Star Trek Voyager: Homecoming #2: The Farther Shore [NOOK Book]

Looking forward to this story's resolution

Captain Chakotay takes command of Voyager, the starship that was his home through seven years in the Delta Quadrant, following its complete refit. Once again the ship carries a mixed crew, but this time the tension isn't between Starfleet and Maquis. This split is between returning crew members, who shared the long journey with Chakotay, and those who spent the last seven years in an Alpha Quadrant where the horrific Dominion War recently ended. Chakotay knows that he's received his first command only thanks to Admiral Kathryn Janeway's impassioned advocacy. He also knows that although he has many old friends with him, he doesn't have Lieutenant Commander Tom Paris as his first officer because Starfleet absolutely refused to chance two former Maquis on the same ship. Instead he has Andrew Ellis, an officer so by-the-book that the young man's nickname is Priggy. Also sharing this new journey are Chief of Security Harry Kim, Chief Engineer Vorik, Chief Helm Officer Lyssa Campbell, and - from the first two Voyager relaunch books, although not from the series - Trill physician Jarem Kaz. When Chakotay's sister, Sekaya, joins the expedition as spiritual advisor to the displaced colonists Voyager is returning to their home world, he's delighted. But something is wrong; and initially, at least, an obviously troubled Sekaya won't tell him what. In subplot threads the book also follows Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres on the Klingon sacred moon Boreth; Harry Kim's secret agent and concert musician girlfriend, Libby, on Earth; and Admiral Janeway, who gets a break from her desk job at Starfleet Command when she's assigned to prevent several disillusioned planets from leaving the Federation. By this book's end (an excellent cliffhanger) I could see hints of how the author plans to pull all the threads together. I was especially pleased that the plot grew naturally out of events Voyager fans will remember from the series. I wasn't as happy to have Libby and Akolo Tare - the latter a new character introduced by Golden - still around, but I enjoyed the other holdovers from her first Voyager relaunch duology. I'm very much looking forward to this one's second volume and the story's resolution.

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I recommend this book

As I read this book it felt as if I was still watching the series and that it did not miss a beat. The auther did a good job will look for more from her.

Hawkeyeseumas

An intriguing book about post-Voyager life

Not what I expected but it's a fun, mild read.

Love this book!!

This book is great! Followed every episode when it was on tv. It was nice to see the characters after they made it home. Just wish the book could have been longer, more to the story. It went by very quick. Look forward to part two!!!!

Good Stort, Bad formatted ebook

I like the story, but the ebook formatting is really bad with margins being larger than they should be and missing spaces between words. If not for that I would have rated it higher.

Thanks!

This is my first e-book read and my first novel in years. I grew up with Voyager and the series finale did amything but fulfill my desire to see the crew safely home. I spent my teenage years watching this crew on TV and this book finally gave me an exciting glimpse at how the shoe SHOULD have ended. I applaud the author in her creative vision and an incredible dedication to bringing the crew of the Starship Voyager home the way they should have been. I just purchased the next book in this story and can not wait to eelve into its ePages! A great read for any lover of Star Trek and especially for the fans of Captain Janeeay and the gallant crew of the U.S.S. Voyager!

i always wondered!

i wished the series hadnt ended so abruptly. i loved this book because it continues exactly where u want it to. i feel satisfied now. no more lingiring questions. a great finality to a great series. too bad they didnt make this a movie.

This author really has a grasp of the characters.

For some strange reason I had the impression that this book was not very good. I suppose it was a review I read years ago. This book is fantastic, I loved how the author conveyed the characters so well. Often there are novels where you can feel an inconsistency in the personality or "thoughts" of these characters you have personally taken time to get to know.

I can't wait to get to the next book.

One complaint; it is rather short for the price. One almost gets the impression that this and the second novel were one whole book, divided to make more money.

