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Vengeance

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After reading `Fallen Heroes', my expectations were very high, and I was slightly disappointed. `Vengeance' is good, but nowhere near the standard set by Daffyd ab Hugh's earlier book, which is one of the best ST works I have ever read. Be warned though, if you hate Klingons, don't buy this; Vengeance is full of `em.

The story has Worf's loyalties questioned when a group of Klingons including some of his friends attempt to take over the Deep Space Nine space station while Captain Sisko and most of the crew are away.

One of my favourite parts of the book is O'Brien's speech about Dr Bashir, who he thinks is dead. This author manages to incorporate humour into otherwise serious or dull situations, which is one of the reasons I like his books so much.

The book was mostly fast paced, although like some of the other reviewers, I agree it did drag in some places.

I liked the way the author goes into the relationships between the crewmembers, especially Odo and Quark, and Doctor Bashir and Chief O'Brien. Mr Ab Hugh is particularly great at writing for Deep Space Nine, although anything he writes for Star Trek is good.

As I said before, this book will appeal to most Klingon fans, in particular fans of Worf and DS9 fans in general. I give it three and a half stars - not quite four-star material but too good for three - because even though I'm not the Klingons' greatest fan, this was still a good, enjoyable piece of Sci-fi.

If you like Vengeance, go and buy Fallen Heroes. If you don't like Vengeance ... still buy Fallen Heroes. Then you'll see this author at his best.

Captain Sisko has taken the Defiant with most of his senior staff, Dax, Odo and Kira into the Gamma Quadrant in response to an intelligence tip of Dominion activity. He has left the station in the capable hands of Worf who has Dr. Bashir and Chief O'Brien to make sure that things run smoothly. It soon becomes apparent though that this was not to be when a group of renegade Klingons take over the station. Worf is placed in a difficult position when he discovers that the rebel leader is a childhood friend, one that he had sworn a blood oath to. Where should his loyalties lie, and how best should he honor them? Meanwhile O'Brien, Bashir, Jake, Quark and Rom find themselves as the lone resistence cell left on the station as they try to find a way to regain control at least enough to be able to call for help.

There are certain parts of this novel that are excellent, the 'eulogy' O'Brien delivers for his friend Bashir is hilarious. O'Brien's and Bashir's escape from the invaders and Quark's unintentional act of heroism are among the high points of this story. Unfortunately there are many, many other low points. The author does not handle the characters with skill, fans of the series will often find themselves cringeing, knowing full well that the character would never have said or done a particular thing. And while the basic plot concept is good there are quite a few holes where things have either been conveniently overlooked or highly improbable things happen. For example, Jake is aware of a secret training excercise at the Academy but, even after years in Star Fleet, O'Brien does not?

Fans of DS9 will probably enjoy this novel to some extent but it is really only equal to some of the better fan fiction that can be read for free. Those who are new to Star Trek tie-in novels really need to look elsewhere.

Just like any other DS9 fans you just can't get enough, Vengeance offers another taste, and filling it was. The book explores into the Klingon versus federation subplot, but adds a great treat never seen on the show, a station with no gravity, and no environment. With the added fun of Worf fighting in Zero-G, something I wanted explored further. The book will not disappoint.

While Captain Sisko and the Defiant are in the Gamma Quadrant, the Klingons take control of Deep Space Nine. Commander Worf is captured in Operations. He soon realizes that one of the Klingon's is his own brother. In order to possibly save the station, he must outwardly appear to be a traitor and help the Klingons. At the same time, he's doing everything he can to help his comrades regain control of the station. Even to his comrades, he appears to be a traitor.
I believe "Vengeance" is in good keeping with the author's latest work. I really liked this one though. It has Klingons a plenty. The humor in this book is right on time. This is one of those rare trek books, where I found myself laughing quite often. The character interactions are absolutely great in this book!
At times this is an extremely fast paced book, that leaves your head spinning. For brief, but necessary, times the pace slows down. Overall, a really good trek novel and thank you to author for a good read.

I just bought this book. I really enjoy Star Trek books, and while I'm not finished reading it yet, the story is so far so good. I wouldn't call it a great story, but it's a good one. Has some interesting plot points and interesting characters. I have one minor complaint though. It's Amazon's product description, there's an error. The product description says the book is 304 pages when it's actually only 282 pages. I don't know why there's the mistake, but I think it really should be fixed. But if you like DS9, you'll like this book.

This book, while not as bad as some Star Trek books that I've read, is one of the 2 or 3 worst Deep Space Nine novels that I've seen. Mostly, by the time Deep Space Nine came out, the editors were more picky about what they chose to run, so the quality of novels is generally not as spotty as it was with the really bad early original series novels. While it's fair to say that this book doesn't sink to the levels of, say, "Spock, Messiah", or "Killing Time", still, the general feel of it is of moderately badly written fan fiction; the dialogue is stilted, the characters are, at best, caricatures of themselves (sort of as if the writer had never actually SEEN the series, but had simply been given character profiles to work from, and hit the minor details of each character overly heavily; for instance, Sisko is a baseball fan, therefore, even in critical situations that do not allow for much levity, he speaks in baseball metaphors; Dax is dating Worf and has had relationships with Klingons before, so refuses to believe that a Klingon could behave dishonorably; Garak is a "former" member of the Obsidian order and most everyone knows/suspects it, so he has a gadget that masks tricorder readings (and isn't overly subtle about using it). The Klingons do not behave at all like Klingons; they are much too willing to fight without hurting or killing their opponents, and don't give up on that concept even when they take casualties; they have little to no training in zero-gee fighting and are not particularly impressive in combat. There are other examples, but these are the most egregious. The story itself is pretty stupid, if not without action; the limitations of a ship under cloak are not what we've ever seen anywhere else.

If all you're looking for is a story set in the Star Trek universe that has a fair amount of action and don't care if the characters don't seem to match their established personalities, the dialogue is poorly written, and the story makes no sense, this may be adequate. If you actually care about quality, find another book.

Daffyd ab Hugh does more than a good job describing and delving Odo's and Quark's relationship. That's why i also enjoyed "Fallen Heroes". Odo vs Quark is more amusing than Spock vs McCoy.

I loved the moments when Quark quarreled with Odo and Odo blackmailed Quark. It was hilarous.

This book about Klingon character is okay.

If you're a huge Klingon fan you don't need to look any further than this book. Even if you hate DS9 this book will appeal to you Klingonars. However, I thought that the book tended to drag at some points and at others the action became so fast paced that the reader's mind couldn't keep up with his/her eyes. I found some sections confusing, and there are mistakes such as those listed in the other reviews, but this book was still a nice little read for me. I doubt I'd read it again though, and many Trek fans would probably agree with me. If you read this book and don't like it don't pass judgement on Daffyd AB Hugh yet, go pick up Fallen Heroes first.

This book is very well written. The author, has done a good job with all the characters, especially Worf, Rom, Chief O'Brien and Quark. Also with this book, you get to know a bit more about Klingon culture, for example when Dax is telling Worf about Sisko's orders, and when Worf is talking to his Blood-Brother. However, The author could have elaborated slightly on the Character of Kurn son of Mogh, Now Rodek. It would have been a bit more interesting if this character had been more involved with the story. I would recommend this book too any trek fan, especially those who want to know more about the Klingons.

If you like Klingons, Worf and DS9, then you will probably like this book. Not the most original of the DS9 novels, but it does have its moments.

See if you can find the errors on pages 208 and 261.