The Children of Hamlin (Star Trek : the Next Generation) [Kindle Edition]

Carmen Carter (Author)

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The Hamlin Massacre -- every Starfleet officer knows the tale. The tiny Federation outpost of hamlin was destroyed, its entire adult population ruthlessly slaughtered, before the first defense shield could be raised. Even worse, the colony's children disappeared without a trace, abducted by the aliens who attacked with a ferocity and speed that outmatched their Starfleet pursuers.

Now, fifty years later, the Choraii ships have appeared again. But this time the Federation is ready; this time the Choraii must pay for what they need. The precious metals can only be bought with the Hamlin children still living with their captors.

This time, the Choraii must face Captain Jean-Luc Picard -- and the crew of the starship Enterprise...

From the Publisher

Every Starfleet officer knows of the Hamlin Massacre, of how the tiny Federation outpost of Hamlin was destroyed, its entire adult population mercilessly slaughtered and the colony's children abducted by Choraii invaders who attacked with a ferocity and speed that outmatched their Starfleet pursuers. Now, 50 years later, the Choraii ships have reappeared, but this time the Federation is better prepared, with the starship Enterprise^TM standing at red alert.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 1938 KB
• Print Length: 252 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books/Star Trek (May 23, 2000)
• Sold by: Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000FBJGYU
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• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #317,120 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Library rats need not run away, April 12, 2000

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Siskoid - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Children of Hamlin (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 3) (Mass Market Paperback)

While the Wesley subplot IS distracting, the story has some good elements, surprising for one of the early TNG novels. The aliens ships are very alien (and the aliens themselves so mysterious we never see them), and Yar's preparation more realistic than what the show would have offered. Not very fast-paced, The Children of Hamlin is nonetheless a thoughtful moral play, like many Star Trek efforts.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just like a first season episode..., April 19, 2004

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picardfan007 (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Children of Hamlin (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Book 3) (Mass Market Paperback)

The Children of Hamlin is just as the title describes. It's about the decedents of a massacre where the children were thought to be taken away or slaughtered by ruthless aliens that outmatched the Federation.

Fifty years after the dreaded event, it turns out many of the children thought to be long dead are alive among a people called the "Choraii." Picard negotiates with these ruthless aliens to get Hamlin survivors and decedents back home ... only some of them developed a life there and don't want to go back.

It could have been a proposed script for the TV show and it has of all cast members Tasha Yar as head of security. This is classic season one material. The characters have a lot of unknowns that were later filled in by later episodes. In this novel the characters seem so a little fresher and more impulsive. In one scene Picard loses his temper with the a negotiator. He starts banging his fist his desk and demanding a straight answer from him.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars STNG #3 The Children of Hamlin - Thought provoking!, July 11, 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: The Children of Hamlin (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 3) (Mass Market Paperback)

"The Children of Hamlin" is but the first of only three great Star Trek The Next Generation novels that this fine author brought to fruition. While not being her best STNG novel, which in my opinion is "The Devil's Heart, it is a well written and thought provoking early Star Trek The Next Generation story. What is amazing is that it took the author two years to write her previous Star Trek The Original Series novel, "Dreams of the Raven," but after being given only three months for this novel, she wrote it so well!

The premise:

Everybody in Starfleet and the Federation knows the tale of the small Federation colony of Hamlin where aliens called the Choraii came and destroyed the colony, killed all of the adults and abducted the children and disappeared into the blackness of space. It is now fifty years later and the Choraii have returned, but this time they will have to deal with the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D, her stalwart commanding officer, Captain Jean Luc Picard and her crew.

I would definitely recommend this early Star Trek The Next Generation novel for it's author is among one of the best of the early trek authors and it is a well written, thought provoking tale, raising the question of children who were kidnapped and later, as adults, are given the opportunity to return to their own kind but wish to stay where they are. {ssintrepid}