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Star Trek: Discovery: Desperate Hours Volume 1

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 An all-new novel based upon the explosive Star Trek TV series!

Aboard the Starship Shenzhou, Lieutenant Michael Burnham, a human woman raised and educated among Vulcans, is promoted to acting first officer. But if she wants to keep the job, she must prove to Captain Philippa Georgiou that she deserves to have it.

She gets her chance when the Shenzhou must protect a Federation colony that is under attack by an ancient alien vessel that has surfaced from the deepest fathoms of the planet’s dark, uncharted sea.

As the menace from this mysterious vessel grows stronger, Starfleet declares the colony expendable in the name of halting the threat. To save thousands of innocent lives, Burnham must infiltrate the alien ship. But to do so, she needs to face the truth of her troubled past, and seek the aid of a man she has tried to avoid her entire life—until now. Adventure Fiction First Contact Genre Fiction Military Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Science Fiction Space Opera Star Trek
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If you're a Discovery fan, there are a number of breaches from canon, but hey past that you have a great Starfleet tale - the honour, the rights, the Adventure!

Twisted canon, but great tale

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I always enjoyed star trek no matter which version it is.
this is no exception.

nice story.

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Enjoyed it, it felt like an extended episode of the series. Nothing fantastic but the plot rattles along.


Audio narration was good

A good start

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loved it so interesting seeing Michael and spocks interactions .
story was good felt quite epic but kept to its star trek roots.

just great .

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the story struggles with too many inconsistencies with the characters portrayed in the show, CPT Pike is largely unrecognisable. it's obvious that the writer was handed a mash of ideas and told to put them into some sort of order.
the performance is very one note. very little inflection with the different character. perfect for leaving on to go to sleep to, but unengaging for the majority.
the ending though is mostly ok, the A plot wraps up nicely, the b plot suddenly ends without much fanfare.
too many ideas, poorly executed. it's not the writers fault, I suspect he was told what he had to feature in the book.

the story struggles

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