The Badlands, Book 1 (Star Trek)

by Susan Wright

Book Overview

Located dangerously near the Cardassian border, the unstable region of space known as the Badlands has long been a hazard to interstellar navigation, characterized by violent plasma storms and other... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671039571
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Star Trek
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.5" x 1.0" x 3.3"

Customer Reviews

Star Trek The Badlands Book One of Two Another great Trek!

Part 1Star TrekPart one takes place in 2268. Captain Kirk and the Enterprise are ordered to a set of coordinates that are way outside of Federation space. The mission: intercept and detain a smuggler that is supposed to be heading towards those coordinates. That smuggler is supposed to be smuggling plasma beam weapon technology. Once the Enterprise arrives, they discover the Badlands which to this point had not been discovered by the Federation. Captain Kirk is given credit for naming this space phenomenon "The Badlands." Captain Kirk eventually finds himself dealing with a Romulan smuggler, a Klingon D-7 cruiser and a mysterious radiation that is affecting his crew.Part 2Star Trek The Next GenerationPart two takes place in 2368. The Enterprise is ordered to survey the Badlands. Once there, Captain Picard dispatches Commander's Riker and Data in the shuttlecraft Hawking to explore the Badlands. Upon completing their survey, they discover that their navigational grid is down and have to find a way out of the Badlands and back to the Enterprise. Unfortunately for Riker and Data, the warp and impulse engines are down and they encounter the Cardassians who gladly insist on helping them. Overall, these first two stories are extremely well written, albeit short, Trek stories that are in good keeping with Susan Wright's excellent writing style. She has definitely become one of the top Trek writers. In reference to some of the other reviews, the minor mistakes that are pointed out, are exactly that, minor and easily dismissible. This is good Star Trek that I recommend to any and all fans.

Good acually

Although most of those who have written reviews for this book would seem quite likely tom disagree with me I belive this to be a very good book.As is Badlands 2