Haunted Starship (Star Trek Next Generation: Starfleet Academy) [Library Binding]

Brad Ferguson (Author), Sarah Ferguson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0613101251 | ISBN-13: 978-0613101257 | Publication Date: December 1997

Geordi LaForge has been given the chance of his lifetime! He's been chosen to join the training vessel Benjamin Franklin as assistant engineer, an opportunity rarely given to plebes. Geordi is determined to live up to Commander Sanchez's expectations. Their mission is to chart a neglected sector of the asteroid belt that lies between Mars and Jupiter. That night, Sanchez calls up s history of the old starship and Ben's first commander, the heroic Ike Ikushima, who died saving his crew from disaster. The next night Geordi sees Ikushima's ghost, arm raised, pointing directly at him! When he tells Sanchez, everyone begins to doubt Geordi's reliability... until the ghost reappears, pointing a warning finger at them all!

What does it mean? Is the ship haunted? Is it an alien invasion? The cadets are about to make history themselves-- if they escape with their lives!

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Geordi LaForge has been given the chance of his lifetime! He's been chosen to join the training vessel Benjamin Franklin as assistant engineer, an opportunity rarely given to plebes. Geordi is determined to live up to Commander Sanchez's expectations. Their mission is to chart a neglected sector of the asteroid belt that lies between Mars and Jupiter. That night, Sanchez calls up s history of the old starship and Ben's first commander, the heroic Ike Ikushima, who died saving his crew from disaster. The next night Geordi sees Ikushima's ghost, arm raised, pointing directly at him! When he tells Sanchez, everyone begins to doubt Geordi's reliability...until the ghost reappears, pointing a warning finger at them all!

What does it mean? Is the ship haunted? Is it an alien invasion? The cadets are about to make history themselves--if they escape with their lives! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Library Binding
• Publisher: Rebound by Sagebrush (December 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0613101251
• ISBN-13: 978-0613101257
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,402,897 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars the haunted spaceship, August 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Haunted Starship (Star Trek: The Next Generation: Starfleet Academy, No 13) (Paperback)

I thought is was a little bit dissapointing considering what the plot was in general but for the most part it was good and I really enjoyed the twists that it took in a few places.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A dissapointing book full of stereotypical characters, April 9, 2001

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Mikael Kuoppala (Helsinki, Finland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Haunted Starship (Star Trek: The Next Generation: Starfleet Academy, No 13) (Paperback)

All in all I enjoy reading these novellas set in the characters' past.

They have some problems, still. First of all, they are way too short.

Secondly: the characters are teenagers. I am 15 myself and that's probably the biggest reason I don't like young characters (in anything).

Why?

Because they act about 3 to 5 years younger than they should (in Wesley Crusher's case: about 10).

The starfleet academy books, in general, have been fairly believable in this field, although the characters still sometimes feel a bit immature.

This particular book uses characters that behave, in my opinion, like people behave when they are about 12 years old. Plus they are complete stereotypes.

For example the teamleader is a young male human who has joined starfleet because of his father. (Has anyone ever joined becase of his/her mother, brother, sister cousin...?)

I bought this book in hopes of a view to the character of Geordi LaForge, but to my dissapointment he was characterized poorly, and didn't even feel like the main character.

The plot was weak, the storytelling predictable... It's barely readable, but dont waist your money on it.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars oh, ICK!, March 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Haunted Starship (Star Trek: The Next Generation: Starfleet Academy, No 13) (Paperback)

Maybe I'm just too old for this series, but this one seemed worse than normal. The whole ghost idea was pretty dumb in the first place. Don't buy unless you're trying to get all the books like I am.