A Ceremony of Losses

Posted on 20 January 2017 by David Mack

THE NEEDS OF THE MANYDespite heroic efforts by Thirishar ch Thane, the Andorian species is headed for extinction Its slow march toward oblivion has reached a tipping point, one from which there will be no hope of return.THE NEEDS OF THE FEWWith countless lives at stake, the leaders of Andor, the Federation, and the Typhon Pact all scheme to twist the crisis to their political gain at any price.THE NEEDS OF THE ONEUnwilling to be a mere bystander to tragedy, Doctor Julian Bashir risks everything to find a cure for the Andorians But his courage will come at a terrible cost his career, his freedom and maybe his life. Read A Ceremony of Losses Author David Mack – kino-fada.fr Excellent novel Without a doubt it s the strongest, so far, in the book event The Fall from Star Trek While the first book, Revelations and Dust was tedious and inconclusive, See reviewHERE and the second book, The Crimson Shadow was smart and surprising, See reviewHERE , this third book was solid and inspiring Definitely my hopes and expectations for the remaining fourth and fifth books are really high now To begin to comment about this novel, I have to expose several variations Excellent novel Without a doubt it s the strongest, so far, in the book event The Fall from Star Trek W...A Ceremony of Losses takes place three years after the events in the Path of Disharmony book So it s been three years since Andor has seceded from the Federation After the disaster that took place in the previous story there have been some changes The Enterprise crew is gone likely banished to the far side of the galaxy after the hash they made of the initial situation , the Federation President Bacco has been assassinated and a new President Ishan is in charge He has a farhard line v A Ceremony of Losses takes place three years after the events in the Path of Disharmony book So it s been three years since Andor has seceded from the Federation After the disaster that took place in the previous story there have been some changes The Enterprise crew is gone likely banished to the far side of the galaxy after the hash they made of the initial situation , the Federation President Bacco has been assassinated and a ...Like other David Mack Star Trek novels, there is a lot going on and a lot of ties to other Trek novels as well as established canon There has been a very strong political aspect in recent Trek novels set post Nemesis, and this book continues that trend I read this one because I enjoyed the last book in the series so much by Una McCormick I hadn t read the Typhon Pact novels, so at times I felt like I was playing catch up The cast of characters and weaving of subplots was great, but since a Like other David Mack Star Trek novels, there is a lot going on and a lot of ties to other Trek novels as well as established canon There has been a very strong political aspect in recent Trek novels set post Nemesis, and this book continues that trend I read this one because I enjoyed the last book in the series so much by Una McCormick I hadn t read the Typhon Pact novels, so at times I felt like I was playing catch up The cast of characters and weaving of subplots was...David Mack couldn t write a bad ST novel if he triedI have stayed away from the fall series I think mainly because the 1st book didn t get the best reviews I don t have a lot of time to read, so when I start a new book I want it to be something at least pretty good worth my time I read Disavowed I loved it, since it was just a continuation of what was started here with Ceremony I decided that I would read the fall series just minus the first book I m glad I did C David Mack couldn t write a bad ST novel if he triedI have stayed away from the fall series I think mainly because the 1st book didn t get the best reviews I don t have a lot of time to read, so when I start a new book I want it t...Now this is a way to start 2018 When Julian Bashir s vacation is interrupted by a Ferengi delivering a message from an old comrade in hiding, the good doctor has no idea his finest hour is upon him He is asked to receive stolen biological data, and from the noise therin produce a pattern that might save a people from extinction It won t be easy the data is considered highly sensitive by three governments, one of which might kill Bashir for trying to use it, and even if he finds a cure, his c Now this is a way to start 2018 When Julian Bashir s vacation is interrupted by a Ferengi delivering a message from an old comrade in hiding, the good doctor has no idea his finest hour is upon him He is asked to receive stolen biological data, and from the noise therin produce a pattern that might save a people from extinction It won t be easy the data is considered highly sensitive by three governments, one of which might kill Bashir for trying to...In a way, this story is based on a premise that is very contrary to the original vision of Gene Roddenberry he envisioned a world universe in which the earth had solved paltry problems like politics and had joined a Galactic Federation of like minded planets In his vision, the Federation would never have been led by a deceitful, self serving, petty politician Nan Bacco was his vision of a Federation president he would have been appalled at the suggestion that Ishan could ever come to power In a way, this story is based on a premise that is very contrary to the original vision of Gene Roddenberry he envisioned a world universe in which the earth had solved paltry problems like politics and had joined a Galactic Federation of like minded planets In his vision, the Federation would never have been led by a deceitful, self serving, petty politician Nan Bacco was his vision of a Federation president he would have been appalled at the suggestion that Ishan could ever come to power But by allowing that event to occur, this series has been able to explore the very real question of what a moral person s responsibilities are when lawful, civilian authorities issue orders that the r...The 3rd book in the Star Trek The Fall series, David Mack s A Ceremony of Losses may in fact be the best book of the series so far while solving one long standing crisis changes 1 character s direction forever The book itself is primarily centered on Dr Bashir who is contacted by Thrishar ch Thane who has been working with Professor zh Thiin on Andor to solve the Andorian genetic crisis which could be solved by using the Shedai Meta Genome provided to them by the Tholians It is thi The 3rd book in the Star Trek The Fall series, David Mack s A Ceremony of Losses may in fact be the best book of the series so far while solving one long standing crisis changes 1 character s direction forever The book itself is primarily centered on Dr Bashir who is contacted by Thrishar ch Thane who has been working with Professor zh Thiin on Andor to solve the Andorian genetic crisis which could be solved by using the Shedai Meta Genome provided to them by the Tholians It is this cry for help in the dark that causes a crisis for Dr Bashir as he faces a choice of loyalty to the Federation because of...This is the third entry in the so far phenomenal series, The Fall A Ceremony of Losses is a gripping and tense story that continues and adds to the cinematic events of The Fall, while also continuing the Typhon Pact story line, tying up some loose ends from the Vanguard series, and resolving the Andorian reproduction crisis that has been written about for years now.I had found the previous three books by Mack, the Cold Equations trilogy, to be quite a bit below the quality I expect from David M This is the third entry in the so far phenomenal series, The Fall A Ceremony of Losses is a gripping and tense story that continues and adds to the cinematic events of The Fall, while also continuing the Typhon Pact story line, tying up some loose ends from the Vanguard series, and resolving the Andorian reproduction crisis that has been written about for years now.I had found the previous three b...A great book, following on from the previous The Fall novels This DS9 focused story takes us back to the Andorian fertility crisis, and the political situation following the Tholian s sharing of the sharing the Shedai Genome and Andor s secession ST Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony.Mack delivers the story in his usual fashion For me it was a slow start, not really hooking me in till about chapter 6, but I was thoroughly hooked, reading most of the rest in one sitting This I feel is a Bash A great book, following on from the previous The Fall novels This DS9 focused story takes us back to the Andorian fertility crisis, and the political situation following the Tholian s sharing of the sharing the Shedai Genome and Andor s secession ST Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony.Mack delivers the story in his usual fashion For me it was a slow start, not really hooking me in till about chapter 6, but I was thoroughly hooked, reading most of the rest in one sitting This I feel is a Bashir piece, featuring his...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here David Mack once again delivers a very solid Star Trek book I was happy to see the Andorian plots wrapped up since both their reproductive crisis and their leaving the Federation have been ongoing issues for quite a while It was nice to have those two storylines front and center and for something major to happen with both I was a little disappointed in the character of Ezri Dax Even though Mack addressed why she was acting like she was, it seemed too out of character for me I also though...

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20 January 2017

David Mack