Star Trek New Frontiers: Gateways #7: What Lay Beyond Book

This is a book that I really enjoyed reading. Despite the fact that I've seen in several reviews that the whole idea of having this book, with all the different endings from the previous stories, wasn't very popular. I admit that for me it did have a somewhat negative effect when it came to how well I remembered the beginnings of each story, and had the ending been in each book it might have made it just a little bit easier. But I wouldn't say it was a problem as such. I read this series in a period that spanned a little over six months, and I could without problems read this book without having to re-read anything from the previous books. But if you were to read even slower than that you might feel the need to refresh your memory a bit more. I should mention that I'm also of the opinion that cliffhangers can be a good thing, at least if you're planning on reading the whole series to begin with.

So now let me tell you what made this book so great. First of all I either really liked or loved the endings. I would say that they, in large, were even better than the beginnings of the story. Even the story with the Challenger crew (that I did like, but not as much as the other ones) I thought had a really good ending that made me like that story even more. I would say that there were strong endings well worth the wait. And if you have questions like how the gateway technology came to be, if Picard and the others will actually get to meet the real Iconians or maybe just what happens on the other side of the gateways; this book will answer those questions for you. So all in all; a really good ending to an interesting series within our beloved Star Trek universe.

And before I end this review I just want to add that the Star Trek Novels Timeline at the end was a fun addition. It made me add two more books to my to-read-list (Spock's World from TOS and Imzadi from TNG for all of you curious people out there). :)