Vulcan's Soul Trilogy Book Two: Exiles (Star Trek Vulcan's Soul) (v. 2) [Hardcover]

Josepha Sherman (Author), Susan Shwartz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 20, 2006 | Series: Star Trek Vulcan's Soul (Book 2)

Following on from the events of Vulcan's Soul: Exodus (hardback 0743463560: paperback 0743463579), a bloody war is raging between the Romulans and the mysterious Watraii. Ambassador Spock, pursuing his dream of ending the centuries-old enmity between Romulus and Vulcan, must find and penetrate the home base of the Watraii, where long-hidden secrets that link this newly-discovered people to the ancient Vulcan race are finally revealed. Through masterful use of flashbacks to an earlier time in Vulcan civilization, Josepha Sherman and Susan Schwartz bring the history of Vulcan to life as never before in a stirring tale of explorers who took their chances amidst the cold and distant stars

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""Golden Country" is a brilliant re-creation of mid-twentieth-century New York City and the way it shaped and was shaped by Jews who came to seek their fortunes in a land that turned out to be paved not with gold, but with comedy and tragedy, unexpected success and not always undeserved failure. Like E. L. Doctorow's "Ragtime," "Golden Country" manages to catch the spirit of history through the lives of individuals. Jennifer Gilmore's characters are wonderfully human, and it is exciting to watch their lives change as they move from the slums into the interconnected worlds of school, business, crime, and the theater."

-- Alison Lurie, author of "Foreign Affairs" and "Truth and Consequences"

About the Author

Josepha Sherman is an author and folklorist whose novels include The Shattered Oath and Forging the Runes. She lives in New York City.

Susan Shwartz is the author of such acclaimed novels as The Grail of Hearts, Shards of Empire, and Hostile Takeover. She lives in Forest Hills, New York.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Star Trek (June 20, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743463595
• ISBN-13: 978-0743463591
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,087,556 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Incredible!, July 25, 2006

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Jacqueline Bundy (Calabasas, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vulcan's Soul Trilogy Book Two: Exiles (Star Trek Vulcan's Soul) (v. 2) (Hardcover)

In the first book of their Vulcan's Soul trilogy, "Exodus" (Aug. 2004), Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz extrapolated from what little is known of Vulcan history to depict the Sundering. In their newest novel, "Vulcan's Soul, Book Two: Exiles", Sherman and Shwartz portray the long and perilous journey that the exiles undertook and the story is nothing short of remarkable.

Just as in "Exodus", the authors employ dual storylines in Exiles: one that illuminates the past and one the present. Almost two months have passed since Admiral Pavel Chekov was presumed dead in an encounter with the Watraii, the mysterious race who claim that the Romulans seized Romulus and Remus from them. When the head of Starfleet Security Admiral Uhura receives word that Chekov is still alive and is being held by the Watraii, who also have in their possession a rare artifact that could hold the truth about the Watraii claims, Uhura calls upon Spock, Saavik, Scotty, Data and Ruanek for a covert mission to recover Chekov and the artifact.

Meanwhile Karatek, reluctant leader of the exiles and the keeper of memories, provides the account of the long journey undertaken by those who fled Vulcan, some voluntarily, some not. Along the way many ships and lives are lost and the various factions who boarded the ships become more and more fragmented as time and hardship takes its toil on the survivors.

Although the Sundering of the Vulcans and Romulans has been touched on before in a few of the novels, "Exiles" will set what you previously might have imagined on its ear and leaves you anxious to find out where the story goes from here.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!, July 5, 2006

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Bob Manojlovich (Hamilton, Ontario) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vulcan's Soul Trilogy Book Two: Exiles (Star Trek Vulcan's Soul) (v. 2) (Hardcover)

This book is an instant Trek classic.

The exiles themselves are a wonderfully written group of complex individuals.

Talk about your wagon train to the stars Vulcan style!

Not only do we have a pioneers' story, there's also a strong flavour of Lord Of The Flies Vulcan style as well.

Karatek and family (as well as extended family) all connect with the reader intimately. I really felt for all of them. The struggles to be true to your beliefs, to duty and to survive were overwhelming. Darwin in space.

Strong, strong, stuff.

Easily Trek book of the year so far, and it's at the top end of my all time favourites list. I enjoyed Exodus. Exiles is a much stronger and brilliant piece.

To capture the essence of early and diverse Vulcans cannot have been done any better than this.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, June 23, 2008

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This review is from: Vulcan's Soul Trilogy Book Two: Exiles (Star Trek Vulcan's Soul) (v. 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

Book follows the first book very well. The entire trilogy provides a great back story for the Sundering that brought about the Romulan Empire.