Voyager: String Theory, Book Three - Evolution by Heather Jarman
Blurb:
ENTANGLED STRANDS OF PAST AND PRESENT ENDANGER THE FUTURE
A wake of destruction and loss threatens the U.S.S. Voyager ™ as Chakotay assumes command. Grief over Janeway's impending death coupled with anxiety brought on by the disappearance of Paris, Kim, and the Doctor forces the crew to take increasingly dangerous actions in order to assure their own survival.
But Voyager doesn't fight alone: behind the lines, powerful forces have allied to give the starship aid. Toward this end, a familiar nemesis -- the cosmic meddler Q -- sends Paris and Kim on a perilous journey. Elsewhere, the Doctor, trapped in a dimension alien to human understanding, reunites with an old friend to help secure the fates of those he's left behind.
Yet the conflict raging in the Monorhan system is merely a surface manifestation of more serious turmoil; the true struggle is rooted in the universe's very foundation. Standing at the eye of this maelstrom is Voyager, whose crew may hold the fate of all.
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My short review from 2006:
A good novel.
Evolution was a tough book to rate and review. But in the end my appreciation of Jarman’s writing skills won against my doubts concerning the overall story not only of this novel, but the whole trilogy.
The trilogy’s overall story arc itself can be called decent with some good will, but I never felt that it was able to carry a trilogy, a real epic feeling was missing. It didn’t help much that the different story parts especially in this one never really connected for me. Separately they all had their share of good moments, the Voyager bound one less then the others, but there never was the moment where all would fit together for me.
Heather Jarman was able to capture the characters successfully with only one exception. Her Chakotay didn’t felt quite right for me, especially his relationship with Tuvok and his indecisiveness in some parts of the novel, i.E. when he’s brooding over the crew roster.
Overall a well written novel with an all in all unimpressive story.
ENTANGLED STRANDS OF PAST AND PRESENT ENDANGER THE FUTURE
A wake of destruction and loss threatens the U.S.S. Voyager ™ as Chakotay assumes command. Grief over Janeway's impending death coupled with anxiety brought on by the disappearance of Paris, Kim, and the Doctor forces the crew to take increasingly dangerous actions in order to assure their own survival.
But Voyager doesn't fight alone: behind the lines, powerful forces have allied to give the starship aid. Toward this end, a familiar nemesis -- the cosmic meddler Q -- sends Paris and Kim on a perilous journey. Elsewhere, the Doctor, trapped in a dimension alien to human understanding, reunites with an old friend to help secure the fates of those he's left behind.
Yet the conflict raging in the Monorhan system is merely a surface manifestation of more serious turmoil; the true struggle is rooted in the universe's very foundation. Standing at the eye of this maelstrom is Voyager, whose crew may hold the fate of all.
_________________________________
My short review from 2006:
A good novel.
Evolution was a tough book to rate and review. But in the end my appreciation of Jarman’s writing skills won against my doubts concerning the overall story not only of this novel, but the whole trilogy.
The trilogy’s overall story arc itself can be called decent with some good will, but I never felt that it was able to carry a trilogy, a real epic feeling was missing. It didn’t help much that the different story parts especially in this one never really connected for me. Separately they all had their share of good moments, the Voyager bound one less then the others, but there never was the moment where all would fit together for me.
Heather Jarman was able to capture the characters successfully with only one exception. Her Chakotay didn’t felt quite right for me, especially his relationship with Tuvok and his indecisiveness in some parts of the novel, i.E. when he’s brooding over the crew roster.
Overall a well written novel with an all in all unimpressive story.
