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| View Larger Image | Star Trek: Voyager: Full Circle (Star Trek, Voyager) | Mass Market Paperbackby Kirsten Beyer (Author)
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| | Binding: | Mass Market Paperback | | Publisher: | Star Trek | | Page Count: | 576 Pages | | Publication Date: | March 31, 2009 | | Sales Rank: | 75,325th |
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FEATURES | - ISBN13: 9781416594963
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Product Description
When the U.S.S. Voyager is dispatched on an urgent mission to the planet Kerovi, Captain Chakotay and his first officer, Commander Thomas Paris, must choose between following their orders and saving the lives of two of those dearest to them. B'Elanna Torres and her daughter, Miral, are both missing in the wake of a brutal attack on the Klingon world of Boreth. With the aid of their former captain, Admiral Kathryn Janeway -- as well as many old friends and new allies -- Voyager's crew must unravel an ancient mystery, placing themselves between two warrior sects battling for the soul of the Klingon people...while the life of Miral hangs in the balance.But these events and their repercussions are merely the prelude to even darker days to come. As Voyager is drawn into a desperate struggle to prevent the annihilation of the Federation, lives are shattered, and the bonds that were forged in the Delta Quadrant are challenged in ways that none could have imagined. For though destiny has dealt them crushing blows, Voyager's crew must rise to face their future...and begin a perilous journey in which the wheel of fate comes full circle. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 31 reviews)
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SPOILER ALERT by CLB (Pittsburgh, PA)  1 Stars
November 02, 2009
If you enjoy Voyager, but dislike Captain Janeway and Tuvok, this book, and it's follow-up "Unworthy", are for you. This book is slow-moving and somewhat confusing. Captain Janeway is killed off early on. I read the entire book, as well as the next one waiting for the plot twist that would bring Janeway back to life only to discover that there was no such twist. Tuvok makes a cameo in this book, and Neelix in book 2. Otherwise, they are non-characters. The plot involving B'Elanna started off interesting and then seemed to be completely forgotten. I am a big fan of Voyager, but did not enjoy these books at all. When the cover of the book says Star Trek Voyager, you expect it to actually resemble Voyager.
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Voyager the Movie? by B. Conchas (Los Angeles, CA USA)  5 Stars
July 31, 2009
This was so amazing it could be made into a movie, or at least a 2-part episode. I'm a huge Star Trek Voyager fan and this definitely satiated my hunger for more Voyager. As I read the book I could perfectly imagine the scenes and characters. Full Circle references many episodes and makes use of this resource pretty well. Yes Janeway is dead but that did not stop the author from making her presence felt throughout the book. The only downside is the author's constant calendar jumps, which may be confusing to some. The author also puts us in the perspective of almost every main character and makes the reader feel what they feel and know exactly what they are thinking. Full Circle explores human emotion more than any other book or episode I have ever seen, a little too much. It lacks Voyager's typical verbose technical vernacular. I am not disappointed, however, there are many instances in the book where I couldn't read fast enough it was so thrilling and captivating.
**SPOILER ALERT**
If you just want to what happens here it is: (not in chronological order)
A fleet of nine ships equipped with Slipstream Drive are sent on a three year mission to the Delta Quadrant to determine if the Borg and truly gone. This includes Voyager which is now commanded by Captain Afsarah Eden, whose origins may be from the Delta Quadrant. B'elana and Miral run away to the delta quadrant before faking her and Miral's death. Tom Paris lies to everyone that he and B'elana have parted but they reunite in the Delta Quadrant. This is all a big plan to elude the Warriors of Grethor and make them think the kuva'magh(Miral) is dead. Kahless is replaced by a hologram using a holo emitter similar to the Doctor's., which B'elana built. Seven of Nine is "transformed" by the Caeliar and has all her borg implants removed. Her aunt, Irene, is dying and she feels alone. Harry Kim breaks up with his gilfriend after she denies him marriage; she turns out to be a secret agent working for Starfleet Intelligence. The Doctor is granted CMO of a medical vessel joining the Delta Quadrant fleet. Chakotay spends months on leave, dealing with Janeway's death and after a psychological evaluation he is denied command of Voyager. When he finally accepts Janeway's death he resigns from Starfleet(this is the big ending of the book).
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Tired of this trend with Star Trek by granolaking (State of Bliss)  2 Stars
July 29, 2009
You know, Star Trek used to be about the team overcoming terrible odds and having a bit of fun doing it. It seems that everything from Nemesis forward is about endings, good characters being killed off in "noble" ways, and change. Sure, change is a part of OUR lives, but some of us want to escape for a bit into a nice, stable place with interesting people like the crew of Voyager and the other ST shows.
I hated this book.
Giving it two stars because the writing is not bad, it's the darkness and hopelessness that bothered me the most. As far as I'm concerned, these books are just a way to cash in a little more on our love of the characters from the shows, and when you start killing them off, moving them around, well, I really don't care much for your new characters. So Voyager ended long before this book for me, with the crew getting home and the Captain defeating the Borg Queen. End of story.
If I want to come Full Circle, I'll start watching the episodes over with the pilot.
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Voyager Full Circle - Bizarre and Disappointing by Jeff S (UK) 1 Stars
July 26, 2009
Overall I thought the storylines were just too busy, disjointed, unnecessarily complex and too depressing.
Having read Homecoming, The Father Shore, Spirit Walk (Old Wounds and Enemy of My Enemy), I'd looked forward to something that was a little less dark. However, Kirsten Beyer immediately takes the Voyager storyline into an even darker world. Not wishing to write a "spoiler" here, it's just the worst possible start to a book I've ever read. I almost stopped reading immediately.
The actions of many of the characters do not match with the familiar characteristics that have developed over the Voyager series. It's as though they've become new and changed people. This is understandable to some extent, in that Beyer is taking the storylines into deeper and darker realms, but in my personal opinion it just doesn't feel right; there are too many instances of actions appearing out of character.
Clearly the battle with the Borg is an important turning point in the book, and yet despite its scale and impact, the battle itself appears only as a cursory part of the story, and its resolution in terms of the Caeliar is just bizarre, like many of the sub-plots.
Perhaps the next venture will be better, with its advertised title of "Unworthy", to be released in October 2009. However, I think the planned title sums up my feelings about Kirsten Beyer's attempt with "Full Circle" - unworthy.
Please pass the baton back to Christie Golden.
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One of the best Trek books i've read. by B. Beamon (North Carolina) 5 Stars
July 15, 2009
Halfway through the book I knew that Full Circle would be one of my favorites. I haven't read many Voyager books, and it being one of my favorite series meant that I wanted alot from this book, and it certainly delivered. Without giving too much away, I loved the way the author layed out the time in this book, taking us on a very moving ride through what Chakotay was feeling and why he was feeling it. It was very much like two books in one, and the second part is much much darker than the first, because of the events of the Destiny series, which add to the emotion of the story. I have never read a Trek book with as much emotion, and it certainly didn't make me think less of the book. It was very appropriate for the events, and it worked out to be very realistic in my opinion. The ending left me wanting to find out more, and see what happens to the characters we know and like. I will certainly be getting the next one, "Unworthy" when it comes out.
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