The Cry of the Onlies (Star Trek, Book 46) [Mass Market Paperback]

Judy Klass (Author)

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Publication Date: January 15, 1991 | Series: Star Trek (Numbered Paperback) (Book 46)

The Cry Of The Onlines

Boaco Six -- a once-tranquil Federation colony, now caught up in the throes of revolution. The Enterprise's mission: re-establish contact with the planet, and determine whether or not formal ties between the Federation and Boaco Six Should be strengthened.

Negotiations beteween Captain Kirk and the planet's ruling Council of Youngers are proceeding smoothy, until the atmosphere of goodwill is shattered by the sudden destruction of a Boacan -- at the hands of an experimental Starfleet vessel!

Now, in order to prevent full-scale war from breaking out, the Enterprise™must recapute the stolen Starfleet vessel and its abductors. A mission that will require the aid of the galaxy's most reclusive genius -- and bring Captain Kirk face-to-face with the long-buried secrets of his past...

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Boaco Six, a once-tranquil Federation colony, is now caught up in the throes of revolution. The Enterprise^TM's mission is to re-establish contact with the planet, and determine whether or not formal ties between the Federation and Boaco Six should be strengthened.

Negotiations between Captain Kirk and the planet's ruling Council of Youngers proceed smoothly, until the atmosphere of goodwill is shattered by the sudden destruction of a Boacan ship, at the hands of an experimental Starfleet vessel!

In order to prevent full-scale war from breaking out, the Enterprise must recapture the stolen Starfleet vessel and its abductors, a mission that will require the aid of the galaxy's most reclusive genius, and bring Captain Kirk face-to-face with the long-buried secrets of his past.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 255 pages
• Publisher: Star Trek (January 15, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671740784
• ISBN-13: 978-0671740788
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,772,215 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Decent concept, poorly written., April 30, 2003

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James Yanni (Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cry of the Onlies (Star Trek, Book 46) (Mass Market Paperback)

The plot and the idea behind this book were interesting, interesting enough to hold my attention in spite of the poor writing. And with a few minor quibbles, ("computer consul" instead of "console", for instance) when I say "poor writing", I'm not speaking of sloppy typos, poor grammar or word choice. What I'm talking about is characters that behave in implausible ways (no, I'm being too kind; downright impossible ways). The character interaction just rings blatently untrue. I can suspend disbelief for Warp drives and matter transportation, but I CANNOT suspend disbelief for the young, successful revolutionaries who, after fighting a long and bloody insurrection against arrogant, ruthless, bloody-handed oppressors remain idealistic enough to treat their enemies with a kind and restrained justice, yet are aware enough of the realities of real-politic to be willing to treat with the Romulans and the Klingons if that's what it takes to secure their planet's economic survival. Nor do I believe in a United Federation of Planets that tacitly supported said oppressive previous regime. There are many other examples of similarly dubious interactions in the book; some I cannot detail here without giving away too much of the conclusion of the book. Suffice it to say that the ending was far too pat, and continued to have characters behaving in ways that simply did not fit in with their established characterizations.

Not in the bottom ten of Star Trek novels, but close to it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Echoes from the past, April 19, 2008

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Jeanne Tassotto (Trapped in the Midwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cry of the Onlies (Star Trek, Book 46) (Mass Market Paperback)

There are three distinct threads to this story and eventually merge into one. The first plotline follows a trio of Onlies, the children first introduced in the TV episode 'Miri' who, due to a long ago plague, aged incredibly slowly during childhood and died shortly after entering adolescence. The Federation had sent in a team of experts to care for the children. The second story line concerns the Boaco Six colony which had recently overthrown a corrupt regieme. The new government is now controlled by a 'Council of Youngers' which is determined to correct the past abuses, abuses that the new Council feels that the Federation was a party to. The third plot line involves Flint, the character first introduced in the episode 'Requiem for Methuselah'. Flint has lived through centuries and was in fact, many of the great figures of human history, including such diverse personna as Merlin and Brahams. Now though, Flint was finally beginning to age and uncertain about how to spend his remaining time.

This is an interesting premise, combining such widely different stories and so is the Boacan situation as well. Both situations though bring out a darker aspect of the Federation than the original series usually does. The Federation is protrayed as having some problems with at least incompetance, if not outright corruption, more in line with the outlook of the Next Generation and DS9 points of view.

The endings of the various plotlines is rather too...convenient, predictable, neat but overall the novel manages to breath some new life into the episodes by showing what happened after the Enterprise left.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best......., March 26, 1999

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This review is from: The Cry of the Onlies (Star Trek, Book 46) (Mass Market Paperback)

There have been many more interesting Trek Novels than this one, but it DOES give some answers of what happens to the onlies. I think that Judy Klass will be a good author, but she needs a little bit more practice first. And maybe it would help if the plots were a little more interwoven, ya know, so they would tie in together more. Nevertheless a decent book.