Warpath (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

One Founder, however, has dared to wonder.

Appointed by Odo himself to learn peaceful coexistence aboard Deep Space 9 ™, Taran'atar, an Honored Elder among the Jem'Hadar, had for months been a staunch, if conflicted, ally to the crew of the station, ever struggling to understand the mission on which he was sent . . . until something went horrifically wrong.

Consumed by self-doubt and an ever-growing rage, Taran'atar has lashed out against those he was sworn to aid. While Captain Kira Nerys and Lieutenant Ro Laren both lie near death aboard DS9, their assailant has taken a hostage and fled into Cardassian space, pursued by Commander Elias Vaughn on the U.S.S. Defiant. But as the hunt unfolds, Taran'atar's true objective becomes increasingly less certain, as the rogue Jem'Hadar leads the Defiant to a discovery even more shocking than his crime.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

intriguing but confusing, 2007-09-24
I throughly enjoyed following the suspenseful story of Taran'atar. It was a great follow up to the last book of the series but left out anything about Odo and the ramifications of what happened with the great link. There was excellent character development, Sisko makes an appearance in this story but doesn't play a strong role.

There are so many questions waiting to be answered after this. The hierarchy on Deep Space Nine may be changed dramatically forever because of what happened. Also, after a point I thought that the relationship between Ro Lauren and Quark was pretty much over, but not after this. A major incident which happened fostered a strong bond between the two. The biggest question is what is Taran'atar doing and why? The confusing part was when the author inserted a story from a parallel universe or alternate reality which has Kira in it. Apparently, Kira is a renigade but also a war leader and one of the characters in the parallel universe made contact with Vaughn Elias. It appears as if the Deep Space Nine series will focus on the alternate universe story involving Kira for a while. I've seen the cover of the next book "Fearful Symmetry". It has a picture of Kira as a Cardassian on one side and her as a Bajoran on the other.


0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

It dragged!, 2007-09-19
The end and other scenes were confusing. An interesting plot line, but the story was a little disappointing and unclear details dragged, there was also more graphic content than needed.


2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

Certainly decent, but not much more. [some spoilers], 2007-04-24
I'm a huge fan of the DS9 relaunch, and I was eagerly anticipating this book as a continuation of the exciting storyline the various authors had established. However, after the great descriptions and plots of the previous books, especially the "Mission: Gamma" and "Worlds of DS9" series, I was very much disappointed by "Warpath". Like "Unity", the book does advance the plot, and provide some excellent action scenes, but not much else - it definitely does not share the depth and stand-alone nature of the other books. Furthermore, the author liberally reuses a number of plot ideas from previous Star Trek novels, such as the melodrama between Vaughn and Prynn, Ro and Quark. I also intensely disliked the ending, came totally out of nowhere, and didn't expand the DS9 universe at all, something the previous books were excellent at accomplishing. I hope the next installment follows the path established by the previous novels, instead of this new trend.


2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

Good direction, but hurried, 2007-01-08
Mack definitely knows DS9 and the characters. The direction he took for new Jem'Hadar character is definitely refreshing. But, the story seems to have been written (or maybe edited) in a hurry to tie up loose ends, rather than tell a standalone story.


3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

Melodrama to spare..., 2006-12-23
I've read all but three of the DS9 novels so far (12 total, I think) and I can say that without a doubt, this is by far the WORST novel I've read in the entire series. For those who ever tried to defend Trek novels as actually having literary merit, David Mack decided to make a shallow mockery of us.

Do you remember in third grade how teachers tried to tell you that you should use as many adjectives as possible in your stories? This guy took that lesson way too far. Every word must have it's own melodramatic adjective. Unimaginative phrases like "a wind as cold as death" are littered all over this book. I found myself having to skip over entire paragraphs of melodramatic descriptions that weren't even relevent to the story. In one instance, he goes so far as to compare a Klingon ship to a Christmas tree... And I don't even want to begin to go into the horrors of his descriptions of the celestial temple. Where did this guy learn to write?

To his credit, he writes action scenes fairly well. It's only when he gets into one of his 'descriptive moods' that we find ourselves wondering if this guy just sits at his desk with a list of adjectives and then tries to throw them into his sentences after they've been written.

Read the book if you want to keep reading the DS9 series, but don't read for entertainment value. You will be sorely disappointed.

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