| Star Trek: TNG: Losing the Peace |  | Author: William Leisner
Publisher: Star Trek
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 28,417
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: Original
Pages: 384
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
ASIN: B001NLL2YI
Publication Date: June 11, 2009
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Product Description
Fortune has smiled on Lieutenant Jasminder Choudhury, chief of security on the U.S.S Enterprise.™ She has survived. But her homeworld, Deneva, one of the planets targeted in the massive Borg invasion, has not. The entire surface has been wiped clean of everything, killing anyone who did not evacuate and rendering the planet uninhabitable. Choudhury is left to wonder whether her family was one of the displaced. Or are they all gone forever? The Enterprise is just one ship, and Jasminder Choudhury is just one officer, yet her story is being repeated over and over across the galaxy. Hundreds of thousands of displaced persons haunt the space ways, seeking comfort, looking for someplace safe, somewhere, anywhere to find solace. Captain Jean-Luc Picard is ordered to do everything he can to rescue and if need be to recover the lost souls from the Borg invasion. For the first time in generations, citizens of the Federation know want, uncertainty, and fear. Bloodied yet unbowed, the Federation now stands on the edge of a precipice. The captain of the Enterprise finds himself in the unenviable position of wondering whether it is true that those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace.
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 A well-written, emotionally intense, classic installment of Trek July 24, 2009
Bain Sidhe (Illinois, USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I don't usually leave reviews - in fact, this is the first review I've ever written for Amazon - but I'm writing this to counteract the completely unjustified one star review left by another fellow.
Losing the Peace and the Destiny trilogy are by far the best written of the TNG relaunch novels, which gives me great hope for the direction of the series. It seems The Powers That Be have learned from their earlier mistakes *cough cough, Resistance, Before Dishonor, Greater than the Sum cough cough** and are now paying greater attention to the quality of writing. Leisner, as well as being a capable writer, also displays a competent grasp of the characters, none of whom behave in bizarre or OOC ways, as was common in some of the earlier relaunch books. Picard in particular, I'm happy to report, is very much himself in this novel. I quite enjoyed seeing him happy and relaxed and eager to enjoy his life with his wife and soon-to-be-born son.
And speaking of Beverly Crusher, she finally gets her due after having been all but ignored in the 4 TNG feature films. She had a decent part in Resistance and Greater than the Sum, but here she gets a whole subplot to herself, and it's refreshing to see an author really delve into her history and explore her as a character. I would've rather read her musings about her unborn son and her relationship with Picard than flashbacks about Jack, however, since almost all of the novels that have dealt with their relationship and marriage have done so from Picard's POV.
The refugee camp scenes were very well done, and I'm glad Leisner had the courage to portray a less "perfect" side of the Trek universe. Trek's idealism has far too often come across as naive and childish, and Losing the Peace strikes a good balance between a hopeful vision of humanity's good nature and a realistic depiction of a universe in which, inevitably, tragedy and evil occurs. In tone, it resembles a mix of a character-driven episode like "Family" and the political bickering and grim realities of a DS9 episode.
I would recommend this book to any TNG fan, although you might want to read Destiny first, or else it might seem a bit confusing at first.
Well Done August 16, 2009
Diane Bellomo (Baltimore, MD United States)
I see other reviewers have spared me the need to be wordy. That said, I loved the story, mainly because it contained a gritty realism that made perfect sense in the aftermath of the Borg invasion. Federation citizens living in refugee camps is not something you normally expect to read about in a Star Trek novel, and I appreciated the fact that the author was unfraid to tackle the kinds of problems the Federation HAD to have been experiencing after this invasion.
And, yes, well, I liked the P/C. Sue me. We never got it in the series; I'm glad we're finally getting it in the books!
And, yes, well, I got to meet the author at Shore Leave this year. He's very nice to his fans, *and* he autographed my book. That counts for me.
Oh, and yes, well, I liked the cover. I especially liked the look on Worf's face. Credit for "cover art" was given to John Blackford; "cover design" to Alan Dingman. Not sure why such a distinction, but kudos to both for whatever their contributions.
A good follow up to the Destiny Trilogy January 10, 2010
E. Walsh
This was a very well written follow up to the absolutely brilliant Destiny Trilogy. It makes me happy to see that the true after effects of such a devastating war will be gone into, and everything won't just return to good times like normal. Each of the multiple story lines were told very well and I was overall very interested in all of them. My one complaint is that they did not go into the Typhoon Pact at all, which I am really excited to hear more about.
Hard Times Ahead for the Federation June 2, 2010
Matthew A. Mull (Austin Tx)
An imperfect world now begins. The rebuilding, reorganizing and re-tooling of the United Federation of Planets wont be easy since 40% of its population has been wiped out by the Borg. This book does not key in on just one single streaming story but rather a myriad of different scenarios of things going wrong as a result of the war's aftermath. Well written and easy flowing read. Sometimes in the Star Trek world, we tend to forget that human beings have a vunerable side behind all of the slick technology and cunning weapons. William Leisner reminds us that even in a virtual Utopia, human beings still face the same obstacles that they did in centuries past.
Post Borg War Tale July 30, 2009
picardfan007 (USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have to say the author has a firm grasp of the characters. One had to read the Destiny saga to get an understanding of what was happening. Picard, Worf, Geordi and crew are true to the TV show. I did have a problem with the ending though. It was more of continuation of the status quo. I was expecting some breathtaking changes in this book. It might have been Paramount's editor or someone at Pocket Books. I was hoping that this story would be something other than another chapter coming to a close in Picard's command.
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