Chains of Command (Star Trek Next Generation 21): Chains of Command

This novel has a very good idea behind it, and there is an adequate amount of action, an adequate amount of verbal sparring, and an adequate amount of ethical ambiguity to keep things interesting. The characterizations are handled well, although I will admit that those for the non-Enterprise characters are handled slightly better than those for the regular characters. The writing is smooth and professional, with few if any of the sloppy proofreading errors so common in mass-market adventure novels in general, and Star Trek novels in particular.My only quibble is that the ending seemed a bit abrupt and pat, but only a bit. Just barely enough to make the rating four stars instead of five.

This early Star Trek The Next Generation numbered novel can certainly be counted among the best. This is also the only novel by these two authors, W.A. McCay and E.L. Flood, which is too bad considering that with this early STNG novel, they set up an intriguing, well paced plot and carried it through to fruition quite nicely, which was somewhat rare with the earlier STNG numbered novels.As cover art goes, for the early Star Trek The Next Generation novels, this is a decent but not too remarkable one, although it is among the rare ones with Dr. Beverly Crusher on it.The premise:The Enterprise is exploring a remote and devastated group of Class M (Munshara) planets when they receive a distress call from a group of what they find to be human slaves on a remote and quite forbidding glacial planet. When the slaves revolt, Captain Picard is unable to help them but they succeed despite the lack of Federation assistance. With the revolt over and the overseers successfully put down, Captain Picard and the slaves soon learn that the true controllers are coming to reclaim their property.What follows is an extremely interesting and well told story, to include an Avian type race. I'd definitely recommend this particular early STNG novel to any and all fans of Star Trek fiction as it will make an excellent addition to your Star Trek library. {ssintrepid}

Star Trek - The Next Generation: Chains of Command written by Bill McCay and Eloise Flood is an interesting story as the U.S.S. Enterprise and her crew explore a remote sector of space, they run acrossed a group of devastated class-M planets and wonder what had happened. As the story progresses the Enterprise receives as distress call from a glacial world... and the call is from humans. Human occupation is not supposed to be this far out in remote space, but nevertheless, humans are calling for assistance. Now, the Enterprise crew becomes involved and finds out that there are human slaves on the forbidding world. But the ultimate slave masters are a big yellow avian race... known by the slaves as chickens but they are known as Tseetsk. It seems that the Tseetsk have been in this sector of space for a very long time and have digressed throughout the years due to an ongoing war that has pretty much devastated this sector of space. All in all, this story will captivate you as you become engrossed into the story and the resolution to this story is quite novel. This is a solid 4 star book and has some unique parts as the Enterprise and her crew fall into the middle of a conflict.

I recommend the book be read, but don't expect a blockbuster like Vendetta or Imzadi. The book is a little slow at the beginning, but does pick up as the story progresses. If you like a lot of political action, then this book has some good twists. Also, it introduces the reader to a new alien race with an interesting history.

I would recomend this book to anyone who likes star trek or science-fiction! It was well written and I can't wait for more books written by this author!