NOT 288pp ONLY 190pp -- real disappointment!! Should be priced at $3 - $4. Written like a TV episode, not a novel. -- And I'm a 'Trek' fan.

NOT 288pp ONLY 190pp -- real disappointment!! Should be priced at $3 - $4. Written like a TV episode, not a novel. -- And I'm a 'Trek' fan.

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This book and sequel should be made into a MOVIE!!!!

Somebody call producer/director J.J. Abrams, or any Star Trek movie maker genius, to make this book and its sequel into a two part movie. Both books are awesome to read. Plus the movie would give women a chance to shine as a Captain on a starship. For female fans; it would allow them to see a woman in charge on a starship on the big screen for the first time ever. Plus it would allow some fans to see Seven-of-Nine again in a role that would show her continued growth as an individual after being a Borg for so long.

Great Book

This is a great book and a great 2nd part to Star Trek Homecoming. It was great to know what happened with the characters after the TV series went off the air. The plot of the story was great, very exciting and dramatic with all the Borg talk and fear of Voyagers return home.

Just Like The show

Being a fan of the show when the series aired, I was very interested in finding out what happened with the characters when they returned home. This book gave me that and much more. It was nice to be taken to a fantasy world when today¿s reality is frightening.

Movie Material

This was such a cool book! In my opinion, they should make a movie out of it. You don't even HAVE to read the first book. . . it's like reading a new book, not a series. It explains what happened to the heroic crew of the starship Voyager.

IT WAS AWESOME

If you love ST. Voyager you'll love this book it was totaly awesome, and by far my favorite Voyager book of all the ones that i've read.

This is Golden at her Trek-author best.

Captain Chakotay of Voyager and his sister, shaman-trained Sekaya, begin this duology's second installment where we left them at the first book's end. Imprisoned on the apparently abandoned colony world Loran II's surface, in the hands of the supposedly dead Cardassian scientist Crell Moset. Delivered there by a shapeshifting 'Founder' who has spent years trapped in the form of a respected Starfleet officer, who now assumes Chakotay's identity and orders Voyager's immediate departure for Earth. Which will leave the real captain and his sister to die in Moset's laboratory, whether from the Butcher of Bajor's horrific research or afterward - because Moset can't afford to let witnesses live. Meanwhile, Admiral Kathryn Janeway's mission to persuade several seceding worlds to remain in the United Federation of Planets is not going well. On the Klingon sacred moon Boreth, B'Elanna Torres continues researching her baby daughter's heritage as the fulfillment of ancient prophecy, after her husband Tom Paris joins Janeway's mission; and on Earth, concert musician and Starfleet spy Libby Webber makes a discovery that's connected to both the admiral's diplomatic assignment and the events unfolding aboard Voyager. This is Golden at her Trek-author best. The story's threads come together in ways that surprise the reader without blindsiding, and the characters we Voyager fans already know so well behave exactly as they should. The new characters Golden introduced in her first Voyager re-launch duology manage to play major parts without making me resent the pages they occupy, although I'm still not sure what she has in mind for Akolo Tare. That's one of several plot threads that aren't tied up neatly. This is fine with me, since I know more books are coming. Although Enemy of My Enemy has a satisfying conclusion, it ends with a twist that has me asking with pleasant anticipation, 'But what's going to happen next?'

Awsome book!

This book Rocks! I cant wait to read book two!

Best Star Trek Literature I Have Ever Read

Seriously. I couldn't believe how true to the series this book was. It felt like reading an episode (a REALLY good one). If you are a fan of Voyager, I highly recommend it. I have not one bad thing to say about it.

I would give it 10 stars!!!!

Ok.. of all the VOY books I have read This by far is the best one.... I would recommend this to anyone who liked VOY and the final episode 'endgame' ..... ITs Worth every shingle character.

cant wait

cant wait to see what the finale will be...for sure you need to read homecoming first, but a few of us at startrekfans.net will be discussing it..so good reading!

great book

very good story short and sweet.