The Klingon Gambit

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The Klingons are hungry for war their target The Enterprise When Captain Kirk and his crew are ordered to Alnath II to challenge the deadliest Klingon starship Terror, they re ready for anything or so they think But the defenseless Vulcan crew of a Federation science ship has been wiped out The remaining members of the Alnath II mission have discovered a fabulous ancient city but their report doesn t make sense The Klingon battle cruiser has the Enterprise in its sights, and is ready to destroy it.But Captain Kirk can t seem to make decisions Spock has started to throw temper tantrums And Chekov has disobeyed vital orders The crew of the Enterprise are losing their minds one by one all victims of the Klingon gambit. Download The Klingon Gambit – kino-fada.fr This is without a doubt one of the worst things I ve ever tried to read Cliched, contrived, boring drivel Nothing about this book was good or interesting nothing about it was thrilling or compelling Actually it did compel me to vomit a few t...Ironically and with pure unintended artlessness, I m sure, this quote sums up the entire book The longer this drags on, theconfused it gets What are the Klingons doing on Alnath What is it that killed those Vulcans What, what, what p 79 So I had this grand plan to re read the entire 97 book Pocket Star Trek Original Series novels over the course of a year or so and review each bookbut damn, two books in and this is the one that s making me seriously reconsider It s not that it Ironically and with pure unintended artlessness, I m sure, this quote sums up the entire book The longer this drags on, theconfused it gets What are the Klingons doing on Alnath What is it that killed those Vulcans What, what, what p 79 So I had this grand plan to re read the entire 97 book Pocket Star Trek Original Series novels over the course of a year or so and review each bookbut damn, two books in and this is the one that s making me seriously reconsider It s not that it s not Trek it s that it s Trek at its WORST Racist, sexist, hawkish, xenophobic TERRIBLE writing It s like TOS Season 3 in roid rage, without even the enjoyment of getting to watch the classic actors bringing life to a bad script It seriously doesn t get much worse than this book Unless it does, which is exactly what now I m afraid of in regards to moving chronologically thr...Although I found it enjoyable, the latest STAR TREK movie, INTO DARKNESS, left me longing for the days of classic Trek, back when Kirk co didn t rely so much on blowing stuff up and punching people repeatedly in the face Back when STAR TREK didn t feel like a cross between MISSION IMPOSSIBLE and THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS set in outer space That s why I picked up THE KLINGON GAMBIT by Robert E Vardeman, the first STAR TREK novel I ve bothered to read since high school I chose it beca Although I found it enjoyable, the latest STAR TREK movie, INTO DARKNESS, left me longing for the days of classic Trek, back when Kirk co didn t rely so much on blowing stuff up and punching people repeatedly in the face Back when STAR TREK didn t feel like a cross between MISSION IMPOSSIBLE and THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS set in outer space That s why I picked up THE KLINGON ...Bad enough that even though I love Star Trek it could not push it to two stars Spock crying like a baby, a story that never really did seem to get off the ground I suppose there was supposed to be tension building in the book but I never felt it.A surprisingly philosophical tale as it delves into the psyche of humans, Vulcans, Andorians, and even Klingons The book is a beautiful look into the hearts and desires of the beloved Enterprise crew.Not a bad story, but these earlier Star Trek novels do feel a lot like unused scripts for the show padded for length.This was actually the first Star Trek book I read when I was in either 7th or 8th grade and actually I m 41 years old well that was awhile ago I remember I did a book report on it it was completely sucked into it and completely enthralled by it However this time around re reading it and by the way I don t know why I decided to reread it a couple of months ago it just popped into my head Anyway this time and I enjoyed it but it really didn t suck me in Recently I ve read a lot of other Star This was actually the first Star Trek book I read when I was in either 7th or 8th grade and actually I m 41 years old well that was awhile ago I remember I did a book report on it it was completely sucked into it and compl...Awful read the story sucks it is soo boring the climatic phaser battle at the end is evenboring this novel just reminded me of the naked time which both feature Spock crying but the difference is this novel is garbageDid not finish It was to awful and I didn t want to waste my timeThis one was just mediocre for me.

The Klingon Gambit
  • English
  • 04 April 2018
  • Paperback
  • 158 pages
  • 0671707671
  • Robert E. Vardeman
  • The Klingon Gambit