Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It’s a prestige posting, and Andrew is thrilled all the more to be assigned to the ship’s Xenobiology laboratory.
Life couldn’t be better…until Andrew begins to pick up on the fact that (1) every Away Mission involves some kind of lethal confrontation with alien forces, (2) the ship’s captain, its chief science officer,… (more)
Not a total success, but intelligent and at times silly enough to win readers over.
It’s a good read. But you can almost see what it could have been, and it’s a pity that it fails to produce the sort of wit and sparkle that it promises.
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates (June 05, 2012)
Collection: Tor Books
Format: EPUB
File size: 719.6 KB
Protection: DRM free
Language: English