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Hearts and Minds

Written by: Dayton Ward
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
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 An electrifying thriller from New York Times bestselling author Dayton Ward, set in the Star Trek: The Next Generation universe.

2031: United States Air Force fighter jets shoot down an unidentified spacecraft and take its crew into custody. Soon, it’s learned that the ship is one of several dispatched across space by an alien species, the Eizand, to search for a new home before their own world becomes uninhabitable. Fearing extraterrestrial invasion, government and military agencies which for more than eighty years have operated in secret swing into action, charged with protecting humanity no matter the cost...

2386: Continuing their exploration of the Odyssean Pass, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Starship Enterprise discover what they at first believe is a previously uncharted world, with a civilization still recovering from the effects of global nuclear war. An astonishing priority message from Starfleet Command warns that there’s more to this planet than meets the eye, and Picard soon realizes that the mysteries of this world may well weave through centuries of undisclosed human history... Adventure First Contact Military Science Fiction Space Opera Star Trek Fiction Interstellar
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The story is nice and the performance of really good, but there’s a weird recurring interaction between the characters and the narrative, where the narrative provides some background on the historical context of what’s happening, which then gets rounded off by the internal narrative of one of the characters. For example (…) the Enterprise had to leave with its tail tucked between its legs … (then in Geordi’s voice) “or its warp core tucked between its nacelles, whatever”. It’s annoying, yanks the listener out of the story and doesn’t fit well with the characters. It also becomes repetitive.

Some characters’ narratives also don’t fit their on-screen personalities very well. Picard, for example, is far more impulsive and emotional than in any of the series or movies.

Nice story, but annoying “breaking the fourth wall” moments

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I really enjoyed the story and the performance of the narrator. He does a very good interpretation of Picard and Worf.

Great story and performance.

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I love Star Trek, but this book with its long and drawn out back in forth between timelines and chapters was too much for me. I did like the idea of the story, but it’s not quite original now is it? In regard to the performances? Sub standard, I did not feel the conviction in what they were saying.

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