Today’s book: Star Trek – The Genesis Wave, Book 1

Picking up 90 years after the stories of the second and third Star Trek movies (The Wrath of Khan and The Search for Spock), the Next Generation novel The Genesis Wave, Book One begins with the abduction of 135 year old Dr. Carol Marcus by beings unknown (unless you believe her and Jim Kirk’s son has come back from the dead). Next, a thing incredibly similar to the Genesis Device destroys an inhabited planet and its off on a race to stop it and find the perpetrators. Only six days until the wave reaches Earth and then continues on to cut a swath through the Romulan Star Empire. Events build, planets are destroyed, and Star Fleet, still reeling from the Dominion War (this is the Enterprise E and Geordi has his ocular implants), brings what forces it can to bear. Some of those forces mysteriously disappear. And the book ends with “Continued in The Genesis Wave, Book 2“, which fortunately I have coming in a few days.

The book links are to Psi Phi, which features a fully-searchable Star Trek Book Database that includes information on books past, present, and future plus schedules, cover artwork, and feature articles. Cool site.