Contamination (Star Trek: The Next Generation, No. 16)

This is great! I listen to the tapes too and I disagree with the reviewer named Scott that this was a bad story and that it was poorly read by Michael Dorn (Worf) and agree with the reviewer named Ann that it was wonderfully read by Michael Dorn! Awesome job!

The first half of this book is a murder mystery. Worf and Troi are trying to find the killer and getting nowhere. It might irritate them, but it is very well plotted and written and entertaining for us. Then the action starts: more murders, attempted murders, and a hijacking. Then we go to a trial, which of course has the wrong person accused. Worf finally figures it all out, and gets kidnapped. More action ensues. The action and character interaction and the trial are all very well done and immensely entertaining. This is one of my favourites in the Next Generation books.

I listened to the audio cassette recording of John Vornholt's book and I enjoyed it and was really impressed with Michael Dorn's audio reading, I have listened to many audio recordings in many dfferent generes, Scince Fiction, Romance, Classic Literature, mystery and Supsense etc, but out of all of the ones that I have listened to I was most impressed with his reading, as usual he was great as Worf the character he played but he did a great job with all the other voices too, I especially liked his voice for Emil Costa, I also liked the sound effects they used in this audio and though maybe it wasn't the most challenging mystery I really did enjoy it and I would reccomend this audio cassette recording to any fan of Michael Dorn! This is a keeper!

This was one of the best books I have ever read. I love reading Star Trek books, and this one is one of the most enjoyable yet. I only bought the book because the synopsis seemed very interesting. This was an excellent book about deception and truth. Perhaps even a little microbiology! The suspense never ends!

This book describes the activities of a group of scientists involved in microbiological research aboard the Enterprise. What's intriguing is a murder mystery with several elements: another Betazoid aboard the Enterprise besides Troi; a disagreement about a scientific discovery that the Betazoid wants to sell to a higher bidder;an angry young woman seeking revenge; a revisitation from the Kreel (from "Strike Zone"); murder and a trial with Worf as a prosecutor. In short, a nice novel you can absorb on a plane to California. Here's a neat tie-in to another STTNG novel: If readers wonder about why the transporter complained of infection in "The Last Stand," the answer is that the transporter was fitted with the biofilter that was invented by a "Contamination" character!