving the characters in alternate universes or timelines. Voyager episodes included on the set are "Before and After," "Timeless," "Shattered," "Course: Oblivion" Unfortunately, commentary isn't included for any of these episodes (I mention this because some of the episodes from the other shows do have commentary.) but there is some bonus stuff about them in the various retrospective features included on each DVD. (For example, it's mentioned that the idea for "Shattered" started with an image-- that of a man with a face where one side is old and the other young-- which ended up being used for Chakotay.)

star trek voyager dvd and star trek enterprise dvd are excellent.