Ancient Blood: Day of Honor #1 (Star Trek The Next Generation) [Mass Market Paperback]

Diane Carey (Author)

Book Description

Series: Star Trek: Day of Honor | Publication Date: September 1, 1997

To true Klingon warriors, no occasion is more sacred than the
Day of Honor, when they pay homage to all that makes them
Klingon. But honor demands its price....
Worf finds his honor tested when he goes undercover to infiltrate
a planetary criminal network. How can he root out the corruption
on Sindikash without resorting to deceit and treachery himself?
Worf's dilemma is shared by his son Alexander, who searches for
the true meaning of honor in his own human heritage. Along with
his son, Worf must confront deadly danger -- and the inner
struggles of his Klingon soul.

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To true Klingon warriors, no occasion is more sacred than the Day of Honor, when they pay homage to all that makes them Klingon. But honor demands its price.... Worf finds his honor tested when he goes undercover to infiltrate a planetary criminal network. How can he root out the corruption on Sindikash without resorting to deceit and treachery himself? Worf's dilemma is shared by his son Alexander, who searches for the true meaning of honor in his own human heritage. Along with his son, Worf must confront deadly danger -- and the inner struggles of his Klingon soul.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Star Trek (September 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671002384
• ISBN-13: 978-0671002381
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,077,437 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, A Star Trek Book of Substance!, August 24, 1997

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David E. Hess (Harrisburg, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ancient Blood: Day of Honor #1 (Star Trek The Next Generation) (Mass Market Paperback)

Tired of those one-episode Star Trek books? The new Day of Honor Series, at least Book 1, promises to be one of the first Star Trek books/series in years with depth. Ancient Blood intertwines two story lines, one a secret mission that challenges Worf's sense of honor and another that teaches his son Alexander about the concept of honor, uniquely not from a Klingon point of view. If you want action, this is also one of the most violent Star Trek stories I've read recently. Let's hope Book 2 is just as good

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars two-way low quality, January 20, 2000

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Ron (Arkansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ancient Blood: Day of Honor #1 (Star Trek The Next Generation) (Mass Market Paperback)

First off, I'm sorry, the holodeck plotline was a COMPLETE waste of time. I'm glad that Ms. Carey has a store of information about Revolutionary War fighting; perhaps she should write a historical novel to make use of it, but squeezing it into a Star Trek novel served no purpose. The notion that Picard wouldn't have taken even the most half-brained precautions about potential injuries is simply too much to expect; at the very least, he could have arranged for a "stop button" on his clothing so he wouldn't have to speak and could thus spare us the "I beg your pardon" stuff when he says "freeze program." Better extrapolation on how an extra 400 years just might change perception of the Revolutionary War would've added a lot. However, at least one or two of the holodeck people demonstrated SOME complexity of character; no one in the 24th century plot could claim that. I'm sorry, I couldn't side with Worf's point of view for a SECOND. And Picard and Riker are laughing over Data's misunderstanding of mass human dismemberment? That's distasteful. And were we actually supposed to be worried about Data being hurt by the Rogues when we KNOW how tough he is? How could the away team have even been a little concerned? Data's taken much worse. Worf's friend Grant came out of nowhere and went right back; neither one of them demonstrated the level of competence we would expect from such professionals. The villain was so cliched it was absurd. I discerned no effort to make us even CONSIDER the idea that we were in an at all alien society (I know it was a human colony, but not all human colonies are alike.). I have read some great Star Trek novels, and I have read some bad ones; this one unquestionably falls into the latter category. This was almost as bad as some of Ms. Carey's adaptations (smug humanocentrism at its worst in those), and far below the quality she demonstrated in "Dreadnought" and "Battlestations." This stuff would have been embarrassing back in the space opera age.

On another note, the "gore" didn't bother ME, anyway.

So, I didn't think much of it. Others did. To each his own. No problem here.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An astounding surprise., July 24, 2003

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James Yanni (Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ancient Blood: Day of Honor #1 (Star Trek The Next Generation) (Mass Market Paperback)

I have never been a fan of Klingons, or their claims to honor. I have never been a fan of subplots in holosuites. I have never been a fan of the writing of Diane Carey.

So imagine my surprise when I say, this is not only (by far) the best-written novel by Diane Carey that I have ever read (she only got over-cute with her word choice twice in the entire book; usually, she ruins the effect of her otherwise acceptable writing by trying desperately for "clever" and managing only "wrong", every few pages) but may well be the absolute best Star Trek story I've ever read, by any author, from any series; Worf was handled quite well, his claims that "Klingons don't behave that way; it would be dishonorable" are thoroughly debunked by the fact that the other Klingons do, indeed, behave "that way"; the holodeck subplot involving Picard and Alexander in a holoprogram set during the American Revolutionary War managed, in spite of my general dislike for the holodeck as a plot device, to be quite compelling, and the various dillemmas involving honor were most assuredly not stock situations, but involved a great deal of very careful work on the part of the author to make the ethical questions murky and challenging. The subplot in the holodeck had perhaps the best representation of the legitimate points of view of a loyal British soldier during the Revolution that I've ever seen, and the fact that the focus of that story was on an "aristocratic redcoat", rather than a more standard "valiant rebel" was a marvellous concept.

I cannot say enough about how marvellous this book is.