In the final part of the trilogy, we find that space and time have been altered by the Janus Gate. Members of the crew of the Enterprise have been thrown backward and forward through time, altering history, and then returning to the present many years older or younger. Mr Spock and Chief Engineer Scott have managed to avoid the effects of the Janus Gate and are trying desperately to reorganise the crew and to find a way to pass them through the gate to restore them to their proper ages. This task is made even more difficult when they realise that they must re-adjust history to ensure not only that everyone still exists in the present, but also that the Federation itself has a future.
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L.A. Graf is the author of many top Star Trek novels across all the Star Trek series, among them the bestselling Deep Space Nine crossover Invasion: Time's Enemy.
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Timely Return To Form,
By Mark Sheridan (New Zealand) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Past Prologue: The Janus Gate Book Three [of Three](Star Trek The Original Series) (Mass Market Paperback)
The final book in this time travel trilogy is another excellent effort from Graf who has restored my faith that people can still write exciting Star Trek adventures instead of the usual soap opera stuff that plagues much of the modern material. Here we have an interesting story that delves further into Kirk's past, including his relationship with his father, but never loses sight of the overall plot. How easy it would have been for this to become a "Next Generation" or "Voyager" style story with the characters "getting in touch with their feelings" and all "having a group hug" - but no, this is a serious story, and thankfully the author allows the characters to resolve the drama in an adult fashion. The overall conclusion to the Janus Gate side of the story back on Tlaoli IV is also brilliant, although a bit convoluted at times (*but then most time travel stories are !!!), and again I must praise the author for the way she cleverly brings it all together at the end. On a side note I must add my voice to the other readers who have complained about the synopsis that Pocket Books has provided for each of these novels. Only book two contained a synopsis that was remotely close to the actual story of the novel, while book one and three in fact were a load of garbage. Do the publishers actually read the books ?!! And if so who is responsible for the totally inaccurate synopsis writing ?!! Maybe the readers would like to start a letter writing campaign to Pocket Books to ensure that consumers are actually getting what they pay for when they buy a book instead of something completely different !!! Anyway at least this was one of the really worthwhile titles, and one of the better series of Star Trek books, regardless of the lousy synopsis on the back cover. A thoroughly enjoyable read which I would recommend to anyone, and I only hope Kevin Ryan's "Errand of Vengeance" trilogy will prove to be as good.
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ST: TOS Past Prologue: Janus Gate Book Three,
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This review is from: Past Prologue: The Janus Gate Book Three [of Three](Star Trek The Original Series) (Mass Market Paperback)
Star Trek: The Original Series Past Prologue: The Janus Gate Book Three by L.A. Graf is the concluding book to this trilogy, "Present Tense, Future Imperfect, and Past Prologue," and what a conclusion it is.The book is fast paced and full of action revolving around the unanswered questions about James T. Kirk. The book fills in, clarifies and resolves the issues left in book two. We were left with a future and present Sulu and Chekov, a doppleganger paradox, and a 14 year old James T. Kirk. Spock was trying to bring the time distortion into alignment and alleviate the paradox but was interupted by the Shechenag, a cybernetic race of beings, hell bent to close the Janus Gate, and demanded that Spock and company to leave the Tlaoli system in ten hours as time rapidly counts down on the three day time bubble that was created on Psi-2000 after the cold start of the warp engines. As you can see, time is the weighing factor here and time is running out... will Spock and the Enterprise crew come through? As mentioned, James T. Kirk is time-transported to a life changing event of his past and his past self is now in his present. Captain Kirk is on Grex as the Grexxen are in the middle of a civil war with his father George Kirk. George Kirk is a Commander with Starfleet and is posted on Grex of three months and brings his family with him. All hell breaks loose on Grex, as Captain Kirk has to remember his long forgotten past. It is interesting to read the interplay between Captain Kirk and his father. This could have been extended a little more in the book, but would make an interesting book in an of itself someday. As Grex was once under the control of the Orions, Starfleet got control of the planet through treaty, but as expected the Orions never give-up easy. As you can see there are a lot of things in play here. James T. Kirk has to be brought to his present and his childhood counter part returned to the past. This is the key to the whole time paradox. If you correct this, that resolves the future imperfect, book two. Spock has to work to bring this to a resolution, but will he have time and can he figure out how to do it in a rapidly collapsing time frame. The book gives us "a view" of the future Sulu and Chekov albeit an imperfect view, but the general qualities are there. Spock has always given himself and option to resolve contingencies and this book is no different... hence the way the book resolves the paradox... but remember this... if the Kirk parallel is resolved, then what we read about the future of Sulu and Chekov will change. If you read the first two books in this trilogy, you have to read book three, just as you can't read book three without reading the first two. The way this trilogy is crafted, it weighs heavy on what has been written and builds to and exciting conclusion, remember to pay attention as the timelines get involved. This is an interesting concept, to bring in the crew and their perspective to events as they happen... also this is, as noted on the title of the books, not just Star Trek, but Star Trek: The Original Series... so there is a clue there as well. This is borne out in the next series as well, The Errand of Vengeance : The Edge of the Sword... also a trilogy. I'll see around for that series as well... live long and prosper.
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This review is from: Past Prologue: The Janus Gate Book Three [of Three](Star Trek The Original Series) (Mass Market Paperback)
I would really give this book a 3.5 because it really is choppily written. I suggest reading the first two before this one, because I didn't and had to do some background checking to fully appreciate the "new" characters incorporated.
The plot was too easy and not smooth at all. The book jumps from Kirk's point of view to the crew and back again. The character portrayals were very shallow, especially Kirk's dad who is supposed to be a more outstanding man than he is portrayed in the book. Plus, there is very little mention of the crew's reaction to little Kirk. He has maybe 5 full lines in the entire book. Disappointing, and it could have been better, but is okay for what it is.
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