The Lost Years (Star Trek: The Lost Years, #1)

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After the end of the EnterpriseTM s five year mission, Captain Kirk, Mr Spock, and Dr McCoy struggle to establish new lives apart from each other and the starship The newly promoted Admiral Kirk is placed in charge of a specially created Starfleet division and attempts to defuse a critical hostage situation Mr Spock, who, in the midst of a teaching assignment on Vulcan, finds the one thing he least expected and Dr McCoy, whose unerring instinct for trouble lands him smack in the middle of an incident that could trigger an interstellar bloodbath. Best Read [ The Lost Years (Star Trek: The Lost Years, #1) ] by [ J.M. Dillard ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr So what did happen in the year or so after the Enterprise returned after her first five year mission, much has been speculated in fan fiction but in The Lost Years we get as close to cannon as you can in novel form Kirk is adamant he will not accept a promotion to the Admiralty and most of the core crew expect to serve with him once again It comes as a surprise when Kirk is convinced to hold flag rank and Spock and McCoy do not take it well as revealed in the novel The core narrative focuses So what did happen in the year or so after the Enterprise returned after her first five ye... Originally published in 1989.The idea behind the book is interesting What happened to the characters from the original Star Trek series between the end of their original five year mission and the events of the movie Star Trek The Motion Picture But, the follow through is quite weak.The characters feel like cardboard cut outs of themselves, especially McCoy Kirk s decision to become an admiral makes sense but McCoy s outlandish, petulant, even childish response to Kirk s decision was simply Originally published in 1989.The idea behind the book is interestin...I read this book in high school but forgot how much I enjoyed it I thought it held up pretty well This is the first of four books that speculates on what might have happened between the end of the five year mission and the start of the Motion Picture The story is good, holding its own with some good pacing and action Some of the dialogue is a little cheesy and the characters certainly ring at times of somewhat tired ttypes A semi romance is shoehorned in that I thought could have been left I read this book in high school but forgot how much I enjoyed it I thought it held up pretty well This is the first of four books that speculates on what might have happened between the end of the five year mission a...Mostly good, though a scene involving tarot cards and a weird typo in the edition I had muddled things a bit for me.The Lost Years is one of the first Star Trek novels to address the murky period between the end of the original series and Star Trek The Motion Picture People at Paramount must ve liked it, since J.M Dillard replaced Vonda McIntyre at the helm of the prose adaptations of the movies While it has it s moments, and has a lot of action, it doesn t compare to other examinations of the same period like the first two books of the Crucible series The coup for me in this book was bringing back Kev The Lost Years is one of the first Star Trek novels to address the murky period between the end of the original series and Star Trek The Motion Picture People at Paramount must ve liked it, since J.M Dillard replaced Vonda McIntyre at the helm of the prose adaptations of the movies While it has it s moments, and has a lot of action, it doesn t compare to other examinations of the same period like the first two books of the Crucible series The coup for me in this book was bringing back Kevin Riley, a featured player on two of the original series episodes The Naked Time and Conscience of the King , but he s brought back as such a simpering wretch, you d almost rather the author hadn t bothered We also have Spock s father, Sarek, and are introduced to a number of new characters that sort o...Good Trek novel with a great premise have a story that takes place between the end of the original series and the start of the movies It has three separate stories at the start of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy that eventually intertwine Kirk is an Admiral and a diplomat for the Federation and finds himself involved in diffusing a civil war, Spock leaves Starfleet to live on Vulcan but is drawn into action won t ruin it , and McCoy leaves Starfleet for soul searching and plans to reunite with an ol Good Trek novel with a great premise have a story that takes place between the end of the original series and the start of the movies It has three separate stories at the start of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy that eventually intertwine Kirk is an Admiral and a diplomat for the Federation and finds himself involved in diffusing a civil war, Spock leaves Starfleet to live on Vulcan but is drawn into action won t ruin it , and McCoy leaves Starfleet for soul searching and plans to reunite with an old flame It s fun to see the characters out of the series and movies, but Dillard doesn t really take advantage of its potential The story itself is pretty good though Kirk s story lapses into some slow sections, McCoy s exciting story is the winner of the three , but not much of an effort is made to tie the story to its place in Star Trek chronology There s some interesting bits at the start with the Enterprise s last days and the emotions of the main characters, but then it s all abandoned to te...The Lost Years is the first installment in a four book series wich tells us the tale of the crew of the original Enterprise in the years between the original five year mission and The Motion Picture The novel is very well written by Jean Mary Dillard and contains great characterization, but lacks somewhat in terms of plot developement.The biggest problem with this novel is the fact that almost all characters involved in the story just happen to be the familiar characters of the Enterprise c The Lost Years is the first installment in a four book series wich tells us the tale of the crew of the original Enterprise in the years between the original five year mission and The Motion Picture The novel is very well written by Jean Mary Dillard and contains great characterization, but lacks somewhat in terms of plot...This book was pretty awful to me The characters did not sound like themselves I have read better books This also had too many characters that I didn t care about and frankly didn t know..I read to page 53 and gave up Scotty doesn t have his scottish accent well then pretty much it s lost something I have read William ...Meh None of the characters did things that were believable, the plot was difficult to follow, and it introduces a new villain that is too dumb to havethan 200 pages of fame, apparently I m not against the ...In many ways this is a very depressing story I knew that Kirk, Spock and McCoy went their separate ways at the end of their first five year mission, however I didn t realize that it could have been for such a devastating reason.This story picks up as Enterprise is coming home after its five year mission in space The crew is considering what they are going to do while Enterprise is in space dock for refit She will be there for at least 18 to 24 months There are parties and everyone says their In many ways this is a very depressing story I knew that Kirk, Spock and McCoy went their separate ways at the end of their first five year mission, however I didn t realize that it could have been for such a devastating reason.This story picks up as Enterprise is coming home after its five year mission in space The crew is considering what they are going to do while Enterprise is in space dock for refit She will be there for at least 18 to 24 months There are parties and everyone says their fare...

The Lost Years (Star Trek: The Lost Years, #1)
  • English
  • 25 February 2018
  • Paperback
  • 440 pages
  • 0671707957
  • J.M. Dillard
  • The Lost Years (Star Trek: The Lost Years, #1)