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Chain of Attack (Star Trek: the Original Series) Mass Market Paperback – 1 April 1988

by Gene Deweese (Author)
4.0 out of 5 stars 53 ratings

While mapping a series of gravitational anomalies, the U.S.S. Enterprise? is suddenly hurled millions of light-years through space, into a distant galxy of scorched and lifeless worlds...into the middle of an endless interstellar war.

With no way back home, the crippled starship finds itself under relentless and suicidal attack by both warring fleets! And Captain Kirk must gamble the lives of his crew on his ability to stop a war that has raged for centuries -- and ravaged a galaxy...

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  1. Book 28 of 84
    Star Trek: The Original Series
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Star Trek
  4. Publication date
    1 April 1988
  5. Dimensions
    10.16 x 2.54 x 17.78 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0671666584
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0671666583
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Star Trek
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 1 April 1988
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Reissue
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0671666584
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0671666583
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 136 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.16 x 2.54 x 17.78 cm
  • Book 28 of 84 ‏ : ‎ Star Trek: The Original Series
  • Customer reviews:
    4.0 out of 5 stars 53 ratings

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  • Aralla
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 March 2015
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    Always did like this one. Decent story, interesting resolution, all around good solid book.
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  • Mr. P. Brown
    4.0 out of 5 stars not bad
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 December 2003
    i really enjoyed this book,it had everthing,i especailly like the way they cover the side seen from a civillians point of view,the enterprise crew prove yet again that where ther is a will there is a way,my only regret is the ending which im sure back then was new,but since then we have seen the voyager pilot and it becomes a little predictible,however it still is a good read.
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  • Anthony Koller
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 July 2023
    This is one of my favourite Star Trek books and I am waiting for it to be released on the kindle store so I can read it again on my phone and kindle E-reader
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  • TK-1308
    5.0 out of 5 stars "Several thousand parsecs, surely that's impossible!"
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 December 2007
    Titan start their line of novels based upon the original Star Trek series with Chain Of Attack by Gene DeWeese.
    The Enterprise is sent on a mission to the edge of the galaxy to chart a series of gravitational anomalies. When their probes seem to be deposited at random vectors across the area, the anomaly disappears and the ship finds itself hurled light years away into another galaxy.
    Trapped there, with no way to find the 'gate' that sent them there, Kirk orders the Enterprise to begin investigating the surrounding area. The space is packed with stars and planets and each system tells the same story, worlds ravaged by orbital bombardment ranging from 6 to 30 thousand years ago.
    They encounter strange hexagonal cylinders which appear to be primitive weapons and then, after weeks of searching, they come into contact with a small ship that immediately tries to destroy them. They discover two separate alien species, the Hoshan and the Zeator, both of whom warn them about the Destroyers / World Killers.
    The books reads like a well crafted episode of classic Trek and it's a tribute to DeWeese that you can actually hear the characters voices in your head as you read. The pace is rapid, keeping the reader interested and the book itself can be done cover to cover in a few hours. The supporting characters are well drawn, especially the Federation civilian scientist Jason Crandall, whose sparring with Kirk reminds you of similar clashes with the likes of Robert Fox and Commissioner Ferris.
    The only criticism is that the ending feels a little rushed, much like the end to any season 3 episode and an epilogue would've given a little closure. However, DeWeese continues the big story ideas from this book in Star Trek #18: The Final Nexus, so check that one out too.
    A good start to the series and well worth a read.
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  • TJ Andreski
    5.0 out of 5 stars Delivered, good condition
    Reviewed in the United States on 13 December 2024
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    Book arrived in good condition and in acceptable, if not fast, time.
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  • Lucette LAURETTE
    5.0 out of 5 stars Conforme à l'annonce
    Reviewed in France on 25 March 2021
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    Produit reçu dans les délais. Produit conforme à l'annonce.
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  • Mark Myword
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good storyline and plot - gets a little cumbersome at the end--but a good read.
    Reviewed in the United States on 3 January 2019
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    Summary: (alert: may contain spoilers but will NOT ruin the climax) The Enterprise is busy cruising the Sagitarius sector of the Milky Way Galaxy, and moves to the Orion arm to study phenomena a great distance from the Federation. They are particularly interested in anomalies of gravity wells and the sort, and discover they are not all the same size, and some fluctuate in their very existence. The ship is eventually passing through one and pops out millions of parsecs away from home. Nobody knows where the enterprise is... could be the Andromeda Galaxy, could be much further--in either case trying to get back home even at maximum warp would take several dozens of lifetimes.
    While cruising the space they popped into they find entire worlds absolutely desolate, destroyed completely by some incredible force--ten thousand and more years ago. They encounter two kinds of aliens (only those in flight for they didn't find any sentient life on the many dead worlds) both of whom are flying around terrified of the "world killers" and both of whom think Kirk and the Enterprise ARE the world killers.
    To get back home, Kirk was hoping to find a group who could explain the technology of those anomalies they now call "gates" without getting themselves wiped out by a combined fleet of the two adversaries who, although appearing convinced when Kirk finally got the translator working to communicate, began to talk with each other and came to the conclusion that the only one with the technology to have wiped out those planets was Kirk and the Enterprise. The solution to their plight lay deep in the honeycombed caverns beneath one of the dead worlds where yet another species of humanoids--one with which Spock is familiar, is in hiding from the very same fleet.

    Good points: It's a good storyline, the plot is well developed... at the point where Kirk convinces first the one, then the other species that he is NOT the enemy, not the world killers, or destroyers, things are going smoothly, but then when both fleets turn on Kirk and the Enterprise some of the story aspects tax the credibility of the reader. I also like that Chekov is allowed to keep his Russian dialect as we still see "Keptin" .. although no "wessels". I just LIKE it when they keep to the original series canons. The characters of Spock, McCoy, Kirk, Uhura, Sulu, all seem well in line with those we've come to know and love.

    Negatives: The credibility is taxed a bit later in the storyline.. and some of the writing become draggy and cumbersome, but not enough to not read the book--it can be overcome. They do the usual apologetics with the overkill on some of the new characters who are great accomplished scientists and/or crewmen, almost exclusively being female, you can almost predict that in many of the later novels, the bad guy, however is a man, and he is a loathsome individual that you wonder why Kirk hasn't slapped him in irons and thrown him in the brig in the first chapters. At any rate these do NOT outweigh the positives.. it's a good story and an interesting read. Live Long and Prosper.
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  • Kindle Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Talk a Great Read
    Reviewed in the United States on 8 February 2013
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    I recently decided to go back and read select titles from the Star Trek series. I read most of the series in the 1980's and 1990's and had very fond memories of them. Chain of Attack has all the elements of a classic Trek story. Zapped into an unknown part of space, new and hostile local races, and a disturbed, trouble-making guest on board. Well worth the read!
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  • Florida Shopper
    4.0 out of 5 stars FUn!
    Reviewed in the United States on 9 December 2016
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    A fun bit of light reading. Not the deepest novel, but not all novels need to be "War and Peace" to be enjoyable.
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