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first review of Shards and Shadows

As noted by kradical and ineti, starri1 has posted his review of the new Star Trek Mirror Universe short-story anthology, Shards and Shadows.

From his remarks about my story, “For Want of a Nail” —

“Given all of my glowing love for just about every one of Mack’s other stories, I think you can fairly safely assume that this story would have had to release flesh-eating beetles from its pages in order for me to not find something to like. Fortunately, while he was poking about in the dark corners, he found something interesting as well, most notably the dynamic Memory Omega superteam of K’Ehleyr and Reg Barclay. Their pairing as work chums (where, of course, Reg is secretly in love with her) who grew up together inside the secret base on Regula I is such a good idea, just because it’s so elegantly simple.”

Be warned, however: The reviewer’s other effusive comments are laden with serious spoilers about many of my story’s twists.

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First review of Mere Mortals

SciFiChick.com has posted the first review (online or in print) of the second book in the Star Trek Destiny trilogy, Mere Mortals.

Its money quote (in my opinion):

Mere Mortals ends on a major cliffhanger that left me on the edge of my seat. I’m eagerly awaiting the conclusion — Lost Souls, set to release in late November. Again, Star Trek fans, don’t miss this crossover trilogy!”

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An LJ review of Gods of Night

My thanks to starri1 for her his review of Star Trek Destiny, Book I: Gods of Night.

Ze “money quote” —

“When David Mack said this was going to be epic in scale, he wasn’t kidding.

I mean, this makes his work on Vanguard seem positively provincial by comparison.”

Sweet!

ETA: Another LJ-based review, this one from VoxBomb (aka Julio Angel Ortiz).

Its quotes de money:

“[Mack] does an amazing job in developing the Caeliar. The Caeliar are the kind of race that one expects to find in great science fiction: they inspire a sense of awe and wonder.”

“[T]he Borg return to their elite status as Trek’s most fearsome enemies. Mack does a great job of setting the stage for the epic battle, including a few vignettes from the battle lines. The reader is left with no doubt about the scope of what is at stake, and knowing that there is no reset button at the end of this tale makes it all the more thrilling and disturbing.”

Titan’s tale features some of the most heart-wrenching writing I have read in Trek literature. As a father, reading Riker and Troi’s struggle was hard. This is powerful writing, in particular Troi’s counseling session. While the scientific and exploratory portions of the Titan’s story (and how they begin to tie-in with the wider arc of Destiny) are very well done, the character-focused moments on board Titan carry the biggest punch (train, meet rabbit).”

Mega-sweet!

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