To Storm Heaven

by Esther M. Friesner and Lois Tilton

Book Overview

When Lelys, ambassador of the plague-ridden colony planet of Orakisa, approaches the Federation seeking help for her dying world, the U.S.S. Enterprise speeds to the rescue. Captain Picard and his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671568388
• ISBN13: 9780671568382
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Star Trek
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Unremarkable but well-written story.

This was a perfectly mediocre, run-of-the-mill Star Trek story, written well enough to get it up into the above-average, "worth the read if there's nothing better to do" category. The sub-plot with Worf & the hamster was just silly and didn't really do Worf's character justice, the sub-plot of the search for the herb needed for medical treatment was formulaic in its existence and predictable in its conclusion, the diplomatic breakthrough seemed extremely contrived & unlikely, but still, the story was a fun read if far from exceptional.

Interesting

Despite several bad reviews of this book, I have to say I really enjoyed it. It was a refreshing change from the normal space battles and plots that usually are written. Since I consider myself a Historian of the Future, my only complaint was the lack of specified time periods between past events. That made it difficult to place events in the timeline.

ST-TNG: To Storm Heaven

Star Trek - The Next Generation: TO Storm Heaven written by Esther Friesner is really a well-written book contrary to what has been said here in these reviews. If your looking for action-adventure there isn't much in this story as the main character is Geordi LaForge in this book.If you're looking for a story with imagination and a good storyline this is the book for you... no blood and guts. As this is well trodden path, a planet with a plague, the way the author puts a few twists and turns along the way into the story to keep you interested. There are Prime Directive issues in this book and there is a union of Skerrian daughterworlds along with planet-wide intrigue.All in all, I found this book to be a good fast read and it was a refreshing that we didn't have to read about space battles, but battles of a different kind as the search for the cure for a plague is found underfoot. If you want to read an intriguingly different type of story this book will be for you. I gave this book a solid 4 stars just for that reason. As interesting as the tapestry of TREK is, this book adds to the TREK universe in a positive way.