Ghost Dance

by Christie Golden

Book Overview

Starship Voyager is contaminated with dark matter and is leaving a deadly trail right across the Delta Quadrant. Malevolent forces are plotting against Voyager and the captain is forced to retrace the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671035835
• ISBN13: 9780671035839
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

STV #20 Ghost Dance Dark Matters II - Absolutely intriguing!

"Ghost Dance" is the second book in Christie Golden's Dark Matters trilogy and as good as the first one, "Cloak and Dagger" was, "Ghost Dance" is that much better. As "Cloak and Dagger" established the premise in which the author chose the character of Romulan scientist Telek R'Mor from Star Trek Voyager's first season episode of "Eye of the Needle" and the events of that episode and has expounded upon them beautifully in this trilogy; "Ghost Dance" takes the tale much further and gets into the heart of the subject.The most impressive aspect of this and third novel is where the first novel established the premise of the entire trilogy, this second novel is where the true intrigue and the overall compelling nature of the story as a whole kicks in. As I casually read the first novel, this approach was unacceptable for the second as this trilogy turned into a true page turner!The cover art for this second Dark Matters novel is on par with the first novel and a cut above the rest of the novels published at that time.The Premise:In "Cloak and Dagger" we learned that an individual named Lhiau who claimed to be a member of a race known as the Shepherds established contact with the Romulan Empire of twenty years in Voyager's past and that he more or less brought them an offer "they couldn't refuse." His primary contact with the Romulans was established through Jekri Kaleh, the chairman of the Tal Shiar, the Romulan's super secretive security organization. Armed with "superior" cloaking technology given to them by Lhiau, they intended to open a wormhole to the Delta Quadrant and send thirteen Warbirds to seize control of the technologically advanced Voyager..."Ghost Dance" easily picks up where "Cloak and Dagger" left off, although there is one minor distraction which is the "cleverly" played retrospective of the first novel, just in case somebody decides to start this brilliant Trek trilogy with the second novel instead of the first one.With "Ghost Dance," Christie Golden's talents as an author shine even more brilliantly as she takes us even deeper into the political intrigue involving the Chairman of the Tal Shiar, Jekri Kaleh; an extremely well written and developed character that more or less carries the story. Along with the exceptionally well written Jekri Kaleh parts, the author's skill in fast paced, narrative and action driven Trek fiction shine as she takes us through Captain Janeway and her crews steps in solving the many problems caused by the rogue Shepherds release of mutated Dark Matter upon their universe and the wonderfully well told sub plot of Chakotay and Paris's experiences after Chakotay dragged them through a "portal" to an unknown planet...I highly recommend this and the other two novels in the trilogy as author Christie Golden, with this trilogy once again proved why she is one of Star Trek's premier authors. She is truly capable of some of the most creative story telling in the world of Trek fiction! {ssintrepid}

My Intro To Voyager

This was the book that sucked me into the Voyager books. Yes, I started with the middle of a series, but why not? It got me interested. The book is wonderfully written, as is the rest of the series with action and adventure. The end of the book bothered me a bit but I have read all three 3 times. I deffinatly recomend them to all Trek lovers out there.

great

this is great. but you need to read cloak and dagger to understand what is happening.

Read this one and part 3 together - don't NOT get part 3

The book continues to build depth to book two's story line very well. I felt at the end though that you would kick yourself if you knew you couldn't get hold of book 3. William Shatner tends to close off his ongoing saga books to the point where you could stop there if you wanted, yet he also tags it as an effective bridge to the next (expected/upcoming) book.Well done to Bill- not so well done to Christie. Still a good story and worth going on to book 3. Collect the whole set and DON'T lend them out to untrusted aquaintences.

Still Impressed!

The second book of this trilogy keeps up the promise of the first as Chakotay and Tom Paris have been ripped away from their friends on Voyager and tossed onto a new planet. Their first contact with these people is harsh and painful, but plans are made to retrieve them by another possible set of allies. Back on Voyager, the crew is set forth by a higher evolved species to go and cleanse the Delta Quadrant of dark matter. Helped by the Romulan scientist and an alien that they found they begin to delve into the instrument they have been given and go forth on their quest. Poor Harry Kim takes it in the heart again when he falls in love with the new alien woman. Her society is technologically advanced and she wants nothing to do with natural things. Some of those things near and dear to Harry's heart. In the Alpha Quadrant, there is plenty of political intrique with the Romulan court and the head of the Tal Shiar. Once again, with this new setup of stories extending two or more novels, there is plenty to sink your teeth into. I find myself looking more and more for the next novel to come out. I can only hope that this new view extends into the new year!