Most Violent Trek Novel?

[Data Soong]

I'm not a sicko I promise but I'm feeling a bit bored by searching for new life and what=not. what's the most violent trek novel? in terms of body count and actual carnage? Is the Mack Time To Duology? Destiny? Warped seemed to have a deranged serial killer in it. Peter David loves to torture people SO what do you all think?

 

[Paul Weaver]

The only way destiny could be beaten would be something like the end of the universe.

The Body Electric had a fairly high body count

 

[Klaus]

...gotta be Destiny, though that reminds mew of the argument that Star Wars was the bloodiest movie in history because of the destruction of Alderaan.

 

[F. King Daniel]

The only way destiny could be beaten would be something like the end of the universe.

The War of the Prophets

Not violent, though.

 

[E-DUB]

To me "violent" means up close and personal. Scragging an entire planet can be less violent that killing one person.

With that in mind, I'd say "Fallen Heroes" would be a contender, even though all the killings get undone by time travel .

 

[Greg Cox]

To me "violent" means up close and personal. Scragging an entire planet can be less violent that killing one person.

With that in mind, I'd say "Fallen Heroes" would be a contender, even though all the killings get undone by time travel .

That was the first title to come my mind as well.

 

[DS9Continuing]

Many of the Mirror Universe stories are pretty much bloodbaths. And I tend to think of the latter sections of DS9 'season 9' - Warpath, Fearful Symmetry, The Soul Key (which incorporate MU aspects) - as some of the darkest, most unpleasantly visceral parts of Trek lit. Not in a bad way, necessarily.

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[zarkon]

For me it's probably "Windows on a Lost World".

The consequences of the violence were pretty disturbing too. I think I've seen it in a few "worst trek books" lists though, but that may have been more due to the nature of the violence rather then anything objective. Still not sure how I feel about it, rather an odd story.

 

[Kilana2]

The Vanguard novels are full of action and violence. But not too much, though.

 

[Use of Time]

To me "violent" means up close and personal. Scragging an entire planet can be less violent that killing one person.

With that in mind, I'd say "Fallen Heroes" would be a contender, even though all the killings get undone by time travel .

That was the first title to come my mind as well.

Bingo, I was going with this one as well. It was a dark novel for sure. Very visceral death scenes.

 

[DonIago]

I'm glad someone else mentioned FH; first novel I thought of but I couldn't readily recall the title.

 

[Greg Cox]

Good point, also, that anything involving the Mirror Universe is likely to get brutal at times.

 

[zarkon]

Oh, and "Shadow Lord" has to be a contender for up close and personal body count.

 

[Stephen!]

"Resistance" - That's got quite a lot of killing in it.

 

[BillJ]

A Time to Kill/Heal - Really gives a visceral feel to being an occupying power. Probably some of the timeliest Trek fiction around.

 

[tomswift2002]

Echoes also has a very high body count (somewhere in the nonillion) due to an entire planet shifting between universes.

 

[Idran]

If we're counting off-screen material over the course of a book, Q&A technically leads off with a prologue discussing the destruction of two or three universes due to failed "Ones", which is likely an infinite number of deaths.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Echoes also has a very high body count (somewhere in the nonillion) due to an entire planet shifting between universes.

But it's all undone in the end, isn't it?

 

[Khan 2.0]

To Reign in Hell was pretty violent.

 

[Kilana2]

To Reign in Hell was pretty violent.

Here in Germany we still hope for a translation. If they don't translate it I'll read it in the original.