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 | Q&A by Keith R. A. DeCandido | Reviewed by Kara Hash | |
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| Publisher: Pocket Books
http://www.pocketbooks.com ISBN: 1416527419 Genre: fiction Subgenre: science fiction Release date: Sept 2007 Format: Mass market paperback Pages: 304 Price: $7.99 | |||
| Q&A is an astonishingly complex tale about the end of the world. Author Keith R. A. DeCandido takes the popular world of Star Trek: The Next Generation and weaves a tale set after Star Trek: Nemesis, where Jean-Luc Picard has taken command of a new Enterprise ship with a new crew—new faces and old appear as characters for those familiar with the Star Trek world. The mischievous Q is both hero and antagonist, for he is again apparently toying with the crew, but might he have an important reason for his appearance this time? It seems he does, but can Jean-Luc find out what it is before calamity strikes? Find out the answer by picking up this fantastic book.
Q&A is a wild ride of a book, breathtaking in scope, and utterly impossible to put down as you near the end. The new characters become familiar and comfortable quickly; and the old characters are deeply, clearly well-drawn by the author. He skillfully weaves Q’s previous appearances in the television series into the book and leads you to understand them as an overarching plot by Q to save the world by the end of the book. There is, of course, Q’s signature humor sprinkled throughout, in perfect pitch. Mr. DeCandido’s mastery of Q and Jean-Luc as characters gives the book such a fun tone and so much depth that it is quite easy to picture the entire thing happening. It becomes a visual and sensory delight as you travel through the book with the characters and encounter the puzzles they encounter and try to solve each one with them. The book’s strength is easily its voice. The dialogue is flawless, and the writing becomes invisible after a time as the characters come to life and speak for themselves. You can easily tell that the author knows his characters and the universe within which they reside; and the plot races towards an inevitable climax with increasing speed until the final breathless climax, with the best last line ever. The final scene between Jean-Luc and Q is probably the best payoff scene that I have ever read in a book. Q&A will appeal to those who love a rich setting, lots of colorful characters, and, of course, those who are fans of the Star Trek universe. It is engaging, the writing is witty and colorful, and the author has an excellent mastery of those characters we all know and love—and introduces some new ones that you will not soon forget. I rate this book a five out of five stars; and if you haven’t read it yet, you absolutely should. | |||
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