Reviews for Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Avatar #1

The average rating for Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Avatar #1 based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-09-10 00:00:00 Jonathan Brawner The "Relaunch" Universe starts here! The term "Relaunch" has been used on Star Trek to denote the novels written to expand the history of the TV spin-offs series set on the 24th Century of the franchise, namely Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager; and even you can include Star Trek: Enterprise, which it was set on the 22nd Century. This "Relaunch" term applies to identificate those novels considered canon in the franchise and they serve to continue the stories of the before mentioned TV spin-offs after the their cancellation on air. Avatar is a book event of two parts setting how Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was going to continue in prose novel format, after the cancellation of the TV series. Colonel Kyra Nerys After being First Officer during seven years under Captain Benjamin Sisko, now she is in command of the space station and she has to deal with the aftermath of the Dominion War. After three months, DS9 station is still under severe maintenance and updating work. The USS Defiant is in similar bad shape. Also, she is learning not only to be in the big chair but also to deal with the new members of her new senior staff, and the biggest friction is when dealing with her new Security Chief which is Lieutenant Ro Laren. Lieutenant Ro Laren Ro Laren, the prodigal daughter of Bajor returns to home. She has been Resistance Underground Operative during the Bajor Occupation, Starfleet Officer, Maquis Terrorist and even Non-Sanctioned Resistance Fighter during the Dominion War. For a person with many roles in her life, she is still looking to know for certain who is she, and even more important... is Bajor really her home? Bajor is a very religious world and Ro Laren never has been a believer of the divine status of The Prophets, she knows that they live inside of the Wormhole but hardly she can accept that they are the gods of Bajor. And certainly that's something truly difficult to be able to fit in Bajor. Realizing that it's not easy to live on the surface of Bajor, she takes the empty job of Security Chief on DS9. Kyra Nerys and Ro Laren, two women with personalities too much alike but being in the totally opposite sides in the topic of Bajoran religious faith. And to make it worse, now, a murder investigation conducted by Ro Laren may be lead to the discovery of a book with the power to endanger the foundations of Bajoran religious faith. Lieutenant Ezri Dax She dealt with lot of changes last year when without preparation she has to accept the Trill symbiote, Dax, becoming its Ninth host, after the tragic death of Jadzia. All her life, Ezri only wanted to serve as Counselor for some years on Starfleet, and later to retire and getting to work in the private sector as psychologist in her native Trill. But now, she owns the memories and experiences of eight lives inside of her, and she is not sure anymore if she will be happy with her original life plans. An emergency on the USS Defiant will be pivotal for Ezri to re-analyze her future. Ensign Thirishar ch'Thane a.k.a Shar He is a young Andorian, recently transfered to DS9 as Science Officer, but he is very secretive about his culture and even more about his family. Jake Sisko He is still "mourning" the dissappearance of his father, Benjamin Sisko, after joining the Prophets on the "Celestial Temple" inside of the Wormhole, but after reading a prophecy, it seems that there is a chance to get back his father, and how he will do whatever necessary to do it, on his own. Commander Elias Vaughn He is a living legend on Starfleet. He is 101 years old, that it's not so rare taking in account that life expectancy on previous centuries was shorter and shorter depending how far in the past you go, so, in the future is only reasonable that people can get to grow older even more, keeping a very good health. He has been a key officer in many secret missions to Starfleet, and even his rank of Commander hasn't promoted for his own choice to be able to move easier from place to place without getting many attention, but he has a security clearance level that even some admirals only dream about. He is on a consultive mission aboard the USS Enterprise-E, during a survey tour through the border of The Badlands, but after an unexpected experience on an away mission, it seems that he needs to know more about DS9 station. --o-- Colonel Kyra Nerys will have a baptism of fire in her commanding role of the Deep Space Nine, facing threats from outside and inside of the space station, risking the recently peace after the Dominion War and also daring her deepest religious beliefs. Avatar, book One, is an exciting beginning of the next volume in the history of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, where you even will have guest starring the crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The book even has, in the first pages, a timeline of the highlight events during the TV series to help to any interested to read the "Relaunch" era of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and being able to understand and enjoy this great new era of the sci-fi series. Recommended to any Trekker, but also enthusiasts of science fiction and/or space operas.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-07-15 00:00:00 Mark Bigonger Avatar Book I picks up a few months after the series left off. It was wonderfully nostalgic for me. Perry nailed a few of the characters, especially, Kira, Ro, Quark, Jake and Nog. Not so sure about Bashir and Ezri. Both were among my favorite characters on the show, but not so much in this book. Too much about their relationship. The story itself just starts to get interesting when it comes to an end. But alas, it's only Book I, and the sign that it succeeded is that I immediately jumped into Book 2.