Spoilers Prey: Book 1: Hell's Heart by John Jackson Miller Review Thread
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So it just hit me. From the masks to the tone of their announcement near the end...
The Unsung are Kling-nonymous. 
Bit suprised this hasn't gotten more replies yet. I really liked it. Fast paced, well planned. Didn't slow down anywhere. My only real problem is, hardly any character development. I like it when our main characters are faced with dillema's that question there believes or challenge their preconceptions. Here, everybody was just doing their thing and being along for the ride. Only Geordi seemed to be the only one having issues with something, and by the end that sorta seemed to have disappeared. But other than that, good read!! Gimme more!!
This was a lot of fun to talk about on Literary Treks! Think this is a great start to the series.
Thanks for listening! I think you like the book when you get it.
This book was fantastic. It's been a few years since I couldn't put a trek book down. Book 2 has been ordered and on its way to my house.
Just finished this...I liked it, and enjoyed the twists surrounding the Fallen Lord's identity. I also wish that Korgh's villainy hadn't been revealed so early, and I'd still like an explanation as to why the Phantom Wing ships are so special or threatening, given how old they are. I hope that the "threat level" goes up a bit...so far all this looks like is internal Klingon politics threatening the relationship with the UFP. While interesting, that hasn't quite hooked me yet. Looking forward to seeing how this plays out across the trilogy, however!
I just finished. Klingon mechanations do not interest me, but this is Big enough to read the other two books. Was more interested in the E-A sections.
Yeah me too, I think some thinks could have been kept hidden longer, such as
The man hiding behind Kruge
Hmm. About halfway through, and for quite a while,
Then, in the last 100 pages,
having forgotten about Tosk and his pursuers, I had the Hunters confused with the Hirogen.
Then, in the last 100 pages,
Kruge comes back?!?
Okey dokey.
Okey dokey.
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Enjoyed this read. The narrative was spread evenly between view points of the protagonists and the antagonists. It felt very much like a Trek episode on TV, with just enough character exploration to keep things interesting while at the same time keeping major focus on the plot. I would have liked to see the Cross reveal happen right at the end or in the next book to keep the suspense going. But I suppose JJM wanted this book to have at least some threads closed off. The technobabble was kept to a minimum, and apart from the mysterious nature of the Phantom Wing there weren't many mysteries of the Universe to solve with most of the action happening in the heretofore already introduced Briar Patch. I am excited to be picking up the next book in the Prey series, and would like to see how much more the elaborate grand schemes of two individuals unravel. Perhaps they would turn on each other in what could start to resemble a chess match. I would also like to see a change in the status quo of some of our protagonists.
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Christopher Lloyd as Buxtus Cross.
"Mental illness or drug addiction?"
"That's a tough choice."
"Mental illness or drug addiction?"
"That's a tough choice."
A sociopathic nutjob who's Betazoid? Well, I guess there's a precedent.
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I enjoyed the stuff the Klingons at the beginning. Before that reveal of Krudge being an impostor I thought he used the other weapon he acquired before the Genesis Device to save his life. The Flux Capacitor. 
Speaking of which, I did like that line Potock said to Spock about whether he could time travel and Spock responds, "forwards or backwards."
There might be a continuity error with this book as it says that Spock is on Romulus dealing that reunification movement but a previous book mentions that he's done all that he can there and that he was ready to move on and go back to being an Ambassador. This is then shown in the Prometheus novel. Maybe he just went there for a quick visit.
I imagine his part of his story isn't over yet and that the villain's plan has him abducting him at some point.
Speaking of which, I did like that line Potock said to Spock about whether he could time travel and Spock responds, "forwards or backwards."
There might be a continuity error with this book as it says that Spock is on Romulus dealing that reunification movement but a previous book mentions that he's done all that he can there and that he was ready to move on and go back to being an Ambassador. This is then shown in the Prometheus novel. Maybe he just went there for a quick visit.
I imagine his part of his story isn't over yet and that the villain's plan has him abducting him at some point.
I just finished this last night, and I loved it.
I'm a huge Klingon fan, so I really liked all of the focus on them. It also tied into two of my favorite movies, The Search for Spock and Insurrection, and a TNG episode that I've always liked, The Devil's Due.
The story was great. The Unsung were pretty interesting, and Korgh and Cross are great villains. The way the whole Fallen Lord/Kruge/Cross series of reveals played out was pretty good. I was shocked how early the Kruge/Cross reveal happened, that was the kind of thing I would have expected in the final book as a big twist towards the end of the story. I've always liked Kahless, so I liked that was got to spend so much time with him.
It was pretty interesting the way it dealt with what becomes of discommendated Klingons. Since Worf was already away with Starfleet, his dicommendation didn't really have a huge effect on him, so I liked getting to see how other Klingons dealt with it.
It gets a outstanding from me.
I'm a huge Klingon fan, so I really liked all of the focus on them. It also tied into two of my favorite movies, The Search for Spock and Insurrection, and a TNG episode that I've always liked, The Devil's Due.
The story was great. The Unsung were pretty interesting, and Korgh and Cross are great villains. The way the whole Fallen Lord/Kruge/Cross series of reveals played out was pretty good. I was shocked how early the Kruge/Cross reveal happened, that was the kind of thing I would have expected in the final book as a big twist towards the end of the story. I've always liked Kahless, so I liked that was got to spend so much time with him.
It was pretty interesting the way it dealt with what becomes of discommendated Klingons. Since Worf was already away with Starfleet, his dicommendation didn't really have a huge effect on him, so I liked getting to see how other Klingons dealt with it.
It gets a outstanding from me.
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