Captain's Table Omnibus (Star Trek: Captain's Table) Book

This substantial volume brings together six novels, all set in The Captain's Table, a bar where ships' captains from many worlds throughout history can gather to drink, talk and brawl. The price of the first round of drinks is always a story. And so each captain settles back and spins a yarn. Captains Kirk and Sulu meet some unusual reptilian aliens in an intriguing adventure, while Picard goes undercover in search of a missing Starfleet officer and a legendary Cardassian treasure in a fast-moving tale. Sisko's brush with a mysterious race of invisible aliens, on the other hand, is slow and talky. The pace picks up again as Janeway describes her experiences as a deck-hand aboard the ship of a comparatively low-tech culture where, marooned, she has to work her way up from the bottom. Peter David's creation, Mackenzie Calhoun, relates his experiences as First Officer of the Grissom under the vengeful Captain Kenyon, and Christopher Pike searches for the origins of a species of space-faring whales. Most of these adventures are well-written, with some excellent aliens, and their first-person narration gives a more intimate feel than most Star Trek novels. Weighing in at a hefty 1143 pages, it's very good value for money.--Elizabeth SourbutRead More