Product Description: Pax Galactica. Enemies become allies. Old secrets are at last revealed. Long-held beliefs and widely accepted truths are challenged. Man turns to leisurely pursuits.
In this golden age, two old friends are drawn together. They seek to understand, and wonder how what they have long believed, what they have been taught, was never so.
Over two hundred years ago, the life of one of Starfleet's earliest pioneers came to a tragic end, and Captain Jonathan Archer, the legendary commander of Earth's first warp-five starship, lost a close friend. Or so it seemed for many years. But with the passage of time, and the declassification of certain crucial files, the truth about that fateful day -- the day that Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III didn't die -- could finally be revealed.
Why did Starfleet feel it was necessary to rewrite history? And why only now can the truth be told?
Excellent Book I had watched Enterprise when it was on UPN and loved it. I shared the sentiment of many (including some cast members) over the disappointment of the series finale. I started watching it again on HDnet and remembered why I loved the show. Then I found this book, and in this book it basically remedies most of the bad mistakes that take place in the finale. I was always a huge proponent of the relationship between Trip and T'Pol. I knew it was always a relationship that was bubbling under the surface of the whole show. In this book it expounds on that relationship and what happens after the Enterprise episode Demons. It does provide and alternate reality version of the series of events in the finale. **** spoilers ahead*******
In the book, as I said it expounds on the events of the finale we learn that the events of the finale were a subterfuge to what really happened. He found out that while some of the events in the finale happened, they may happened for reasons best left covered up. While Trip "dies" we find out that his death is faked after he agrees to go undercover to help discover the plans of a planned Romulan warp 7 drive. The apparent death of Trip is hard on the crew but even more so for T'Pol. We find out through out the book just how deeply that love runs for both of them. While Trip is out trying to discover the secret warp 7 plans being design by the Romulans in an attempt to create dissension among the young coalition of planets. Meanwhile on Enterprise, Captain Archer has rendezvoused with Shran and in one of the twist from the finale, its Jhamel that and a lot of the Aenar that have been abducted. While Enterprise is off on a rescue mission, T'Pol is having a hard time dealing with the apparent lose of Trip. We find out that her feelings where a lot deeper. *** end spoilers***
Overall I think this an EXCELLENT book and a must read for fans of Enterprise. It does a good job of reversing the bad episode that was the finale.
A Surprisingly Pleasant, and Much-needed Read After rewatching Enterprise's disappointing and downright depressing finale "These Are The Voyages...", I decided to give this novel a try, even though I tend to dislike reading fiction. I'd read reviews that it offered a far more satisfying look at the events that took place when the series ended, including Trip Tucker's death, and was eager to find a greater sense of closure.
I was pleasantly surprised by several aspects of this book. It is remarkably well researched, and throughout the read, one has a strong sense that the authors hold continuity in high regard. I have a particular knack for smelling inconsistency, and found the dialog a spot-on match with everything that four years of television taught us to expect from the characters, vocabulary to expressions. The characters simply pick right up where the series left off.
As the plot began to unfold, I found myself especially impressed by how seamlessly the book integrates itself with the events we've seen in "These Are The Voyages..." It takes serious creativity to smoothly harmonize a new story with such a detailed string of established canon (a recent movie attempt shirks this process altogether). The authors handle this challenge so well that one is left with the feeling that the episode was written after the book, rather than the other way around -- no small feat.
I deduct one star only because I had trouble immersing in the first few chapters. This was more because of my difficulty acclimating to the writing style (which I initially felt focused more on describing than outright telling - I dislike being consciously aware of every adjective). After I was about a third of the way through, the writing drew less attention to itself.
Overall, an excellent read. If only the series had continued, with these gentlemen writing scripts!
The way it should have ended!! If you were a fan of Star trek Enterprise you remember that while the show had a really slow slow slow slow start it eventually picked up and was getting to be entertaining Sci Fi if not a pure star trek show in its last season. Then,they cancelled the series with they crappiest series finale I have ever seen. THIS FINALE MADE ABSOLUTELY NO F#@%!NG SENSE!!
It was ten years in the future everyone was still on board nobody moved up in rank or aged it was also a holodeck recreation between Will Riker and Deanna Troy and suffice to say the premise sucked. They killed off a great character(TRIPP) by a group of criminals whose ship could only do warp 2 and had take over enterprise doing warp 4.5 with no security on the deck they broke into and then archer goes to give his speech series over. YEESH!!!
Well to the fans out there the book finale does the series the justice it truly earned in the last season and picks up right in the middle of the series finale and every question you had about the series is finally and accurately answered and about a thousand surprises. From sex to espionage to amoral dilemmas and just plan betrayal. I thoroughly enjoyed this book it was one hell of a wild ride from the surprises to the answers that finally satisfy. Let me be clear I F@#$!NG LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!!To anyone who is a fan of the series this is a must read.
Inconsistent timeline This book would have been better if not for the inconsistent timeline with the series. In the third season episode "Azati Prime", the temporal agent Daniels whisked Archer to the time of the Federation's founding. According to Daniels, it was about seven years from the midpoint of the Xindi crisis. The final episode "All Good Things" agreed with that timeline exactly. The subsequent book however, placed Trip's "death" and the founding of the Federation soon after the events of the fourth season episode "Terra Prime". Bottom line, TV and movies are canon, while books are not always, this one being a good example. Yes, it's sad that Trip died, everybody loved him. Let him rest in peace. It's not a good idea to resurrect a character without making sure that other storylines will fit together. Case in point, Spock came back in Star Trek III and everything fit perfectly. On the other hand, William Shatner created a series of novels in which Kirk came back after his death. But the novels don't fit other Star Trek timelines and have become known as the Shatnerverse. Maybe this book and the subsequent Enterprise book "Kobayshi Maru" should be known as part of the "Tripverse".
Best ST:ENT Novel Season 4 of Enterprise was (most fans agree) their best season. That is, up until the crappy finale. This novel is not only the best Enterprise novel but it also fixes the horrible damage from that finale. Plus, it sets the stage for the timeline and events that form the basis of all the subsequent Star Trek series! You really couldn't ask for more, from a Trek continuity basis. The writing is fantastic overall and the character interactions are great. But again, the best thing about this novel is that it gives us the proper send-off that this show really should have had...and a plot that makes more sense that what we got in the finale.
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