To Storm Heaven

This was a perfectly mediocre, run-of-the-mill Star Trek story, written well enough to get it up into the above-average, "worth the read if there's nothing better to do" category. The sub-plot with Worf & the hamster was just silly and didn't really do Worf's character justice, the sub-plot of the search for the herb needed for medical treatment was formulaic in its existence and predictable in its conclusion, the diplomatic breakthrough seemed extremely contrived & unlikely, but still, the story was a fun read if far from exceptional.

Despite several bad reviews of this book, I have to say I really enjoyed it. It was a refreshing change from the normal space battles and plots that usually are written. Since I consider myself a Historian of the Future, my only complaint was the lack of specified time periods between past events. That made it difficult to place events in the timeline.

Star Trek - The Next Generation: TO Storm Heaven written by Esther Friesner is really a well-written book contrary to what has been said here in these reviews. If your looking for action-adventure there isn't much in this story as the main character is Geordi LaForge in this book.If you're looking for a story with imagination and a good storyline this is the book for you... no blood and guts. As this is well trodden path, a planet with a plague, the way the author puts a few twists and turns along the way into the story to keep you interested. There are Prime Directive issues in this book and there is a union of Skerrian daughterworlds along with planet-wide intrigue.All in all, I found this book to be a good fast read and it was a refreshing that we didn't have to read about space battles, but battles of a different kind as the search for the cure for a plague is found underfoot. If you want to read an intriguingly different type of story this book will be for you. I gave this book a solid 4 stars just for that reason. As interesting as the tapestry of TREK is, this book adds to the TREK universe in a positive way.