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The Starship Rhea has discovered a cluster of carbon planets that seems to be the source of the quantum energies rippling through a section of space. A landing party finds unusual life-forms inhabiting one of the planets. One officer, Lieutenant T'Ryssa Chen -- a half-Vulcan -- makes a tenuous connection with them. But before any progress can be made, the Rhea comes under attack from the Einstein -- a Starfleet vessel now controlled by the Borg. The landing party can only listen in horror as their comrades are assimilated. The Borg descend to the planet, and just as Chen accepts that she will be assimilated, the lieutenant is whisked two thousand light-years away.

A quantum slipstream -- instantaneous transportation -- is controlled by these beings in the cluster, and in the heart of the cluster there is now a Borg ship. Cut off from the rest of the Borg collective, the Einstein cannot be allowed to rejoin it. For the sake of humanity, the Borg cannot gain access to quantum slipstream technology.

Starfleet Command gives Captain Picard carte blanche: do whatever he must to help the beings in the cluster, and stop the Einstein no matter the cost.

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Christopher L. Bennett is the author of two previous works of Titan fiction, the novel Star Trek: Titan: Orion's Hounds and the short story "Empathy" in the Star Trek: Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows anthology. He has also authored such critically acclaimed novels as Star Trek: Ex Machina, Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Buried Age, and Star Trek: The Next Generation: Greater Than the Sum, as well as the alternate Voyager tale Places of Exile in Myriad Universes: Infinity's Prism. Shorter works include Star Trek: SCE #29: Aftermath and Star Trek: Mere Anarchy: The Darkness Drops Again, as well as short stories in the anniversary anthologies Constellations (original series), The Sky's The Limit (TNG), Prophecy and Change (DS9), and Distant Shores (VGR). Beyond Star Trek, he has penned the novels X-Men: Watchers on the Walls and Spider-Man: Drowned in Thunder, and is also developing original science fiction novel concepts
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Star Trek (July 29, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1416571329
  • ISBN-13: 978-1416571322
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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32 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars In all fairness, it's not really Bennett's fault., July 28, 2008
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Back in 2004 and 2005, the A Time To... series led straight into Titan: Taking Wing which lead straight into Articles Of The Federation, and all these books nicely referred to each other, mutual characters and continuity, all sorts of good stuff. Unified whole. Even Death In Winter, Michael Jan Friedman's post-Nemesis novel about Picard and Crusher, fit in to the universe pretty well.

So after all this nicely done continuity, the only thing I can figure is that the editor (editors?) decided at least one series needed to stand on its own and not bother with the overarching details, because then we got Resistance, J. M. Dillard's thoroughly underwhelming Borg story, and suddenly there were no references to the earlier novels. Or established continuity about the Borg, or events from the A Time To... series, or anything. It was jarring.

And from that book on this series has gotten it completely backwards. All the stuff that should stay the same from book to book - consistent characters, long-term relationships, that kind of thing - has been scattered and random, and all the stuff that should vary from book to book - variety in storyline, villains, that kind of thing - has stayed the same. For instance, in Resistance, we were introduced to a new helmsman, tactical officer, and counselor. The helmsman and tactical officer die. Then, in Q&A, the next book, we get a new tactical officer and (finally) an ops officer, to replace Data. That's all well and good until Before Dishonor, which manages to stunningly mischaracterize all three ongoing characters so far. And then we get this entry, which takes two of those characters and kicks them off the ship and introduces three MORE new characters, in the mean time explaining to us the story of at least one OTHER character that came on the ship only to leave a few weeks later. It's just... a complete failure of an ongoing series.

And, get this - Resistance and Before Dishonor were both about the Borg! And so is this one! So overlayed on top of this inability to keep track of characters or any traits thereof, we get the numbing repetitiveness of the same villain three times... oh, and, by the way, they're going to be the villain in the NEXT three books, too.

Now, I should add that Bennett is a fantastic writer, and given these circumstances, this book is probably the best it could've been. It's as different a story about the Borg as one could do in a standalone, and there's some attempt to turn the lack of consistent new characters into a story about family. It would almost have worked, had there not been so many problems with the TNG relaunch so far that the entire first third of Greater Than The Sum is just fixing plot holes and abruptly tying off character arcs.

It's funny, because the Star Trek books these days are spectacular, utterly fabulous, better than they've ever been. Between Vanguard, Titan, New Frontier, the Deep Space Nine Relaunch, The Lost Era, and all the others, there has never been a better time to be a fan of the Trek novels. And, despite the fact that it'll be Borg-centered again, the Destiny trilogy that starts in October - written by the biggest, baddest, most epic Trek author ever, David Mack - promises to be pretty fantastic.

