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| View Larger Image | Before Dishonor (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
by Peter David
| | List Price: | $7.99 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 24496 | | Studio: | Star Trek | | | Binding: | Mass Market Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 416 | | Publication Date: | October 30, 2007 | | Publisher: | Star Trek |
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Product Description
An enemy so intractable that it cannot be reasoned with. The entire race thinks with one mind and strives toward one purpose: to add our biological distinctiveness to their own and wipe out individuality, to make every living thing Borg.In over two centuries, the Federation has never encountered a greater threat. Twice Starfleet assembled and threw countless starships to stand against them. The Borg were stopped, the price paid in blood. Humanity breathed a sigh of relief, assuming it was safe. And with the destruction of the transwarp conduits, the Federation believed that the killing blow had finally been struck against the Borg. Driven to the point of extinction, the Borg continue to fight for their very existence, for their culture. They will not be denied. They must not be stopped. The old rules and assumptions regarding how the Collective should act have been dismissed. Now the Borg kill first, assimilate later. When the Enterprise manages to thwart them once again, the Borg turn inward. The dark places that even the drones never realized existed are turned outward against the enemy they have never been able to defeat. What is revealed is the thing that no one believed the Borg could do. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.0 based on 49 reviews)
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PAD Does it Again! 
Well, after reading the first few reviews on Amazon, I was a little hesitant to dive into this novel, even though PAD is by far my favorite Trek novelist. But, after "Resistance", which I thought was written like a Scholastic book aimed at readers 10-12, and Q & A, which I enjoyed for the most part, although I felt the ending fizzled, I figured things had to get better. And for me, they did.
I found this book to be a fantastic read, and this was the first Trek book I've read in awhile that I found hard to put down. I found PAD's characterization to be spot-on, as usual. It's been an interesting to watch Picard learning to deal with a new crew and new command staff. I think it's been kind of refreshing to see the conflict on the bridge of the Enterprise in TNG. The fact that the crew was so perfect and could do no wrong makes it hard for me to go back and watch the tv series. This adds some much needed angst to the series and should open new avenues for writers to explore.
Honestly, I had lost all interest in the TNG novels, and have a bunch sitting on the shelf waiting to be read. But this novel sparked my interest in the TNG franchise, and so I may delve into the older novels I've put off and may even check out the Titan series.
August 04, 2008 | |
A pleasant surprise, overall 
I seldom read Star Trek: The Next Generation novels, but I snap up the Voyager ones. I bought this book after discovering that Seven of Nine and Kathryn Janeway were among its lead characters, and I must say that it's been a pleasant surprise. I've never cared for Peter David's writing style, but he's done a good job of presenting these two Trek women without jarring my Voyager fan sensibilities in any major way.
The plot is a familiar and relatively simple one. The Borg are on the move again, this time after the Federation believes they've been destroyed. Picard has to defy Starfleet in order to save the galaxy from the Borg, and one Voyager character has to risk everything in order to save the life (or at least the soul, anyway?) of another. Standard stuff, yes; but written with good pacing, decent characterization, and genuine humor.
Now for a spoiler that I need to mention in order to finish my review. Stop reading, please, if you don't want to be spoiled.
If Admiral Janeway had met her "end" passively, or (even worse) had been rescued by anyone else without taking action to save herself and others, I would have come away from this book's ending furious. I liked what the author did, though, in resolving Janeway's situation. She "died" a hero, and that's just how it should be.
July 25, 2008 | |
Before Dishonor
Before Dishonor is perhaps one of the best Trek books that has been read in a while that stimulates the mind, and brings a fan of Trek back in sync with the series end. If you're a Voyager fan (like me) this book does little to reconnect with Christie Golden's relaunch novels and takes a course on it's own. But it has the greatest and terrifying story I have ever read or seen on the any of the Trek series with the Borg- their new evolution and their new Queen! I thought that Janeway went out in style- but it was not emotional or detailed after her departure and David did not do much in showing details with the Voyager crew. This is more related to The Next Generation's relaunch after Nemesis than Voyager's. Overall it had a terrifying story with the Borg and their new type of evolution scared the hell out of me. This book re-introduces us to the Doomsday Machine which is terrifying, yet power and their confrontation of the Borg. If you're into the Borg, and want to read Janeway's fate, than this is the novel for you!
July 12, 2008 | |
Peter, Peter, Peter... 
As a long time fan of Peter Davids comic and novel work, I was really looking forward to this book. The characterizations are pretty spot-on, and the book moves at a brisk pace.
But Peteryou did not do right by Janeway.
You did not do right by Seven of Nine.
I recall seeing Star Trek: Nemesis, and the huge cheer that went up in the theater when Admiral Janeway appeared on screen (I think it was the only good feedback the audience gave.) Sadly, it just seemed like all Mr. David had was contempt for the Voyager characters in this novel.
June 27, 2008 | |
Waste of time..skip it
This review will be short..no storylines or character descriptions. This book ain't worth the paper it's printed on.
I read the reviews and bought this book hoping for the best. It was a complete crapfest.
Seriously, trust the Amazon reviewers and skip it.
June 07, 2008 | |
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