Star Trek: A Time for War, A Time for Peace (Star Trek)(Star Trek The Next Generation)(Star Trek Deep Space Nine)(Star Trek Voyager)

by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Book Overview

On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker's promotion to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743491793
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Pocket Books/Star Trek
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.0" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Star trek, "A time for War, A time for Peace, a novel by K R A DeCandido.

The last book in the series of "A time to" Novels, explaining what happened to the Enterprise and her crew between the last two Star trek TNG films, and immediately after the fight with Shinzon in Star trek Nemesis. The Enterprise must under go an inspection, with three of the inspectors having reason to let their own feelings adversely effect results, and only Captain Montgomery Scott of the Star fleet corps of Engineers likely to score them fairly. Will Ryker will soon take command of the Titan and will be looking for senior officers, the Federation is looking for a new President, oh and, Lwaxnana Troi's little girl is to get married. And guess who wants to plan the wedding! If you read the other books in this series, you MUST read this one. If you did not read the others,,,,DO!

A Time for War & Peace

The product came as specified in the write up and was very pleased with the quick mailing and the condition of the book was as said.

Warp Speed Ahead!

A hostile takeover of a Federation embassy? An insane presidential candidate? Will and Deanna getting married? Will gets his own ship? It's all in a day's work for Starfleet. In this spectacular book there are four different plots and many subplots. There are so many twists and turns that you won't want to put the book down. Romance, adventure, action, and drama are all combined in the astounding book that will lead Star Trek fans into a whole new universe of adventure! I highly recommend this book!

A fitting capstone for the TNG crew.

The finale to not only a book series, but a finale for the entire TNG crew. A much better and fitting finale than was given to the fans in the shaky Nemesis feature. Writer Keith R. A. Decandido is one of the best Trek authors currently writing for pocket books and this book doesn't disappoint. Genuine character development from the TNG crew was a rarity even on the TV show, and the 'A Time To...' series gave us growth and development from characters that have been positively stagnant in the TNG movie era.

A Fitting End to "A Time to..." Series

Having read and made reviews of all the "A Time to..." novels, it's rather surprising to think of where this series has come from since Feb. till now. The "A Time to..." series chose to explain what led to all the rather shocking change of events seen in the last motion picture, Star Trek Nemesis. One of the problems with the last movie was that there was a lot left unsaid, unseen, and unexplained. The mission is rather big; try to provide a back story that adds to the movie and builds up that emotional drive that carries the Next Generation crew out and into their new lives. "War/Peace" is the finale to this series. Just to be fair, I felt it did have a few flaws. First, the Klingons. The previous duology, "A Time to Kill/Heal" dealt with an emotional event that shook the Enterprise crew to their very core and took the reader on a mission that certainly stands out in your memory. This novel picks up where those left off; the political situation isn't all that good, there's a Federation presidential election taking place and the characters all have decisions about their lives to make. The Klingon plot, I felt, should have been addressed more so in the past two novels than here. It seemed a bit distracting and out of place to have to deal with the Klingon's reactions to Tezwa. If you didn't read the past two novels, you won't truly understand the half of the complex situation. What I also felt was a flaw in the novel was that the synopsis hypes up an inspection which does play a role in the book but not one of monumental porpotions. It's there, it happens, it helps pull the plot along. I was expecting Riker to be questioned and pushed more while he really has little to do with the Enterprise's inspection. The true plot is left unsaid. The Klingon's deal with the after math of the Tezwa affair. People within the empire challenge Martok, leaving Worf unfortunately in the middle. In the meantime, the Presidential elections captures the attention of many as two candidates, both rather different, offer different futures for the Federation. Both though have the knowledge and power to break the Federation's alliance with Klingons. Both could, if elected, lead the Federation into a war with the Klingons. Through all this, Worf is left to truly play the role of ambassador, mediating and making sure both sides are kept from going to war. For the good; this book delivers. I did not know how DeCandido was going to choose to end this series. I feared it may end a little weak since the entire premise introduced in "Born/Die" left me rolling my eyes at how unrealistic (even for Trek) and almost fan-fic it was. DeCandido does a terrific job of pulling the series together. It's a little odd because the past two books almost read as if the entire Rashanar event never occured. Even with the few mentionings of it, as a reader, I got the impression that the Federation and Starfleet had gotten over Picard's issues and forgave the Enterprise for their so called