Boldly Reading Book Club #8 – Lower Deck Tales: Celestial Fire

Boldly Reading Book Club #8 – Lower Deck Tales: Celestial Fire Our next Boldly Reading Book Club selection is CeJay’s Lower Deck Tales: Celestial Fire . The story is rated T. There is a warning for violence. Introducing Lower Deck Tales: Celestial Fire Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience. ~ George Washington The Characters The cast is small, and easy to follow. After an introduction of the conflict with its attendant press conference, we meet the family. There’s Kerra and Vince Owens and their son, Rhory. Kerra and Rhory are involved with Starfleet. Afterwards, we follow Rhory and his less than conventional position and tasks. I won’t go into details so as to avoid spoilers but suffice it to say...

Boldly Reading Book Club #7 – An Accipiter tale – A Question of Survival

Boldly Reading Book Club #7 – An Accipiter tale – A Question of Survival Our next Boldly Reading Book Club selection is Miranda Fave ‘s An Accipiter tale – A Question of Survival . The story is rated T. Introducing An Accipiter tale – A Question of Survival Accipiter is the group of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae; many of them are named as goshawks and sparrow hawks. Our story begins with a simple designation – Day 87. Day 87 of what? The Characters The cast is small, and easy to follow. There’s Caitlyn Ryan and an unnamed Cardassian. And no one else. Talking Points Caitlyn is almost used to what’s happening to her. Without giving away too many spoilers, the main genre is horror. Something awful is happening to her....

Boldly Reading Book Club #6 – Matters of the Heart

Boldly Reading Book Club #6 – Matters of the Heart Our next Boldly Reading Book Club selection is M C Pehrson’s Matters of the Heart. The story is rated T. Introducing Matters of the Heart The story opens with the aftermath of the film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Lauren Fielding’s beach house needs repairs, as do a lot of other places, after the damage done by the mysterious probe (spoiler for the film: the probe was eventually stopped by whale song). Lauren thinks back to someone she misses. That person turns out to be Spock. At the same time, the post-resurrection Spock is thinking of someone. That person turns out to be Lauren. The book takes place within the Original Series film universe, after Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, and more...

Boldly Reading Book Club #5 – Their Finest Hour: Fire and Rain, Parts One and Two by Funngunner

Boldly Reading Book Club #5 – Their Finest Hour: Fire and Rain, Parts One and Two by Funngunner Our next Boldly Reading Book Club selection is Funngunner’s Their Finest Hour: Fire and Rain, Part One and Part Two. The stories are both rated T. They take place during the ENT time frame. Introducing Their Finest Hour: Fire and Rain, Parts One and Two In canon, the Xindi attacked Earth and killed seven million people, and created a huge gash in the planet, stretching from Florida down and into South America. The attack itself was shown for less than a minute on television. In canon, the Enterprise crew deal with the aftermath. But they weren’t on the ground. The Characters The cast is small, and easy to follow. There are, mainly, JJ Carmichael,...

Boldly Reading Book Club #4 – Indiscriminate Dust

Boldly Reading Book Club #4 – Indiscriminate Dust Our next Boldly Reading Book Club selection is Niobium’s Indiscriminate Dust . The story is rated K+. Introducing Indiscriminate Dust It’s after Star Trek: Into Darkness, and the Alternate TOS crew is on its mission of exploration. The landing party is on an unnamed planet. There are numerous ruins, of dubious structural integrity. Spock, as in both TOS and AOS, finds himself holding Captain Kirk back a little, from just jumping in. But at least, this time, Kirk holds himself back. And then he and Uhura find a second location, which is more structurally stable. Looking inside, though, they find something else. Whoa. Let’s back up a second. The planet is deserted, seemingly utterly bereft of intelligent life....

Boldly Reading Book Club #3 – ST Restoration Volume I – Redemption

Boldly Reading Book Club #3 – ST Restoration Volume I – Redemption Our next Boldly Reading Book Club selection is Captain Sarine’s ST Restoration Volume I – Redemption. The story is rated T. Introducing Redemption It is 10 years since the end of the Dominion Occupation. The Alpha and Beta Quadrants are fractured, the powers of the former centuries broken and seemingly powerless. The United Federation of Planets has been destroyed, replaced by a much more fragile Federation of Allied Worlds. Yesterday’s friends have become today’s enemies, while yesterday’s enemies may yet become today’s friends. Launched into this volatile new order, the USS Redemption is the flagship of a new age. Captained by a half-human, half-Romulan former freedom fighter, the...