Star Trek: Discovery: Somewhere to Belong

, #9

by

Narrator: January LaVoy

English language

Published May 29, 2023 by Simon & Schuster Audio.

4 stars (1 review)

Captain Michael Burnham and the crew of the USS Discovery are finding that each day is a critical adjustment to their new lives and new missions in an Alpha Quadrant more than nine hundred years in the future. It’s here that Discovery is reconnecting with various worlds where the cataclysmic event known as “the Burn” has decimated Starfleet and, with it, the United Federation of Planets. There’s been precious little time for the crew to truly come to terms with their present reality, as their devotion to duty hides the emotional stress that could impact their effectiveness, and even threaten themselves or others.

After a successful journey to yet another planet cut off from the Federation, Discovery picks up a distress signal located in a nearby star system—a plea that harbors roots from their past lives in the 23rd century, and which may now lead to an entirely new crisis, …

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reviewed Star Trek: Discovery: Somewhere to Belong by Dayton Ward (Star Trek: Discovery, #9)

Uniform colours are important

4 stars

Dayton Ward wanted to write a Disco novel that was like a traditional stand alone Trek episode. And he absolutely did it. The story is filling in some gaps, not only between seasons 3 and 4, where it is set, but also from earlier. We meet familiar faces and new characters, each of them written very well and some of them I wished could make the jump from book to screen one day. The author as well as the narrator find each character's voice so that you can easily imagine the actors speaking. I find that to be especially true with Adira Tal and Jett Reno. January LaVoy, you are a gem! The story fits the show perfectly, but is also, as every good Trek story, very relevant to us readers and the world today. For me, the best stories are where there is no clear right and wrong, but …