Review: Reap The Whirlwind

[Vic Sixx]

I loved it, a really fun book with tons of adventure and thrills. Although it took a me a few months to read.

I loved the Sagitarrius the look the design, even the crew were interesting and unique. I hope it makes a return appeareance one day. Speaking of which, when is the next Vanquard book?

The minipedia in the back was of good use, I wish the Titan books had something like it.

The dangling storylines have me inching. . .

Does T'Prin ever get out of her coma?

Does Diego Reyes spend the rest of live in prison?

Does Cervantes Quinn stay sober?

Does Tim get a date with the cute redhead?

Will we ever find out? I hope so. David Mack's imagination in regards to the Sedai and thier worlds has a much higher budget to it than mine. Some of that was hard to imagine, but that's my problem.

All those deaths and the consequences to them for Reyes and T'Prin was protrayed very well, and believeably.

The lesbian love stuff was nicely done, not pornographically, but subtle and tastefully.

All in all a very good book, but now I go back to trying to catch back up with the New Frontier where I left off.

 

[Trent Roman]

Vic Sixx said:
Does T'Prin ever get out of her coma?

We've actually seen T'Prynn in later time periods, as a mentor to DS9-R character Elias Vaungh during his time in Starfleet Intelligence, so the answer must be yes.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

 

[Sci]

Vic Sixx said:
Does T'Prin ever get out of her coma?

She must, because we first met T'Prynn in the 2002 DS9 novel Mission, Gamma: Book Four - Lesser Evil, and in that one, she was Elias Vaughn's regular special ops partner in the early 24th Century before dying during a mission.

Does Tim get a date with the cute redhead?

He does, but then during the date, he tries to kick a football and Lucy pulls it out from his foot just before he hits it.

As for myself -- there was this brilliant, brilliant line in Reap the Whirlwind that I just loved. "How many more lives will we have to sacrifice on the alter of national security?" It was such a brutally honest, realistic depiction of Starfleet and of how good people can be led to make horrific, immoral choices; I loved it. To me, Star Trek is at its best when it's a morality play about what the fundamental nature of the state ought to be, and Star Trek: Vanguard has yet to disappoint in that regard.

 

[AN_D_K]

People give Vanguard a hell of a time. I personally love Vanguard.

 

[Defcon]

Vic Sixx said:
Speaking of which, when is the next Vanquard book?

I think at the moment it's scheduled for early 2009, but that's tentative and subject to change. the authors will be Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore.

 

[David Mack]

Thanks to all for your comments, particularly Vic Sixx and Sci.

I know this will seem hard to believe, but I don't really know much more about what will happen next in the Vanguard saga than any of you do. Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore are still in development on book four (as yet untitled, to the best of my knowledge), and I am not yet aware of what they have planned, except that it will be something new for the series.

I hope to write another installment of the Vanguard saga someday, but I have other commitments at the moment. But here's to hoping.

 

[Vic Sixx]

How many people caught the "Clerks" reference in the book? The characterizations were pretty dead on. I presume Jeff survived, you never came back to the characters. It's a wonder how two like that ever got into Starfleet in the first place.

 

[David Mack]

^ Just about everyone who's read it has caught it, in fact. I got a lot of mentions in various reviews. I hope one day to meet the actors and give them signed copies.

 

[JD]

The only reason I caught the reference was because I'd already seen it mentioned here. Although, I was able to figure out where the reference was without being told the details.