The Murdered Sun (Star Trek Voyager, No 6) (Paperback)

by Christie Golden (Author)

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Product Description
When sensors indicate a possible wormhole nearby, Captain Janeway is eager to investigate, hoping to find a shortcut back to Federation space. Instead, she discovers a star system being systematically pillaged by the warlike Akerians. Janeway has no desire to get caught up in someone else's war, but in order to the check on the possibilities offered by the wormhole -- and to save the innocent people of Veruna Four -- VoyagerTM has no choice but to challenge the Akerians.

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When sensors indicate a possible wormhole nearby, Captain Janeway is eager to investigate, hoping to find a shortcut back to Federation space. Instead, she discovers a star system being systematically pillaged by the warlike Akerians. Janeway has no desire to get caught up in someone else's war, but in order to the check on the possibilities offered by the wormhole -- and to save the innocent people of Veruna Four -- Voyager^TM has no choice but to challenge the Akerians.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Star Trek (February 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671537830
• ISBN-13: 978-0671537838
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 1.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,079,577 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Story, August 6, 2001

By	Diane Bellomo (Baltimore, MD United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It was nice going back to read this story. Copyright 1996, it shows beautifully the Voyager crew as they were at that time. Certainly, we've learned new things about the characters as the seasons progressed, and later novels reflect this, but these first efforts should not be dismissed just because they may not fit what we now know.

Besides, this one was chock full of references to Chakotay's Native American heritage, which was, in fact, integral to the plot - something sorely lacking in the show after about the second season. For this reason (and also because it's still a Kes-inclusive story), it's worth the read.

Okay, so the plot was a teensy bit predictable (two alien races at war, with a big secret between them), but why is that bad? This is a Star Trek tale, ferheavensake, it doesn't have to be the world's greatest novel. It just has to be a lively and entertaining ensemble story that makes me feel good at the end. Spot on for me, my friends!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not up to Standards, July 7, 1998

By A Customer

This book, while having some redeeming qualities, is hard to swallow, particularly in the characterizations. Golden has a real problem with the differences between men and women. All of her male characters are women with slightly different chromosomes. Read the other books first

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars disappointing to say the least, June 27, 1998

By	"mathilde_de_gardin" (Netherlands) - See all my reviews

I'm a real Voyager fan, but I was very disappointed reading this book. I remember looking up from my book every half hour or so, and telling myself to keep on reading, not to give up on Voyager. On the whole I found it "flat". Flat in characterisation and shallow in plotline. There can be much more made of this book when you really start working on it's possibilities on the exploration of planets, cultural changes during millenia, religious depth and goasts, being evil usurpors, slavery, wormholes, loyalty versus madeness. The story touches all these wonderful elements, but never gets to explore them in a better way then is done in a childrens book: easy and shallow....And then there are those major plot-damaging inconsistencies. One of the major points is that the "slave race" never has seen the face of their usurpors. But on the other hand they have their technology copied, because one of the evil ships crashed on the planets surface.... What was nice was the crossreverence to the series, to things happened in the Voyagers past. It really was our crew that way.

But what I really hated was her getting into Janeways head, making her a bit of an neurotic women, with a rather typical set of values and attitudes for instance on bravery and keeping up appearences. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to quote passages (copywrite and such things) so I'd better not, sorry.

On the whole I think this book was an easy ride for the aut! hor. It has all the characteristics of a having-to-pay-the-rent-quickie. And yes: we fans we are known to be loyal buyers of spin-off of our series, so we even "buy" these things (in both senses of the word). I don't want to give up on Voyager books altogether, but I sure hope the others are better.