Star Trek Mere Anarchy
Mestiko: a world on the brink of interstellar travel — and one that is closely and discreetly monitored by the Federation. But when a rogue pulsar sweeps through the star system, threatening to destroy all life on their planet, Starfleet must mount a desperate effort to protect the planet from annihilation.
Under the command of James T. Kirk, the Starship Enterprise™ is able to mitigate some of the damage — but the world’s surface is still devastated with appalling loss of life. Over the next three decades, the Enterprise and its crew revisit Mestiko — whether to keep them from falling prey to the machinations of the Klingon Empire or to deliver a new method of replenishing the planet’s ozone — through trials and tribulations, hardship and strife, love and death.
Originally published as six eBooks, Mere Anarchy is the saga of one crew’s career-long relationship to one world, and the ties that bound them inextricably together.
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars Mere Anarchy–merely average
I have never read an ebook collection before, and even though I have read and enjoyed most of the authors separately, I found myself quite impatient and annoyed with this ongoing tale.
At least in this form, I found it felt a great deal like a juvenile story–and I kept wanting to grab the Mestikans by the throat and shake them, while yelling, “Grow up, already! Your world was destroyed by a cosmic accident, and the Federation isn’t the Supreme Being! Just because they learned it was going to happen doesn’t mean they could stop it, or that they *planned* it! Your little backwater planet isn’t *that* important in the scheme of things!”
Once more, I repeatedly received the impression that I was reading a kiddie book.
2 Stars Star Trek: Mere Anarchy
I would have left out the word ‘Mere’ because as Star Trek goes it is unfortunately too descriptive. I never managed to finish the book, it is boring and the switches between authors strongly suggest that they did not read what came before in the book. Maybe it is because the world they choose was boring, or that it was not written as a book, but as a series of e-books, I have no idea why, but I did waste my money on this one.
Linda Sheean
3 Stars Celebrating 40 Years of Classic “Trek”
Originally published as a series of six novellas to celebrate the original series’ 40th anniversary, “Mere Anarchy” is now collected as a single-volume, trade paperback release in anticipation of the upcoming reboot on the big screen. The six stories take place across the entire run of classic “Star Trek,” from the early days of the original series to the movie-era continuity.
Of course, this being a series of novellas tied into a linking theme (in this case, a planet ravaged by an environmental disaster), there are going to be some stories that work better than others. The strongest offering comes from Christopher L. Bennett, which shouldn’t come as a surprise. Set in the era between the first and second classic “Trek” films, Bennett has shown before how good stories can be told in this time frame and his entry is no exception. The weakest is the second installment, a story set during the original five year mission and one that comes off as feeling like little more than an homage of all the elements that make up a stereotypical classic “Trek” episode. It’s not bad, but it just doesn’t feel like it’s doing anything new or different.