But somehow, in all that awesome, the TNG relaunch has been all but a total failure. This is four books in a row now that, despite using the same subject matter over and over, seem bound and determined to re-relaunch the whole series with each novel, with a completely new supporting cast. I sincerely hope we're done with that now, and everything after this stays consistent, because this is really irritating.

If you're a completest, you probably already own the TNG-relaunch books; if you aren't, I think I'd pretty much recommend reading Death In Winter along with all the other books that take place right after Nemesis, and then skipping right to the Destiny trilogy. There's no possible way it could make less sense than actually trying to decipher logic in these four novels' mishmash of failed arcs and 'continuity'.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Actually Pretty Good, August 6, 2008
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Ok...ok...I see all the negative reviews out here for this book and I understand some of your complaints. Yes, the Borg are being used heavily and yes, the Enterprise senior staff keeps getting shuffled. Valid points.

But Bennett turns out a good read in the latest relaunch novel. We see some final settling among the crew. After finishing the book, I really feel like the senior staff of the Enterprise has finally settled in and is starting to mesh together. If I had to make a prediction, I'd say we'll likely see this crew remain together.

Some surprising character growth occurs among the leading cast as well. I won't spoil anything, but Worf is showing more depth, as is Picard, Crusher and LaForge. They were starting to run the risk of turning Picard into a two-dimensional Borg fighter, but Bennett does a good job of seeing that the good captain remains as deep as he ever was. There are a couple of new additions, including a contact specialist, counselor and tactical officer, and even a familiar face from the SCE crew. These new additions seem to be the final piece of the puzzle missing from the command crew and were brought into the book and the crew smoothly.

I'm not sure yet if I like the new "evolved" Borg, but here we see them taking the next step toward all out war with the Federation. I'm sure we haven't seen the last of the Borg, if the ending of this novel is any guide, but I believe the intensity of the relaunch is about to be stepped up a notch or two.

Greater Than the Sum is worth your time and really, to my mind, is beginning the smoothing out of the TNG relaunch. I've yet to put these novels on the level of the DS9 relaunch, but this one is an indication to me that they may soon reach that level of greatness.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The TNG relaunch takes off..., August 11, 2008
It seems the TNG relaunch had been stuck in the mud but with this release, it has started to move forward. Several well known characters are explored here and the Enterprise-E has finally started to settle on a new and unique command crew. This isn't your daddy's TNG! The themes of family, growing up, and facing your worst demons give this a complex and satisfying feel. The Borg are almost an afterthought which isn't a bad thing here. A perfect setup for David Mack's Destiny trilogy to come later this year. Pick this one up!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good - the best that could be done given the circumstances
A number of reviewers on the site have complained that this book just isn't that good, the Borg are over-used, and the random character additions and subtractions are pointless... Read more
Published 5 months ago by B. Sutherland

4.0 out of 5 stars "Restistance is Futile, But you are welcome to try!"
This book, the fourth in the series of the relaunch of Star Trek: The Next Generation and the relauch of a new and more deadlier Borg is just the prelude of a upcoming battle with... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars HMMM Nice Try but Not Quite....
First let me say that i'm a 3rd generation Trekker and up-to-date on all of the most current ST movies, books, comics, conventions, exhibits etc. etc. etc. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Talani

1.0 out of 5 stars what is this garbage?
after reading this book, all i can do is ask that question and scratch my head.
Published 11 months ago by mfx3

5.0 out of 5 stars The Borg Keep Coming
Unlike many of the reviews, I enjoy the fact that the Borg story-line is being continued. I read many reviews about this book, and read peoples remarks from the previous books,... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Max Wheeler

3.0 out of 5 stars The Borg, again?!
Man, how many more books with the Borg are we going to have to read?
Published 14 months ago by B. Elazier

4.0 out of 5 stars In True TNG Form
Greater than the Sum is a very well-written post-Nemesis Trek novel that pits Picard's Enterprise-E against the Borg once again. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Michael L. Wong

2.0 out of 5 stars Could have been better
I would have to say this was not quite good as "Resistance", "Q &A", and "Before Dishonor". I was a little bit dissapointed- I like the direction the series is going, but I have... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Sean Flaherty

2.0 out of 5 stars What a let down!!!!!
I am a huge fan of TNG relaunch. I enjoyed Death in Winter, Resistance & Before Dishonor, but this book did not match up.

The book starts out ok. Lt. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Tiberius

3.0 out of 5 stars I`m over the Borg
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