Enemy Unseen (Star Trek, Book 51) (Mass Market Paperback)

~ V.E. Mitchell (Author)

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Enemy Unseen

Transporting a diplomatic party is nothing new for Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise™ -- but this particular mission promises trouble from the start.

For one thing, the wife of the Federation ambassador on this trip is an old flame of Kirk's -- she's determined to see that they resume their romance where they left off. Of course, when another ambassador presents Kirk with three of his wives, finding time for the first romance, let alone any of his other duties, is going to prove nearly impossible.

When a diplomatic attache` is murdered, and the prime suspect is one of his crewmembers, Kirk begins to wish that Starfleet Command would consider using some other Starship to ferry diplomatic personnel....

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 279 pages
• Publisher: Star Trek; 1St Edition edition (October 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671684035
• ISBN-13: 978-0671684037
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,753,910 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An intricate story, January 7, 2004

By	R. Spottiswood (Western Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This has a fairly involved story. The Enterprise is hosting an alien delegation and the Federation negotiating team. The aliens have a complex honour system that results in some very amusing misunderstandings. The Federation team includes a spy attempting to sabotage the negotiations, and the alien delegation has another spy simply attempting to wipe them out, with little concern for the Enterprise crew. Essentially this is a murder mystery with a diplomatic subplot. The characters are very strong, well described and vividly written, although only one of the Enterprise regulars, Admiral Kirk, is a major character in the story. One problem I can see is that the character interaction gets so intricate that it might not appeal to people preferring more straightforward presentation. Also, the author's language is fairly intricate in itself. Finally, it is definitely written for a mature audience.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Starts slow, picks up to "good"., July 11, 2003

By	James Yanni (Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo. USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

First of all, this book is NOT for fans of Mr. Spock; for reasons of her own, the author writes him out of the story early on, and only brings him back for the epilogue. (He is on a leave of absence to attend a scientific conference, and is replaced by a temporary first-officer in training, a character of the author's own devising.) If this concept is not to your liking, you may want to take a pass on this book.

Secondly, the plot is a bit contrived, as are some of the minor plot points. Still, the book is reasonably well-written, and by the end of the story had actually overcome its deficiencies to the extent that I could not say that I didn't find it an enjoyable read. As is not uncommon in mysteries, the main characters seemed unduly slow on the uptake in solving the puzzle, but I suppose that was neccessary to prevent the story from being over too quickly.

All in all, an enjoyable book, but one that doesn't bear too much scrutiny. Accept the flaws and enjoy the read, but looking for holes in the plot and characterization is like shooting fish in a barrel.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Shows some potential, but never takes off, May 10, 2001

By	Mikael Kuoppala "trechyon5" (Helsinki, Finland) - See all my reviews

"Enemy Unseen" is an adverage and insignificant read through and trough.

It does have some potential of being a decent SF thriller, but instead it stumbels on endless clichés and predictabilities. The story advances well enough, but eventually doesn't advance even past the introduction.

I found myself constantly getting a little frustrated when I was sure some major twist in the storyline was lurking right around the corner, but istead there was just more pacing that eventually didn't help the story grow.

When that is combined to the most predictable and hurridly constructed ending, you get a novel wich offers some interesting parts, is a nice, quick read with a good use of some original characters and a bad use of a bunch of original characters who aren't at all essential and are left unexplored, combinet with the quite apparent overuse of Kirk... you can read it, but it offers nothing.