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The Antares Maelstrom

By: Greg Cox
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
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 An epic new Star Trek saga by New York Times bestselling author Greg Cox set during the original Five-Year Mission!

The final frontier erupts into chaos as vast quantities of a rare energy source are discovered beneath the surface of Baldur-3, a remote planet beyond the outer fringes of Federation space. Now an old-fashioned “gold rush” is underway as a flood of would-be prospectors, from countless worlds and species, races toward the planet to stake their claim. The galactic stampede threatens the stability of neighboring planets and space stations, as widespread strife and sabotage and all-around pandemonium result in a desperate need for Starfleet assistance. Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise are dispatched to deal with the escalating crisis…which lies on the other side of a famously perilous region of space known as the Antares Maelstrom. Adventure Fiction First Contact Military Science Fiction Space Opera Star Trek Interstellar Solar System
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I had the impression that Greg had a lot of fun writing this one, well I had a lot of fun reading it anyhow. I thought it had the energy of a DS9 or B5 story, not because it was based on a station but because there so much mayhem going on in this pretty much all the way through the story. It reminded me of Sisko trying to deal with the local Ferengi, the Bajorans, the Cardassians and the Marquis all with urgent dramas of their own.

Antares Maelstrom is a very exciting story, especially one that largely focuses on dispute mediation, but the energy level is constantly on maximum and the story plugs along. We've got heaps of familiars and at least one new alien species to meet.

There is one character who I imagined as a cross between Quark and Garak, go on try to imagine it, it's weird isn't it?! Well, you'll know who I'm talking about and if you listen to the audiobook you'll hear my new favourite Robert Petkoff voice-character!

The only let down for me was that the ending was too good. It was all rosy, which you'd expect, but it's extra rosy with roses on top.

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I wanted to love this. I was expecting Kahn in the Nebula action!!!!......yeah..nope! It was just some thrown together stories dropping the OLD Cast names in. Not impressed. Has made me re-think getting more Star Trek novels.

Star Trek in a can!!

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