Cloak and Dagger (Star Trek Voyager, No 19, Dark Matters Book One of Three) (Paperback)

by Christie Golden (Author)

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Product Description

It is a scientific truth that the structure of the universe depends on the amount of "dark matter" contained in the cosmos. When sinister forces threaten to tamper with the very nature of reality, Captain Janeway and the crew of the U.S.S. Voyager™ must risk everything to restore the universal balance....

CLOAK AND DAGGER

Years ago, near the beginning of its long journey, Voyager made contact with a brilliant Romulan scientist whose present was Voyager 's past. Now Telek R'Mor communicates with Janeway again -- to warn her of a dire plot to capture Voyager and turn its "future" technology against the Federation of yesterday. But more than just the timeline is at stake. Voyager itself may be carrying a menace deadly to all creation!

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Star Trek (October 31, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671035827
• ISBN-13: 978-0671035822
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 3.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #436,165 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of better Voyager novels., December 31, 2000

By	D. Sinclair - See all my reviews

"Dark Matters" continues and expands the story line began in the TV episode "Eye of the Needle", bringing back the Romulan Scientist Telek R'Mor, accompanied by one of the most implausible pieces of Trek science I ever encountered. The properties of dark matter, its technical application and side effects make very little sense, not to mention the fact that the stuff is purely hypothetical, not a scientific fact as the cover blurb would have us believe.

That aside, "Cloak and Dagger" is well-done, by Star Trek novel standards. One of its highlights is the Romulan subplot which gives the reader a rare insight into the higher echelons of the Romulan power structure, introducing characters that the TV shows have so far paid little attention to, such as the Romulan Empress, the Praetor and the Proconsul, and featuring the chairman of the Tal Shi'ar, Jekri Kaleh, in a lead role. Kaleh is a one-dimensional villain at first, but, surprisingly, becomes more interesting and psychologically credible as the story progresses. Eventually, the reader even starts to feel sympathy for her, a feeling that only intensifies in volumes two and three.

"Cloak and Dagger" was a page-turner for me, and it left me eagerly waiting for the second volume.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book!, November 3, 2000

By	K. Fletcher (Macungie, PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Oh wow! I have to tell you, as I read this book I couldn't wait for the next chapter, and now the next book, and was quite glad that I have the next one to read! I don't know what I'm going to do when I finish that one and have to wait until the end of November for the last one to ship out!

I won't give anything away. It wouldn't be fair. =) Suffice it to say, this book has more than caught my interest, and I am most happy to go get the next one and continue reading this intruiguing saga. There are enough "cliff hangers" to keep you interested into what will happen in the next two intallments. I couldn't put the book down, and read it in one day. That's how good it is!

I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars And they haven't made this one into an episode?, June 4, 2003

By	Lisa D. Featherstone (St.Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews

I have read nearly all the Voyager books and by far this trilogy is IT! This author nails it from start to finish with her style. I have read many a books that either spend way too much time with discriptions or way to little. This author discribes everything just enough to place me in the story as it unfolds and glues me to every page.
Let's face it, any author that can make me root for a Romulan is the author for me.
Here, here Ms. Golden... where's your next Voyager book?