Vanguard ending with "Storming Haven"?

[Tino]

Hi there,


Cross Cult (recent publisher of the German Star Trek-novels) claims that Vanguard will be ended/concluded with the eight novel "Storming Haven" in mid-2012 (as told by Ddavid Mack).

https://www.facebook.com/startrekromane

Any truth to that?

If so, how come?
Didn't the novels sell enough?
No new ideas?
Too much salary for the authors? ;-)
Indeed with intention?

 

[DarkHorizon]

^See this thread for details:

http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=144480

 

[Christopher]

It's Storming Heaven, not "Haven."

And it's a planned conclusion. Vanguard was always conceived as a series with a definite endpoint in mind, although there was flexibility about how long it would take to get there and what would happen along the way.

 

[Art Vandelay]

I think it's great that there is a planned conclusion. That way, the series will have a definite beginning, middle and ending. Also, it won't fizzle out, leaving plot lines hanging forever (see the Ascendants story in the DS9 relaunch). Seriously, this is the best thing that could have happened.

And who knows, seeing that Vanguard was apparently rather successful, maybe Mack/Wardlimore will tackle another project soon...

 

[Mysterion]

I think it's great that there is a planned conclusion. That way, the series will have a definite beginning, middle and ending. Also, it won't fizzle out, leaving plot lines hanging forever (see the Ascendants story in the DS9 relaunch). Seriously, this is the best thing that could have happened.

And who knows, seeing that Vanguard was apparently rather successful, maybe Mack/Wardlimore will tackle another project soon...

This.

Let them wrap up Vanguard properly, and let's hope for another series done the same way and as well. Soon, please.

 

[captcalhoun]

damn. i missed that memo. thread.

 

[Ronald Held]

There is something to be said for a complete series properly ended.

 

[Mysterion]

^^
"Leave 'em wanting more!"

 

[ryan123450]

^Exactly. Way more series, both tv, movie, and book, should take that to heart.

 

[Sci]

I'm just sad Marco didn't get to write a full novel.

 

[flandry84]

Typical.Characters who are fresh and interesting get cancelled while a slew of cardboard cut-outs go on and on and on...

 

[David Mack]

^ We didn't "get canceled." We, the writers, decided our story had reached a proper and suitably dramatic ending point, and we decided to embrace it and write the best finale we could. The publisher wanted us to continue; we had to make a case for ending it.

 

[flandry84]

Thank you for the clarification.
I was about to say that had the series been super-successful,then planned endings have a way of being put on hold.

Anyway the point remains...there are just so many characters in Treklit right now,who if they werenever to be seen again, it wouldn't bother me too much.
The Vanguard characters seem so different(I've made the HBO analogy before)that I thought there was plenty of mileage in them yet.

 

[Therin of Andor]

The Vanguard characters seem so different(I've made the HBO analogy before)that I thought there was plenty of mileage in them yet.

As I said in a different thread, I still expect any survivors will be seen again.

 

[Tino]

... we decided to embrace it and write the best finale we could.

Mmh. Now that there's a definite story over eight novels with a real finale, I might end up buying all of them at once. Haven't read a single one yet, sorry. The Kirk-time is just not my era (yet?).

 

[BrotherBenny]

... we decided to embrace it and write the best finale we could.

Mmh. Now that there's a definite story over eight novels with a real finale, I might end up buying all of them at once. Haven't read a single one yet, sorry. The Kirk-time is just not my era (yet?).

Vanguard is real Trek.

 

[unusualsuspex]

The bizarre thing is that my reading (and fan writing) has been in the DS9/Dominion War era-ish. It was Vanguard that sucked me back into the TOS era and made me love it all over again!

Congrats on the series and as has already been said, may it prove the launching pad for other such projects!

 

[F. King Daniel]

Having not yet started Vanguard (first few books are on my shelf... waiting...), the knowledge that it comes to a definite conclusion is a big plus. I'll have none of this "fizzled out" nonsense. Endings rule!

 

[bfollowell]

I ten to agree with most everyone else in this post. While I hate like the dickens to see Vanguard go, I do like the idea of a definite ending, with questions answered, rather than some strange fizzle like I've just recently come to at the end of the DS9 relaunch.

- Byron

 

[Scout101]

As I said in a different thread, I still expect any survivors will be seen again.

If there ARE any, once Mack gets through with the finale