Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Ring of Fire

By: David Mack

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

A new adventure based on the thrilling Paramount+ TV series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds!

When murder and sabotage imperil the time-sensitive and top-secret mission of a team of civilian scientists, Starfleet deploys Captain Christopher Pike and the Enterprise crew to Kathara Station, a classified research facility located above the accretion disk of a black hole.

Lieutenant Commander Una Chin-Riley soon discovers the station’s director, Valkeya, is hiding secrets—but so is Captain Pike, who many years earlier visited this same black hole on a mission that went tragically wrong, and whose consequences have haunted him ever since.

Caught in the crossfire on the station are Science Officer Spock, Nurse Christine Chapel, and Security Chief La’An Noonien-Singh, whose romantic entanglements old and new threaten to unravel their bonds of friendship.

As enemies converge upon the station, can Valkeya and Pike both atone for the mistakes of their pasts in time to avert a tragedy? With time running out, the survival of Kathara Station, the USS Enterprise, and dozens of innocent lives hinges on their acts of contrition…

the ending

I love the crew and the story also the narrative
the plot was good

fascinating

so fascinating that I decided to think about time travel oh come on. because time travel is part of time and traveling at the same time which is odd. so fascinating

Good story, but

If I had known ortegas was going to have such a big part of this book, I never would have purchased it.

The worse fricking character, because I actually know and have worked with people like this character. Just no.

I did love the story once, La’an, Una, Christine, Spock, and the others from the enterprise were on the station helping.
The goings on was fantastic, I loved the twist and turns. I also like the integrity of the officers to keep the secret of the ship that was saved. One cannot read the book and not mention the banter between Pelican and Scotty.

Makes a movie in my mind's eye!

The excellent narration allowed me to visualize all the characters as if it were a movie in my mind's eye. It's a great, suspenseful story that ends very satisfyingly.

Enjoyable

Enjoyed the adventure. It has a few of the same fatal flaws of the TV series that it is based on. If you are willing to overlook those you will enjoy it. If you dislike the TV series this book will likely not be for you. Spock is written much different than Spock in TOS, his love interests of Chapel and Luan play into the action some. Pike is a flawed but solid captain. Ortegis is a bit over the top in this story. I severely dislike the chief engineer and Scotty relationship. Pelia is just not a good star fleet officer and a poorly written character in the tv show and this book is based on that writing.