The Farther Shore: Book Two of Two

Now, with a little help from the Starship Enterprise ™, Admiral Janeway must reunite her crew in a desperate, last-ditch attempt to discover the true source of the contagion and save Earth itself from total assimilation into a voracious new Borg Collective.

But time is running out.

Has Voyager come home only to witness humanity's end?

As "The Father Shore" begins right where "Homecoming" left off we are in the middle of a conspiracy, the Voyager crew is being questioned, some of the crew are in prison (the Doctor, Seven and Icheb) and there is a hologram strike as the people of Earth try to cope with a cut in services. But, that is only half of the adventure as B'Lanna Torres is searching for her mother on Boreth a highly religious planet in the Klingon Empire, there is also a Borg virus spreading on Earth.

There is suspense, intrigue, and mystery in this book as the Voyager crew trys its best to solve these trials by fire that have erupted since their return. I found the story to be very engrossing and entertaining as I read through the book... I didn't want to put it down as the adventure kept my interest and I wanted to find out what happens next.

If you're a TREK fan, Christie Golden's two part series will keep you very well entertained. I just hope that this relaunch of Voyager will continue as the members of the Voyager crew lead their lives on Earth, Vulcan and Boreth. The book leaves some very interesting possibilities opened for the author or others to explore.

The character development and the plot were excellent... there are some real good twists in this book and I'm not going to ruin it for you. "The Farther Shore" is a solid 5 star book as it will shake the reader up, just like the author intended, and make you think along the read. Being an avid Star Trek reader, I must say, "Homecoming and The Farther Shore" are a welcome addition to the Star Trek genre known as Voyager.


quenches your thirst   June 29, 2003
8 out of 10 found this review helpful

The second book of the Homecoming adventures picks up from where book one left off. However, with all the catchup handled in the first book you get right into the meat as soon as the second book begins.

Finally, after a bit of inaction in the first book the Voyager crew gets back together and starts moving. Our favorite charactes are once again put together and put in a familiar setting. It was great having them back on Voyager and working in their old posistions.

The books ends comfortably enough, giving readers the feeling that all has been wrapped up nicely. Most fans of the TV show loved how it ended but have been left wanting to find out more. Even after the first book, I had the feeling that I needed more and wondered how they would all move on after such a huge adventure. I have to say that this book quenched my thirst for info on my favorite crew and TV show, although it would be great to see them in movies and even more follow up books. I think most readers will feel comfortable with how all ends up.

As a reviewer stated from the first book, the plot is not all that original with the Borg and all and it almost was too easy and making Libby into a super spy was a bit much. However, I don`t know if we who were waiting for this book were really looking for a great plot in as much as we were looking to find out what happened to all these people we almost grew to know over the past seven years on TV. If you were looking for the later, as I was, you won`t be disapointed.


The Farther Shore- Best Voyager book yet by far   December 10, 2003
Sam M (Colorado)
First, I'll say, this was up to par with Echoes, my other favorite Voyager book, and kind of dark like Echoes... I recommend both. When you read the Farther Shore, it seems like Homecoming was just a prologue, this one is where the real story begins. The story gives good detail to what's going on with each Voyager character (well, except Neelix, but that's a given). Favorite part: definatly B'Elanna's quest... which ends, well... rather sadly and.. graphicly but it's great closure. And theres a gut wrenching twist in the middle. From then on... completely suspenseful. The only bad thing, I would say... is that it lacked... *proper closure* (for a P/T fan, anyway), but left it open for more adventures.


Star Trek with Seven   September 5, 2008
jello jiggler queen (nc)
Excellent book, tied in lots of different events and had twists that I was pleasantly surprised by. Both my son and I enjoyed it and look forward to more from this author.


A FINALE TRULY FITING OF STAR TREK VOYAGER!   December 11, 2009
kawaylon (california)
This book is wonderful end to the voyager series and way better than endgame was. It closed up the fate of this crew we watched for seven years very well. It also had some very cool stand alone points as well. to miss/mrs. golden i give 10/10 and hope you make more trek stories in the future. i have bought the spirit walk books 1+2 for the reason she wrote such a great story.