Title: Badlands ... Bad start
Product review: Susan Wright does an affable job telling us NO story, only postulating events that lead up to what Book 2 promises to be a thrilling conclusion. Book 1 proposes a mysterious threat located in the area of outer space known as the Badlands ... and that's about it. With part of the story told in the Star Trek TOS timeframe and then another part in Star Trek TNG, that's all we're given ... no memorable characters and almost laughably forgettable dialogue. Many scenes almost read like filler, written last minute to expand the book to a required word length. It's curious how this story, out of the multitude of ideas that are probably submitted to Pocket Books, made it past the editorial staff. The only positive assessment I can add is that it was a quick read.
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