Daedalus's Children

by Dave Stern

Book Overview

Swept into an alternate universe and a deadly civil war, Archer and the crew of a crippled Enterprise are imprisoned by a brutal warlord and face subtle biochemical differences that will kill them if they remain.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743476468
• ISBN13: 9780743476461
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 371 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful read

I found this to be a great conclusion to part 1. You finally get to see how other characters are doing, as part 1 was entirely Trip/Hoshi. You see how their story plays out in exciting ways, although not in very believable ways (at the start). I was also surprised how amenable the "enemy" was. There's a scene with Mayweather towards the middle that about blew my mind with how good it was. A reiteration of a certain plot point from an early episode in the show. I loved it. It just hit all the right buttons for me. There was one continuity error regarding photon torpedoes that bothered me, since Enterprise hasn't received them yet in the timeline. This book was very well written to me. I would have enjoyed this story put onto the screen as an episode. I thought the ending wasn't too clever, but these books always have to have that happy ending where everything works out for the crew. It is what it is. Despite that, this was a great read!

Fine Conclusion to Two-Part Series

Daedalus's Children was a fine conclusion to the two-part series. Another fast paced, page-turning book, it continues a story of the Enterprise crew being drawn to the center of major political turmoil in an alien star system. While Tucker and Hoshi continue to play an important role in the story, this book, refreshingly, broadens the plot to include the entire Enterprise crew. Additional characters - the leaders of varios factions - can be appretiated as well. I was pleased to find that Trip's romantic interest, which was barely explored in the first book, was given much more thorough treatment in this one. As with the first book, the author's blunt, dialoug-heavy writing style is appreciated. It makes for quick reading and allows an Enterprise fan's knowledge of the show to fill in background details. One star is missing from my review because of another poorly-done plot mechanism. Without giving too much away, there is one major predicament the crew faces (among many) which seems insurmountable. But, suddenly an easy solution is found and an entire sub-plot is retired with little fanfare. Still, the book is a lot of fun to read. Like the first book, I recommend it to any fan of Enterprise.

Daedalus's Children: Part Two (Enterprise)

A very good 2 volume series. It was the first books in the new Enterprise series, and I was not disapointed. The plot was interesting, and I think the characters were well written. I could almost hear and see them as they are on the TV series.

We aren?t in Kansas any more.

While part one of this two part series seemed like a pursuit into the life and times of Charles Tucker III, this one was a little more balanced in its use of the crew of the Enterprise.I liked the way Stern delved into the histories of the character by bringing up the striking differences between this stories universe and the real one. We get to see the struggle of Archer and crew to fight the ailments of this universe and obtain their freedom from the quarreling factions in this universe.This was a very good completion to a well develop story. Having finished them both part of me would have liked to see them combined into one novel. There seemed to a little too much filler but more story then a single novel. If you enjoyed the first part, you have no choice but to pick this book up and see if the crew makes it home.

An excellent follow-up to an excellent story.

I don't much care for 2-part stories, in which the first book has no proper ending, and the second book picks up in mid-story, which is why I marked this book (and its predecessor) down to four stars. Additionally, the actual ending was somewhat abrupt and anticlimactic, after having been built up to be a major issue, but that wasn't enough of a drawback to justify marking an otherwise excellent story down to three stars. The writing itself was quite good, the characterizations well-handled, and the action gripping and intense. Mr. Stern shows an excellent touch as a writer, and I look forward to seeing more of his work -- preferably in stand-alone stories.

ST - Enterprise: Daedalus's Children Part 2 of 2

Star Trek-Enterprise: Daedalus's Children is part 2 of the adventure started in the first book called "Daedalus" and this book concludes the very well-written adventure written by David Stern."Daedalus's Children" takes off from where "Daedalus" adventure left off and tells an action-packed adventure where Captain Jonathan Archer shines and plays a majors roll in a good character novel bringing into play the rest of the major characters in the Star Trek-Enterprise series. We get really good character play and problem solving as the charater interact with the adventure at hand.That adventure is three fold in nature as first the Enterprises and her crew have to be reunited with each other, next Captain Archer must work to solve a civil war that is about to breakout on Denari and deal with the oppressive ruler's "son." And, the third prong of theis adventure deals with getting back home to their own "Universe."There are twists and turns and heartbreak in the book along with unexpected love affairs and the consequences conserning all of this three fold adventure. "Daedalus's Children" is a well-told action-adventure that will keep the reader's attention till the end as event arise and problems are thrown into the mix you'll read on trying to see if the Enterprise crew is up to the task at hand.I found the book to be quite captivating and it piqued my interest as I read the first 250 pages in the first setting. I couldn't put the book down. If you like the Star Trek-Enterprise television episodic adventure you'll be glad to know this book doesn't disturbe that timeline what-so-ever. Just that we read another well though out adventure.As I've said, this book incorporates the whole Enterprise crew to work closely to solve this adventure, along with the Daedalus's crew as they try to solve a Quantum Universe mysteryI found this book to be better than "Daedalus" David Stern's first book in the series as he really gets all of Enterprise working in this three-fold adventure. For this book, I gave "Daedalus's Children" a solid 5 star rating as it kept the reader involved and into the story. Captivating with intrigue and action-adventure and the story is well-written and keeps the reader engrossed till the end.