Rise Like Lions blurb

DarkHorizon · September 3 2011, 05:40 PM

A blurb has appeared for Rise Like Lions -the December 2011 Mirror Universe novel from David Mack - on the S&S website:

IN THE MIRROR UNIVERSE . . .

Miles "Smiley" O'Brien struggles to hold together his weary band of freedom fighters in their war against the overwhelming might of the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance. Each day pushes the rebels on Terok Nor one step closer to defeat, but with nowhere left to run, the time has come to make their last stand.

Light-years away, Mac Calhoun and his Romulan allies harass Klingon forces with devious hit-and-run attacks. But Calhoun has a grander ambition: he intends to merge his fleet with the Terran Rebellion and lead it to victory—or die trying.

Meanwhile, a bitter feud threatens to shatter the Alliance from within. The old rivalry between the Klingons and the Cardassians erupts into open warfare as each vies for the upper hand in their partnership.

Manipulating events from its hidden redoubts, Memory Omega—the secret operation initiated by Spock a century earlier—sees its plans come to fruition sooner than expected. But striking early means risking everything—and if the revolution fails, Spock's vision for the future will be lost forever.

sportzkid · September 3 2011, 06:06 PM

Sounds interesting, jet starting to read the mirror universe books after having the books for a long time.

T'Ressa Dax · September 3 2011, 08:36 PM

sounds very interesting..

bfollowell · September 3 2011, 08:37 PM

I have lots of Trek books that I'm looking forward to for one reason or another but I have to say that this one and the final Vanguard books are at the top of my list.

I can't wait! It looks like fall 2011 into 2012 is going to be a very good time to be a TrekLit fan!

- Byron

captcalhoun · September 3 2011, 08:52 PM

is the title from that thing about lambs rising like lions that they used in the ridley scott robin hood movie?

David Mack · September 3 2011, 09:24 PM

captcalhoun wrote:

is the title from that thing about lambs rising like lions that they used in the ridley scott robin hood movie?

No. Here is the book's epigraph:

‘Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number,
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you—
Ye are many—they are few.’

—Percy Bysshe Shelly, The Mask of Anarchy

Emh · September 3 2011, 09:30 PM

Definitely sounds intriguing. I haven't been keen on the whole Memory Omega business and the general Mirror Universe stuff has gotten somewhat tiresome for me, but I'll definitely be checking the book out for Calhoun and company at least. And who knows, maybe I'll find myself loving the rest of the book, too?

ryan123450 · September 3 2011, 10:58 PM

I'm really expecting this to be epic and a really good read.

Reanok · September 3 2011, 11:03 PM

I can't wait to read this book I've been looking forward to getting this boo for awhile,

JD · September 4 2011, 01:31 AM

I'm a huge, huge fan of the Memory Omega MU arc, so I'm really really looking to seeing how all of this comes together. So will this be the first time someone other than Peter David has written a novel with Calhoun in more than a cameo?

ryan123450 · September 4 2011, 02:04 AM

Well there were the short stories in the New Frontier anthology. Don't remember how many of those had Calhoun.

Sybok · September 4 2011, 02:26 AM

yes cant wait for this to come out, especially after reading sorrows of empire

Admiral_Young · September 4 2011, 02:52 AM

Sounds ambitious and epic. Been looking forward to this one since it was announced.

ryan123450 · September 4 2011, 03:29 AM

Heck, we've all been looking forward to it even before it was announced.

Admiral_Young · September 4 2011, 03:36 AM

^ That's true as well!

September 3 2011, 06:06 PM	#2
sportzkid Rear Admiral Location: Roseville, MN	Re: Rise Like Lions blurb Sounds interesting, jet starting to read the mirror universe books after having the books for a long time.

September 3 2011, 08:36 PM	#3
T'Ressa Dax Commander Location: Kendra Province, Bajor	Re: Rise Like Lions blurb sounds very interesting.. __________________ I don't like bullies, I don't like threats, and I don't like you! - Janeway, "State of Flux"

September 3 2011, 08:37 PM	#4
bfollowell Commander Location: Evansville, IN, USA	Re: Rise Like Lions blurb I have lots of Trek books that I'm looking forward to for one reason or another but I have to say that this one and the final Vanguard books are at the top of my list. I can't wait! It looks like fall 2011 into 2012 is going to be a very good time to be a TrekLit fan! - Byron

September 3 2011, 08:52 PM	#5
captcalhoun Admiral Location: gone	Re: Rise Like Lions blurb is the title from that thing about lambs rising like lions that they used in the ridley scott robin hood movie?

September 3 2011, 09:30 PM	#7
Emh The Doctor Location: Japan	Re: Rise Like Lions blurb Definitely sounds intriguing. I haven't been keen on the whole Memory Omega business and the general Mirror Universe stuff has gotten somewhat tiresome for me, but I'll definitely be checking the book out for Calhoun and company at least. And who knows, maybe I'll find myself loving the rest of the book, too? __________________ "Eccleston was a tiger and Tennant was, well, Tigger. Smith [is] an uncoordinated housecat who pretends that he meant to do that after falling off a piece of furniture." - Lynne M. Thomas "I'm in Hell and it's full of Avons!" - Vila

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September 3 2011, 10:58 PM	#8
ryan123450 Commodore Location: Woodward, OK	Re: Rise Like Lions blurb I'm really expecting this to be epic and a really good read. __________________ Lost: A Chronological Experience-http://lostchronologically.yolasite.com Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

September 3 2011, 11:03 PM	#9
Reanok Commodore	Re: Rise Like Lions blurb I can't wait to read this book I've been looking forward to getting this boo for awhile,

September 4 2011, 01:31 AM	#10
JD Admiral Location: Arizona, USA	Re: Rise Like Lions blurb I'm a huge, huge fan of the Memory Omega MU arc, so I'm really really looking to seeing how all of this comes together. So will this be the first time someone other than Peter David has written a novel with Calhoun in more than a cameo? __________________ Over the course of many encounters and many years, I have successfully developed a standard operating procedure for dealing with big, nasty monsters. Run away. Me and Monty Python. Harry Dresden - Blood Rites (The Dresden Files #6)

September 4 2011, 02:04 AM	#11
ryan123450 Commodore Location: Woodward, OK	Re: Rise Like Lions blurb Well there were the short stories in the New Frontier anthology. Don't remember how many of those had Calhoun. __________________ Lost: A Chronological Experience-http://lostchronologically.yolasite.com Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

September 4 2011, 02:26 AM	#12
Sybok Lieutenant	Re: Rise Like Lions blurb yes cant wait for this to come out, especially after reading sorrows of empire

September 4 2011, 02:52 AM	#13
Admiral_Young Fleet Admiral Location: Metropolis	Re: Rise Like Lions blurb Sounds ambitious and epic. Been looking forward to this one since it was announced. __________________ Admiral Young Chief of Operations Ignoring the The Last Stand since 2011.

September 4 2011, 03:29 AM	#14
ryan123450 Commodore Location: Woodward, OK	Re: Rise Like Lions blurb Heck, we've all been looking forward to it even before it was announced. __________________ Lost: A Chronological Experience-http://lostchronologically.yolasite.com Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

September 4 2011, 03:36 AM	#15
Admiral_Young Fleet Admiral Location: Metropolis	Re: Rise Like Lions blurb ^ That's true as well! __________________ Admiral Young Chief of Operations Ignoring the The Last Stand since 2011.