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 The USA TODAY bestseller—based on the Star Trek TV series—“highly recommended, for any fan of the show…the heart, soul, and mind of Picard” (SciFiPulse).

“Fifteen years ago…you led us out of the darkness. You commanded the greatest rescue armada in history. Then...the unimaginable. What did that cost you? Your faith. Your faith in us. Your faith in yourself. Tell us, why did you leave Starfleet, Admiral?”

Every end has a beginning…and this electrifying novel details the events leading into the new Star Trek TV series, introducing you to brand-new characters featured in the life of Jean-Luc Picard—widely considered to be one of the most popular and recognizable characters in all of science fiction. Adventure Fiction First Contact Genre Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Star Trek
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Admittedly, I found Robert Petkoff's accents and voice changes irritating at first, but it didn't take me long to adjust, and even grow to enjoy his reading style. The story really helps fill in the Romulan Relocation context for Picard's first season, and the frustration and heartbreak experienced by the novel's characters is palpable. I found I gained a greater understanding of, and appreciation for some of the show's characters and their relationships, particularly Raffi, Zani, and Bruce and Agnes. Elnor's role onscreen makes more sense to me now as well.

It isn't a happy story, but I think it's a necessary one to understanding the mission's backstory and how it went so catastrophically bad. I'm certainly glad I gave this one a listen.

ST:Picard makes more sense now

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Story was very good, built up At a good pace it came to a climax around a plot point that wasn't the main plot of the story and then just... Ends with no wrap up no details no conclusion

Hope you don't want any kind of conclusion

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I read some reviews from people who didn't like this book, saying that it is just a bunch of talking heads, people talking in one room after another the whole way through. This is actually true. There isn't a lot of action in this book. Actually, scratch that, there is plenty of action but we don't often get to be a part of it. Instead, we hear a lot of people talking about the action, discussing problems, making plans, etc. It sounds boring, I know. So much so, that I almost didn't buy the book, but now I am so glad I did try it! Despite the bad case of talking head syndrome, the story sucked me right in and I found it more engaging and stimulating than most other books I have read this year. More, The Last Best Hope made me think; about myself, my values, the world. And in my opinion, this is a lot of what makes Star Trek so great.

It may have helped that I listened to the book after I watched the series, so I already had a feel for some of the main characters and the overall situation. I may have not liked it so much if I had just jumped into it before watching the first season.

The only thing that I really didn't like was all the swearing. I don't mind swearing in general but it just really doesn't fit in Star Trek. It felt weird and every time I heard the f-word (which was probably 15 or so times), it really took me out of the story. Other than that, I thought it was fantastic.

I Didn't Want it to End

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As the headline says, I found this wonderful to give me some back story of the build up to the Picard series. I've bought the next book as well (a series of 4 as far as I know) and am looking forward to more filling in my Star Trek needs.

Needed back story for the Picard Series!

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The change in tone and the absence of the Federation are hard to manage when going from TNG (including the movies) to Picard.

The book is a necessary "season 0" that would deserve its own movie or miniseries.

It tells the story of how the Federation drowned by attempting to save a drowning Romulan Empire.

This "post-apocalyptic" Federation will never be the same... Star Trek will never be the same... and that's fucking sad.

The book is a necessary read, not an happy
one.

Essential read to manage the disbelief

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