Bloodletter (Star Trek Deep Space Nine, No 3) [Mass Market Paperback]

K.W. Jeter (Author)

Book Description

Series: Star Trek Deep Space Nine | Publication Date: August 1, 1993

Starfleet Command has learned that the Cardassians are planning to construct a base on the other side of the wormhole to establish a presence and claim the rich unexplored territory. Now, it falls to Commander Sisko, Major Kira, and the crew of "Deep Space Nine" TM to set up a Federation station there immediately.

Before Major Kira can deliver the new base, a fanatic from her violent past appears. Kira must engage in a life and death struggle with an enemy who will stop at nothing to destroy her, as the fate of Bajor, the wormhole, and possibly the entire Federation hangs in the balance.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 276 pages
• Publisher: Star Trek (August 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671872753
• ISBN-13: 978-0671872755
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,680,104 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Early DS9 effort, September 1, 2007

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Jeanne Tassotto (Trapped in the Midwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bloodletter (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) (Paperback)

This 1993 novel, #3 in the series of DS9 novels is set early in the series, shortly after the discovery of the wormhole and long before the Dominion appears. If you don't have any idea what any of those things are you really won't enjoy this book at all.

The Cardassians are attempting to stake a claim to the far side of the wormhole, naturally the Federation and Bajor are opposed to this and so a race is on to establish the first outpost in the Gamma Quadrant. As if this is not enough a group of Bajorian fanatics had name Kira as a traitor to Bajor and targeted her for elimination. Naturally the two plot lines become entwined.

This is not an especially good Star Trek novel nor a particularly bad Star Trek novel (and bad ones do exist), it is just rather....blah. The characterizations just aren't quite right. Kira in particular is portrayed as rather inept, wimpy even. This Nerys would never have survived the Occupation. Many novels start a bit slow but at some point pick up making the reader anxious to finish. This one just stayed slow leaving this reader at least to wonder when it would end. If you are a DS9 fan, and why else would you be reading this, and really need a visit to DS9 then by all means read this one if you cannot find any of the better entries in this series.

1.0 out of 5 stars Really Poor., January 3, 2011

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Pat - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bloodletter (Star Trek Deep Space Nine) (Kindle Edition)

I understand that a lot of these novels are written quickly, on tight deadlines and budgets. And I know I couldn't write a novel to save my life. But this novel is really bad.

The plot meanders along without, at any point, becoming interesting. The characterization of Major Kira seems really wrong.

I've read any number of Star Trek novels that were flawed. Interesting ideas that the author didn't quite execute on. And those kinds of books can still be a lot of fun to read. Bloodletter was not like this. At it's heart it was just tedious.

3.0 out of 5 stars DS9 #3 Bloodletter - Good premise but poor execution!, September 21, 2003

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K. Wyatt "ssintrepid" (Cape Girardeau, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bloodletter (Star Trek Deep Space Nine, No 3) (Mass Market Paperback)

I found this author's writing style to be fairly good and the premise of this early Deep Space Nine story to be a sound one, however, the overall execution of the story more or less falls flat. Despite the fact that this is but the third in the Star Trek Deep Space Nine fiction series and the author probably had but one season or less of episodes to base his characterizations on, his characterization for Major Kira Nerys just doesn't wash. One would definitely think that if an author were going to set out to write a story in these series that they'd take an interest in learning the characters and failing that, the editor would catch these things and make corrections. This just doesn't seem to be the case with this novel though.

The cover art for "Bloodletter" can be counted among the standard fare of Star Trek novels of the time where minimal effort was involved.

The premise:

As stated above, the premise is a fairly interesting one in which Starfleet Command has learned that the Cardassians are planning to construct a base on the other side of the wormhole in order to have a presence there and claim as much of the unexplored territory as possible. Obviously this is well before the Dominion became a known factor! The Federation has opted to preempt the Cardassians by having the command crew of Deep Space Nine build a station there first. Coming from Major Kira's past though is a fanatic who will stop at nothing to destroy her, the fate of Bajor, the wormhole and possibly even the fate of the Federation.

While this novel is certainly not among the best of the Star Trek novels in print, it isn't the worst either. I would recommend it to help complete your Star Trek Deep Space Nine collection and as a somewhat viable read. {ssintrepid}