Echoes (Star Trek Voyager, No 15) [Mass Market Paperback]

Dean Wesley Smith (Author), Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Author), Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Author)

Book Description

Series: Star Trek Voyager (Paperback Numbered) | Publication Date: January 1, 1998

The U.S.S. Voyager finds itself in a system where a planet might have existed, but doesn't. Where the planet should have been, millions and then billions of people are appearing from nowhere and dying in the vacuum of space.

To solve the mystery and save billions of lives, Captain Janeway will have to face alternate versions of herself and the crew of Voyager-- not just one almost-mirror-image, but many. Janeway will have to find a way to work with her alternate selves, with whom she shares much but each of whom has a different agenda. At stake is the survival of Voyager and the lives of billions of innocent people.

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The U.S.S. Voyager finds itself in a system where a planet might have existed, but doesn't. Where the planet should have been, millions and then billions of people are appearing from nowhere and dying in the vacuum of space.

To solve the mystery and save billions of lives, Captain Janeway will have to face alternate versions of herself and the crew of Voyager -- not just one almost-mirror-image, but many. Janeway will have to find a way to work with her alternate selves, with whom she shares much but each of whom has a different agenda. At stake is the survival of Voyager and the lives of billions of innocent people.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 278 pages
• Publisher: Star Trek (January 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671002007
• ISBN-13: 978-0671002008
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #949,551 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the better Voyager books!, August 12, 2002

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K. Wyatt "ssintrepid" (Cape Girardeau, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Echoes (Star Trek Voyager, No 15) (Mass Market Paperback)

For several years now I've been reading all of the Star Trek series books in order of release dates. That said, up to the point in which "Echoes" was released, with few exceptions, most of the Voyager books left a lot to be desired. That is certainly not the case with this book. "Echoes" is an extremely exciting book that at it's core uses the standard plot line - we're in the Delta Quadrant and we're short on this or that supply, we need to stop and find it - which has been pretty much worked to death by the previous "Voyager" books.

"Echoes" involves the Federation starship picking up some odd sensor readings, so they decide to investigate. Once Captain Janeway arrives, she and her crew are instantly involved in a tragedy so large in scale and magnitude, it seems almost unsolvable by one small ship. The residents of the planet have created a planet wide transporter system, and tied it into the planets core for power. This has disastrous results. Like clockwork, the transporter system kicks everybody on the planet over to the next "reality," "plane of existence." Where there's a planet, no problem, where there is not a planet, welcome to the vacuum of space. And so begins one of the more intriguing and better written numbered novels of any of the series!

I highly recommend this book to any and all Star Trek and in particular, "Voyager" fans. Thank you to the authors for another great Star Trek read.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice book to read in a day, November 22, 1999

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Trent G. (Zillah, Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Echoes (Star Trek Voyager, No 15) (Mass Market Paperback)

When I sat down to read this book I was very optimistic. Then I got into it and realized it had already exceeded my expectations for it. I Feel that this book is a great example of great stories for "Star Trek Voyager". I am also disappaionted that other people don't feel as highly about it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is an excellent book !, May 11, 1998

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[e-mail] (Up on Mars) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Echoes (Star Trek Voyager, No 15) (Mass Market Paperback)

I am an avid Star Trek book fan, as well as a fan of the alternate universe storylines. This book delivers. I wasn't able to put the book down, and found myself flipping through pages and pages just to see what would happen next. " Echoes " also gets the job done by showing the ' what - ifs ' and thinking process of the crew of the Voyager in all realities. I highly recommend this book.