Gods of the Night - BookWyrm.World

mass market paperback, 352 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 2008 by Pocket Books.

ISBN:: 978-1-4165-5171-3

Half a decade after the Dominion War and more than a year after the rise and fall of Praetor Shinzon, the galaxy's greatest scourge returns to wreak havoc upon the Federation—and this time its goal is nothing less than total annihilation. Elsewhere, deep in the Gamma Quadrant, an ancient mystery is solved. One of Earth's first generation of starships, lost for centuries, has been found dead and empty on a desolate planet. But its discovery so far from home has raised disturbing questions, and the answers harken back to a struggle for survival that once tested a captain and her crew to the limits of their humanity. From that terrifying flashpoint begins an apocalyptic odyssey that will reach across time and space to reveal the past, define the future, and show three captains — Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise, William Riker of the USS Titan, and Ezri Dax of …

Half a decade after the Dominion War and more than a year after the rise and fall of Praetor Shinzon, the galaxy's greatest scourge returns to wreak havoc upon the Federation—and this time its goal is nothing less than total annihilation. Elsewhere, deep in the Gamma Quadrant, an ancient mystery is solved. One of Earth's first generation of starships, lost for centuries, has been found dead and empty on a desolate planet. But its discovery so far from home has raised disturbing questions, and the answers harken back to a struggle for survival that once tested a captain and her crew to the limits of their humanity. From that terrifying flashpoint begins an apocalyptic odyssey that will reach across time and space to reveal the past, define the future, and show three captains — Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise, William Riker of the USS Titan, and Ezri Dax of the USS Aventine—that some destinies are inescapable.

3 editions

Jim Fulner reviewed Gods of the Night by David Mack (undifferentiated) (Star Trek: Destiny, Book I)

The Borg attack across the Alpha/Beta quadaranet with stories from all around

3 stars

I liked Gods of Night. Mack tells the story of the Borg just randomly appearing all throughout Federation space and the battle across multiple quadrants to fight them very interestingly. He goes through a series of 4 chapters at a time, one with each ship/Captain, Enterprise/Picard, Titan/Riker, Aventine/Dax, and one with a flashback to the early 22nd century and the Columbia (NX-02) captained by Ericka Hernedez.

It starts right in the middle of things, so I'm not 100% sure if this is where the Borg attack starts or if there was some other earlier portion of the "Star Trek Relaunch" I should have read to get the whole story, but all-in-all a well told tale. I really am not convinced the Columbia part was absolutely necessary to the story, and much could have been included in the Dax story about the Aventine finding the Columbia, though based on …

I liked Gods of Night. Mack tells the story of the Borg just randomly appearing all throughout Federation space and the battle across multiple quadrants to fight them very interestingly. He goes through a series of 4 chapters at a time, one with each ship/Captain, Enterprise/Picard, Titan/Riker, Aventine/Dax, and one with a flashback to the early 22nd century and the Columbia (NX-02) captained by Ericka Hernedez.

It starts right in the middle of things, so I'm not 100% sure if this is where the Borg attack starts or if there was some other earlier portion of the "Star Trek Relaunch" I should have read to get the whole story, but all-in-all a well told tale. I really am not convinced the Columbia part was absolutely necessary to the story, and much could have been included in the Dax story about the Aventine finding the Columbia, though based on the ending maybe it will be necessary in book 2, we will have to see.

I was spoiled to part of the Titan storyline having already read Over a Torrent Sea.

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