Q-Squared

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In all of his travels Captain Jean Luc Picard has never faced an opponent powerful that Q, a being from another continuum that Picard encountered on his very first mission as Captain of the Starship Enterprise. In the years since, Q has returned again and again to harass Picard and his crew Sometimes dangerous, sometimes merely obnoxious, Q has always been mysterious and seemingly all powerful But this time, when Q appears, he comes to Picard for help Apparently another member of the Q continuum has tapped into an awesome power source that makes this being powerful than the combined might of the entire Q continuum This renegade Q is named Trelane also known as the Squire of Gothos, who Captain Kirk and his crew first encountered over one hundred years ago Q explains that, armed with this incredible power, Trelane has become unspeakably dangerous Now Picard must get involved in an awesome struggle between super beings And this time the stakes are not just Picard s ship, or the galaxy, or even the universe this time the stakes are all of creation Read Q-Squared author Peter David – kino-fada.fr Third best Star Trek novel that I ve read MERGING GENERATIONS This is one of the best Star Trek novels that I ever read, actually, I considered the third best novel of Star Trek in my personal top list.Peter David did again what he does best,finding creative ways to link The Original Series with The Next Generation.On Imzadi , see review here Imzadi David combined the Guardian of Forever from the classic episode The City at the Edge of Forever with the romantic relationship of Wi Third best Star Trek novel that I ve read MERGING GENERATIONS This is one of the best Star Trek novels that I ever read, actually, I considered the third best novel of Star Trek in my personal top list.Peter David did again what he does best,finding creative ways to link The Original Series with The Next Generation.On Imzadi , see review here Imzadi David combined the Guardian of Forever from the classic episode The City at the Edge of Forever with the romantic relationship of William Riker and Deanna Troi.On Vendetta , see review here Vendetta , David merged The Doomsday Machine from the classic episode of the same name with the menace of The Borg Now, in this book, Q Squared , Peter David does it again fusioning the pompous Trelane from the classic episode The Squire of Gothos with the Q Continuum In that way, P...This is by far the best STAR TREK novel I ve ever read and I ve read plenty , but it also tops my list of Best All Around Novels David effortlessly weaves together an incredibly complex tapestry of timelines and characters from ST TOS and ST TNG I laughed out loud I came close to crying It s just a brilliant executed book that deserves 25 stars, not 5 I just bought my first Peter David non Trek novel, SIR APROPOS OF NOTHING, and can t wait to read it Other excellent Trek novels by Mr Da This is by far the best STAR TREK novel I ve ever...Multiverse mayhem This is a wild ride through a fractured and chaotic multiverse with the omnipotent and mischievous Q, of Star Trek TNG fame, and Q s maniacal, juvenile and equally omnipotent charge Trelane, of Star Trek TOS fame This is hands down the best Trek bo...I am an avid ST NG fan, of both the tv series and the novels Most of the novels are pretty much episodic there s a problem, the crew solves it, all is peaceful in the Federation onceOnce in a while, though, I stumble across a book of fantastic proportions It s sort of like the author went beyond the idea of taking existing personalities and cobbling together an episode and printing it which, honestly, is the reason I love the novels They aremy light reading than romance books I am an avid ST NG fan, of both the tv series and the novels Most of the novels are pretty much episodic there s a problem, the crew solves it, all is peaceful in the Federation onceOnce in a while, though, I stumble across a book of fantastic proportions It s sort of like the author went beyond the idea of taking existing persona...This is arguably the great Star Trek Novel ever written It takes place on a grand scale, covering several interesting timelines, then smashing them together.The real test for novels like these are if the characters sounds like they shouldquite often tie in novels will have characters saying things that they never would on the show, which can really pull me out of the book Thankfully that isn t a problem here Peter David has an excellent grasp of what makes each of these characters tick Th This is arguably the great Star Trek Novel ever written It takes place on a grand scale, covering several interesting timelines, then smashing them together.The real test for novels like these are if the characters sounds like they shouldquite often tie in novels will have characters saying things that they never would on the show, which can really pull me out of the book Thankfully that isn t a problem here Peter David has an excellent grasp of what makes each of these characters tick The many references to past Star Trek adventures just serve to sweeten the deal for Star Trek fans.The Kindle edition is pretty good I only noticed about a dozen typos, but none were so bad that I couldn t figure out what the actual intended word was I don t have the paper version to compare it to, so this issue might just be the way the book is written, but within chapters, it can be difficult to spot the perspective changes Rather...3.5 stars Nobody does Star Trek better than Peter David This is another good installment featuring Q.Holy cow And I thought Peter David s Vendetta was the final word on epic Trek adventureand then Q Squared comes along to play FUBAR mind games with time, the Q Continuum, the fabric of reality, and Star Trek history This is where fanwank crawls into a hole and is crushed into a singularityand never has oblivion been darker,violent,mind blowingandentertaining This, ladies and gentlemen, is a TNG masterpiece, and one of Peter David s finest works in the literary Holy cow And I thought Peter David s Vendetta was the final word on epic Trek adventureand then Q Squared comes along to play FUBAR mind games with time, the Q Continu...Told across three timelines, Q squared tells the story of what would happen if Q was tutor to the Squire of Gothos Trelane a being that the Enterprise encountered when Kirk was captain As Trelane tries to unravel the very fabric of the universe, it is up to the Enterprise in all its forms to try and save the worldand Q could be of some use as well.Firstly, I am a huge star trek fan, and Squire of Gothos is one of my favourite episodes from the original series When I found out that this b Told across three timelines, Q squared tells...On Stardate 2124.5, Captain Kirk and the Enterprise had a memorable experience with an impish creature named Trelane, a being of extraordinary power but the maturity of a child Now Trelane is back, this time to play with Captain Picard and a different Enterprise.and right behind him is his godfather Q, begging him to behave Trelane, as it turns out, is a member of the Q Continuum, and Q has the task of grooming him to be a responsible adult Naturally, the universe is doomed After a tongue On Stardate 2124.5, Captain Kirk and the Enterprise had a memorable experience with an impish creature named Trelane, a being of extraordinary powe...This book started out with an interesting premise, as books or episodes involving Q are wont to do It took me quite some time to work out where this book was going, but once I worked that out, it became much easier to hold the state of the book in my ...

Q-Squared
  • English
  • 20 January 2018
  • Mass Market Paperback
  • 434 pages
  • 0671891510
  • Peter David
  • Q-Squared