Rise Like Lions

IN THE MIRROR UNIVERSE Miles Smiley O Brien struggles to hold together his weary band of freedom fighters in their war against the overwhelming might of the Klingon Cardassian Alliance Each day pushes the rebels on Terok Nor one step closer to defeat, but with nowhere left to run, the time has come to make their last stand Light years away, Mac Calhoun and his Romulan allies harass Klingon forces with devious hit and run attacks But Calhoun has a grander ambition he intends to merge his fleet with the Terran Rebellion and lead it to victory or die trying Meanwhile, a bitter feud threatens to shatter the Alliance from within The old rivalry between the Klingons and the Cardassians erupts into open warfare as each vies for the upper hand in their partnership Manipulating events from its hidden redoubts, Memory Omega the secret operation initiated by Spock a century earlier sees its plans come to fruition sooner than expected But striking early means risking everything and if the revolution fails, Spock s vision for the future will be lost forever. Read Rise Like Lions – kino-fada.fr This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Rise Like Lions is another well written adventure from the pen of David Mack It s not the tour de force that his Star Trek Destiny trilogy turned out to be nor does it have any very interesting characters as in his Star Trek Vanguard series, but it was an enjoyable way for this Trekkie to kill a weekend.The story takes place in the Mirror universe first visited in the TOS episode Mirror, Mirror and covers the final days of the Terran Rebellion, the collapse of the Klingon Cardassian Rise Like Lions is another well written adventure from the pen of David Mack It s not the tour de force that his Star Trek Destiny trilogy turned out to be nor does it have any very interesting characters as in his Star Trek Vanguard series, but it was an enjoyable w...I highly recommend this story, but only if you have already read at the very least The Sorrows of Empire An amazing follow up and possible conclusion to the story of the Mirror Universe.Full reviewMy favourite part of the whole Star Trek television series in its many incarnations was the series of episodes that dealt with a mirror universe where up was down, good was evil and all the actors got to play different, and usually bad, versions of themselves The original series episode that kicked it all off was interesting, but I really got engaged in it through the relevantDeep Space 9and Enterprise episodes.This led me to read the various mirror universe novels that have been put out by My fa...There are several different authors of past present that can write really good Star Trek novels, but David Mack is at the top of the list as far as I m concerned This was a highly entertaining story with an excellent plot, great character interaction, some really cool space battles then one truly spectacular space battle that almost brought a tear to my eye I read Disavowed a couple of months or so ago which mainly takes place in the Mirror Universe I read The Sorrows of There are several different authors of past present that can write really good Star Trek novels, but David Mack is at the top of the list as far as I m concerned This was a highly entertaining story with an excellent plot, great character interaction, some really cool space battles then one truly spectacular space battle that almost brought a tear to my eye I read Disavowed a couple of months or so ago which mainly ta...David Mack stays true to the mirror universe and its ways with Rise Like Lions, a book Mirror Universe fans won t be able to put down and regular fans will quickly get in to It follows a long Mirror Universe tradition of throwing characters together and threatening or ending their lives with high action elements Readers should probably have some background on the Mirror Universe novels before picking up this segment, as it is almost a conclusion to the path our familiar universe has taken David Mack stays true to the mirror universe and its ways with Rise Like Lions, a book Mirror Universe fans won t be able to put down and regular fans will quickly get in to It follows a long Mirror Universe tradition of throwing characters together and threatening or ending their lives with high action elements Readers should probably have some background on the Mirror Universe novels before picking up this segment, as it is almost a conclusion to the path our familiar universe has taken Without the background from previous novels, those only aware of the shows might feel a little left out of some of the main points.This book pulls the fan in with well written characters from many incarnations of Star Trek The situations that bring them all together are as true to the actual show as the characters themselves are, and...That s what passes for good news, now We have a good chance of not dying if we crawl into a hole and keep our heads down I d hoped we d have higher standards by now We play the cards we re dealt, Eddington said The real question is What are we going to do next Rise Like Lions is the triumphant conclusion of the Mirror Universe lit series, opening with a catastrophic defeat for the Rebellion that sees the seemingly victorious Alliance undermined by its success As the rebellion retreats That s what passes for good news, now We have a good chance of not dying if we crawl into a hole and keep our heads down I d hoped we d have higher standards by now We play the cards we re dealt, Eddington said The real question is What are we going to do next Rise Like Lions is the triumphant conclusion of the Mirror Universe lit s...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here This book is fast paced, with twists and turns popping up as unexpectedly as a jaunt wormhole Making things happen is fine by me but the sweeping scale of events and seemingly never ending, facile shifts in alliances and changes of fortune gets to be a bit much Also, Memory Omega just has way too much power and influence with the exception of a possible plot hole how could that organization not develop AI sufficient to run its fleet they really need the ragtag Terran rebels for that , and This book is fast paced, with twists and turns popping up as unexpectedly as a jaunt wormhole Making things happen is fine by me but the sweeping scale of events and seemingly never ending, facile shifts in alliances and changes of fortune gets to be a bit much Also, Memory Omega just has way too much power and influence with the exception of a possible plot hole how could that organization not develop AI sufficient to run its fleet they really need the ragtag Terran rebels for that , and Kes s dea ex machina moment is matched in its contrivedness only by the groan inducing out of nowhere Obsidian Order fleet Miraculously bringing McHenry back with some technobabble for explanation also left me nonplussed Still, the plot poses some interesting ethical questions, even if they aren t fully explored or even really suggested, like is itwrong to manipulate someone directly through mind control K...This book seemed a lotcrowded than the first half of David Mack s Mirror Universe saga and it should Book one only had the very tail end of an Enterprise story, a TOS story with hints of DS9 and Star Trek Vanguard to deal with Book Two had TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyagage and New Frontier But for the most part it pulls it off The only reason it took so long to read was because getting through most of the Voyager Chapters was kind of a drag I really really hate Star Trek Voyager Making what This book seemed a lotcrowded than the first half of David Mack s Mirror Universe saga and it should Book one only had the very tail end of an Enterprise story, a TOS story with hints of DS9 and Star Trek Vanguard to deal with Book Two had TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyagage and New Frontier But for the most part it pulls it off The only reason it took so long to read was because getting through most of the Voyager Chapters was kind of a drag I really really hate Star Trek Voyager Making what few of their characters survived their previous Mirror Universe novella the lead was not a good idea.And then their was the ending which went on for two or three chapters of denouement than it probably needed Of course, I wouldn t be saying that if Pocket Books hadn t gone through the great collapse at around this point A lot of the books only series New Frontier, Starfleet Corp of Engineers, Mirror Universe etc were going on hiatus if not ending If Simon and Shuster KNEW they had no interested...I think the book would be better enjoyed if I d been steadily reading Star Trek novels instead of having watching all of the various tv series over the years and then randomly picking this up off a library shelf It felt confusing and unwieldy with its attempt to include so many opposing points of view It also felt just a tad bit try hard for including so many Trek names spanning different ... Rise Like Lions is the sequel to the events that took place in Mack s previous Mirror Universe novel Sorrows of the Empire This story brings in a combination of new and familiar characters such as Picard, Deanna Troi, Ezri, Miles, Keiko, Kes, and Neelix The story explores the long range plans developed by Emperor Spock and carried about by Saavik There s a lot of ground that is covered here and I found that it didn t read quite as quickly as the first book Still worth the 4 stars and I Rise Like Lions is the sequel t...

• English
• 13 April 2018
David Mack
• Mass Market Paperback
• 397 pages
• 1451607199
• David Mack
• Rise Like Lions