Possession (Signet) [Paperback]

Ann Rule (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1984 | Series: Signet

Eighty years ago, bodiless entities brought a plague of violence and bloodshed to the planet Vulcan. The nightmare ended only when the entities were trapped inside special containers.

Now, on the eve of a galaxy-scale scientific exposition, the containers have been opened, freeing the malevolent entities to possess the minds and bodies of all they encounter, including the crew of the Starship Enterprise™. Friends turn into foes, and no one can be trusted as Captain Picard faces a deadly and insidious threat. Unless the entities can be stopped once more, they will spread their madness throughout the entire federation.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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Eighty years ago, bodiless alien entities brought a plague of violence and bloodshed to the planet Vulcan. The terror was ended only when the entities were trapped in special containers and walled away behind forcefields. But now, some greedy Ferengi have opened the containers, releasing the rapacious entities to possess the bodies of the Enterprise^TM crew. No one can be trusted -- anyone could be host to one of the alien things -- and Captain Picard must devise a way to defeat the entities before they spread throughout the Federation. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1 pages
• Publisher: Signet (May 1, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451161335
• ISBN-13: 978-0451161338
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,033,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome, October 7, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Possession (Star Trek: The Next Generation, No. 40) (Paperback)

This book was one of the best books that I have read in a long time. I have read a lot of Star Trek books, and this one left most of them in the dust. The summary may not seem that great, but the writing was excellent. Many of the ideas in the book got deeper and deeper until you threw the book away from you in fear that something was going to "get" you. I did that several times, and each time I came back within a minute to finish reading the book. I recommend this book to everyone, especially those with knowledge on Star Trek.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Pace, Suspense and HORROR, July 12, 2008

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J. Love "HumanData" (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Possession (Star Trek: The Next Generation, No. 40) (Paperback)

A horror Trek story is not the norm and they pulled it off. I continually was thinking, "This could make a great movie!, This could make a great movie!" Plus the ending was classic. I love the unemotional Vulcan statement....I would share but don't want to spoil it.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A rushed job full of contradictions and repitition., February 28, 2007

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the4thpip (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Possession (Star Trek: The Next Generation, No. 40) (Paperback)

"Possession" was evidently written by two women who were having a fight and not talking to each other anymore. You could always count on finding a detail that would contradict something from a previous chapter. One chapter everybody on board goes into a medically induced 36 hour sleep, a few hours later a guard is easily captured because he "has not slept in two days." Hello?? First that new android has eyes that are superior to Data's, then the opposite is true.
And then the authors must have been told by an editor that it was 50 pages too short for a ST novel, so they started adding in redundant sentences and additional adjectives like "he attacked her fiercely and savagely." (or words to that effect).
My favorite sentence went something like "Worf could not imagine that kind of senseless warfare, it was beyond his imagination."

So no, I would not call this well written. It was one of the most painful reading experiences I have ever had. There are much better Star Trek novels out there to spend your money on.