The Good That Men Do

I'll be honest with you...after the horror that was "These are the Voyages...", they could have written that Trip and Archer set up a Tiki bar on Regulus Prime with T'Pol waitressing and I would have been happy. As is, I'm ecstatic with this novel. As a die-hard shipper, I would have liked a little more closure at the end, but I realize that not everyone likes a little romance in their scifi. What everyone will like, however, was how seamless this book takes up after the series. Every fault was turned into a logical course of action, and the storyline is solid and fits into the Trek universe with ease and without the formulaic Baywatch-like nonsense that has been forced upon fans for the majority of the series.

I'm a little hesitant to review this book after reading a couple of the highly depressing arguments that have plagued the comments on the last coupel reviews, but I just loved this book so much I have to look past it and try to bring something positive here. Like so many others, I adore the fact that this novel came along to "fix" the most unsatisfying series finale imaginable. (with the possible exception of the X-Files finale) I remember when that abysmal episode aired, and right away people on the internet were saying "Well, since it all took place on the holodeck that might not be what really happened." It was a nice thought, but I doubted it would ever lead to anything. I should've known I could count on the fine Star Trek authors who rarely let me down these days. Taking back "These Are The Voyages" and telling what "really" happened fulfilled one wish of mine. But they didn't stop there. Another wish was fulfilled regarding the Andorian species. Some recent Deep Space Nine novels gave us a richly detailed view of Andorians as a race with 4 distinct sexes long before Enterprise introduced us to the Aenar subspecies. When Enterprise came and did its thing I feared the worst, that the Trek novel writers wouldn't be allowed to continue with their take on Andorians because they weren't allowed to contradict the series. But this book made it happen, blending the two very different takes on the species seamlessly, as if it had always been intended that way. Thanks you for this fantastic book and I eagerly look forward to the follow up.

This novel takes up where the last episode of Enterprise leaves off and tells us what "really" happened to Trip. This book is fast paced and doesnt seem as though its over 400 pages in length. Be prepared to pull an all-nighter to read it you will not want to put it down once you start. The characterizations are dead on accurate. Our friends in Section 31 show up again and we see intrigue involving the Romulans. I look forwrd to seeing more Enterprise novels.

This corrected the dismal failure that was the last episode of Enterprise. A well written and well thought out book.