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The Last Full Measure (Star Trek: Enterprise) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Michael A. Martin, Andy Mangels
Publisher: Pocket Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 263471
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 352
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 1416503587
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781416503583
ASIN: 1416503587
Publication Date: August 1, 2006
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 Average August 7, 2006
N. Brett (Wiltshire, England)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Now in my mid 40's I have been a Trek fan most of my life but I must confess that a few years ago I reached 'Trek Novel fatigue'. For many years I bought and read any Trek novel from any of the various series, starting off with the James Blish adaptations through to somewhere in DS9 territory. I just got bored of reading average novels that were being churned out by the truckload with insufficient quality control.
But I like to dip back in when I see one that is well reviewed, so I picked up this one...
Set on Archer's Enterprise during the Xindi conflict the main focus is on the tensions between the crew and the newly introduced MACOs. You would then expect this to be a 'how they came to respect each-other' story and of course that is exactly what happens.
So, no great surprises, no great characterisations and no great thrills. Despite a mildly interesting cameo at the end this book has been a reminder of why I buy so few trek books now.
 Finally, a good Enterprise novel! June 28, 2006
S. Cooper (Manchester, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Enterprise novels have been rather a hit and miss bunch, but this one definately arrives at the 'hit' end of the spectrum.
The central storyline is set during the Xindi conflict (ie Season 3 of the show) and has the Xindi council trying to deflect the Enterprise away from their homeworld/weapons base by sending them on a wild goose chase.
It's a clever idea as a way to shoehorn a story into the season's arc but because, as viewers, we already know how the Xindi/Earth conflict plays out some of the drama is lost. A fact not missed by the authors, just consider the letters home at the start and end of the story to be nods to the audience on the subject.
That said, the tension of the story comes not from the aliens but from the MACO/Starfleet interaction. On the show this was mostly limited to the feud between Hayes and Reed but TLFM shows how having the military on board has affected all the crew, specifically Travis Mayweather who takes on a large part of the plot alongside his roommate MACO Corporal Chang.
One of the most interesting things about this novel is that it starts to set things up for the Enterprise Relaunch novels (due at some point in the future...) using a 'framing sequence', a chapter at the beginning and one at the end showing the future and only barely related to main body of the text. They are scenes which as a fan you will either love (for explaining away one of the least popular events of the show) or hate (for messing with accepted canon) but I don't want to spoil it for you! There's also a lovely little cameo from elsewhere in the franchise.
All in all, it's a good story. Not perfect (there's a whole sequence that feels ripped right out from Star Wars which niggles as just feeling wrong) but considerably better that the last offering Rosetta. The characterisations really stand up well, I especially liked the depiction of Season Three's 'I'll do whatever it takes' Archer, and Reed's rather more thoughtful reaction to him.
I believe it bodes well for the next series of Enterprise stories whenever they might reach our bookstores.
It's ok June 14, 2006
Sci fi fan
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's a very good book but the one thing that bugged me the most was that it felt too short. But apart that it was a good read.
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