Elena. commented on Star Trek: Double Helix Omnibus by Christie Golden (The Next Generation, #51-56)
Like a strand of mutating DNA, a deadly conspiracy winds its way through the Alpha …
Star Trek: TNG: Double Helix -- Book Three: Red Sector by Diane Carey ⭐⭐⭐
There are too many words in this book, at least for my taste. We have to go through 10 chapters, and more than 100 pages until we finally arrive in the right time and at the right place for the main story. That does not mean that all of the first part is useless. It isn't. Not everything. We meet people important to the story, and some scenes are very good. But the main character is so annoying that it was not a fun read for me. Luckily, he grows over the years and I do like him for the rest of the book. I also enjoyed Spock and McCoy, I think Carey captured them very very well. I loved the scenes on the Saskatoon, a Combat Support Tender, and I would be interested in more stories set on one of those. I would have loved to see more of Crusher and Data. Their story was a bit brief and their conflict came pretty out of the blue for me. Another negative is that we learn practically nothing new about the virus. We do however get new info about the maker, if I interpret it correctly.