Twilight's End (Star Trek, Book 77) [Mass Market Paperback]

Jerry Oltion (Author)

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Series: Star Trek (Numbered Paperback) | Publication Date: January 1, 1996

Unlike most planets, Rimillia does not spin upon its axis so its day and night sides are subject to perpetual extremes of hot and cold. Habitation has only been possible on a thin band of the planet's surface...until now.

Using gigantic impulse engines of unimaginable power, the alien Dumada intend to start Rimillia rotating, rendering the entire world fit for colonization. Yet some fear the enormous stresses involved may tear the planet apart.

Assigned to assist the Dumada, Captain Kirk must rescue a kidnapped scientist vital to the rotation project. But, once the giant engines are activated, can even Scotty save Rimillia -- and the U.S.S. Enterprise™ -- from total destruction.

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Unlike most planets, Rimillia does not spin upon its axis, so its day and night sides are subjected to perpetual extremes of hot and cold. Habitation has only been possible on a thin band of the planet's surface, until now.

Using gigantic impulse engines of unimaginable power, the alien Dumada intend to start Rimillia rotating, rendering the entire world fit for colonization. Yet some fear the enormous stresses involved may instead tear the planet apart.

Assigned to assist the Dumada, Captain Kirk must rescue a kidnapped scientist vital to the rotation project. But, once the giant engines are activated, Scotty must save Rimilli, and the U.S.S. Enterprise^TM from total destruction.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books/Star Trek; First Edition edition (January 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067153873X
• ISBN-13: 978-0671538736
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #769,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure fun, March 12, 2004

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R. Spottiswood (Western Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twilight's End (Star Trek, Book 77) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a comedy, almost to the point of satirising Star Trek. The background story is actually fairly impressive and intricate. To return their planet to habitability, the population intends to use tens of thousands of impulse drives to spin it up to normal rotation. A terrorist faction has kidnapped the lead engineer, attacked the facilities, and has no qualms about firing on the Enterprise. The descriptions are quite vivid. The action scenes are very clear. Throughout the book there are amusing commentaries on both and also on the characters, particularly by McCoy and Spock about Captain Kirk. The writing is generally light and amusing, although there are some very serious scenes. However, the descriptions in Kirk's section, as he searches for the engineer, seem written more for young adults than for mature readers. As a counter to that, there is a debate between McCoy and Spock over the ethics of the mechanical solution in contrast to a more `natural' biological one. Finally, the last third or so of the book is given to firing the engines and spinning the planet. There are lots of `Trekisms' here: "Capt'n, she canna take much more", "Hold her together, Scotty." The result is a strange but to me very amusing mixture of epic and farce: the dialogue could have been pulled from almost any episode where the Enterprise is in trouble, but instead of the ship they are dealing with a whole planet. It's weird but it works very well. In summary, I would say that this is written in the style of the humour episodes of Deep Space Nine. If you enjoy those you should enjoy this too.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yellow Alert, January 25, 2010

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This review is from: Twilight's End (Star Trek (Numbered Paperback)) (Kindle Edition)

Star Trek had those TV episodes that made you think after the Captain or his First Officer would end the show with a thought provoking analysis of their latest encounter. Then there were the episodes that were not as cerebral to mix things up a bit. Twilight's End is kind of a mix of the two. This book has the dramatic story of an alien planet in peril mixed with a proposed remedy only a sci-fi story could get away with. The story has all the elements of a typical Star Trek romp with its alien encounters, tense filled segments and the obligatory attack scenes. Somewhere along the way is an environmental story tucked in to round out the melee.
This is a fun read and another escape into that Final Frontier !

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very nearly five stars., January 19, 2007

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James Yanni (Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twilight's End (Star Trek, Book 77) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is an excellent novel, handling characterization, plot, and pacing quite well. I can't quite say that it's exceptional enough to rate five stars, but it's close.