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Objective: Bajor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

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This is a very original Star Trek book, you get a nice glance at the Cardassian Empire and to the Bajoran politics, meet a new race coming from not far away. I have really loved it.

The great Hive is a ship that has travel for half a million years to our galaxy from another. It is a great and vast biological ship. The inhabbitants are determined to use Darane IV, Cardassia Prime, and Bajor as refueling stops-thus destroying them and every one and every thing on them. Sisko and his crew must convince the leaders of the Hive not to destroy Bajor. In an attemp to do that they uncover an old secret that could be their key to saving Bajor, only if they can get around the Hive's currupt government!

An exteremely interesting book, but as big of Star Trekkie I am, this one was just a little on the weird side. I got to know the people in the Hive, but there just wasn't very much characterization in the Defiant's crew.

I would have liked to know what Kia Winn's reaction was when she relized that she had interperated the prophacy wrong. She is that character that only wants power, and I just love to hate.

The story it self was fairly good with very few holes.

This book would make an excellent made-for-tv-movie! There's enough action all throughout the book that I couldn't put it down! I'm glad there isn't much character building or characterization because that's downright boring! It belongs in a TNG book! If you like action and want a good read, get this book.

If you read this book, you'll remember it. It doesn't mix in with the regular Star Trek books at all. It stands apart from the rest, and it has some very interesting ideas in it. It'll be worth your five bucks.

This book gets a passing grade. It holds your interest, but does not present any wonderful new ideas. I think there was potential in the plot, though, for much more. It was going great, and there were some wonderful characterizations of the aliens, but it got bogged down. The visitation of the Prophets at the end is much too easy of a solution. If any time a problem came along Sisko went to the "all-knowing, all-seeing" Prophets, there wouldn't be much conflict at DS9. So if you're looking for that perfect Saturday afternoon adventure, keep looking.

Objective: Bajor is excellent. We get to see Bajoran politics, aliens, and it stays interesting all the way through; no boring parts here. Also, a nice bit of continuity from another book: Gul Gavron is also used in Peel's DS9 children's book, Prisoners of Peace.

Well,I was more expecting something more "alien"(insectiods,cyborgs,slime things)but this book is O.K.The plot get slower as it gets on.The best part is where the Hive engulfs the Bajoran colony.

This is a great book, and the first by John Peel I've ever read. But it is awesome. The writing of the characters is so good, and the space battles are so realistic, I read them several times over. I recommend this to anybody!

This book has an excellent story and is exciting from beginning to end. A must read for any Trekie

An enormous ship called the Hive has traveled from one of the Magellanic Clouds and entered the Milky Way galaxy. It is a multi-generational ship and the purpose is to resettle in the Milky Way. The location of entry is near Deep Space Nine and their target is the Bajoran planetary system.
Their way is not one of the peaceful colonization of empty worlds, when they arrive, they give the inhabitants of Darane a short time to evacuate and then they fire powerful beams that destroy the planet and extract all valuable resources. Since only a few of the people of Darane were able to fee, most of the inhabitants were reduced to consumable resources. The Hive then announces that it intends to move on Bajor next.
A Cardassian ship attacks the Hive and is easily destroyed by their defenses. The Bajorans appeal to Sisko and he informs Star Fleet Command. However, the treaty between the Cardassians and the Federation prohibit large military forces in the area, so Sisko is on his own. With little in the way of military power, his only tool must be reason and diplomacy.
However, the members of the Hive consider anyone dwelling on a planet to be insane, so while Sisko is able to arrange an audience with the leaders of the Hive, the talks are not productive. Furthermore, the resources the Hive extracted from Darane are used to split their ship into two parts, making the magnitude of the threat apparent to everyone. One of the Hive ships is to continue to Bajor while the other is to move on Cardassia Prime. When Sisko informs the Cardassians of the plans of the Hive, they send a battle fleet to intercept it. Using some creative diplomacy and the fomenting of a civil war, Sisko is able to stop the attack on Bajor and find a peaceful resolution.
The story is engaging, Peel not only describes the situation in exciting terms, and he also does an excellent job in developing the alien culture of the Hive. While there is obviously much about this ancient ship that is not explained, we learn enough to understand why things are happening the way they are. Peel also gives excellent descriptions of the political infighting that takes place on Bajor and Cardassia Prime. Even though there is the potential for loss of their planets, some of the people continue to pursue their political goals.