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Star Trek: Vanguard #9
In Tempest's Wake
An all-new eBook exclusive adventure in the Taurus Reach with the starship crews, undercover agents, civilian colonists, and alien power players of the Vanguard saga, based on Star Trek: The Original Series.Following the dramatic events as chronicled in Vanguard: Storming Heaven, the U.S.S. Enterprise and other starships that participated in the final battle in the Taurus Reach have been remanded to a remote starbase. While evacuees from the station are processed and the ships repaired, restocked, and re-staffed as needed, Captain James T. Kirk is ordered to report to Admiral Heihachiro Nogura, Starbase 47’s second and final commanding officer. Through flashbacks intercut with the ongoing conversation between Kirk and Nogura, the Enterprise’s involvement in the last days of Operation Vanguard—and the conflict between Starfleet and Tholian forces at Starbase 47—is now told from the perspective of Kirk and his crew.
100 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 2, 2012
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About the author
Dayton Ward
112 books318 followersDayton is a software developer, having become a slave to Corporate America after spending eleven years in the U.S. Marine Corps. When asked, he’ll tell you that he left home and joined the military soon after high school because he’d grown tired of people telling him what to do all the time.
Ask him sometime how well that worked out.
In addition to the numerous credits he shares with friend and co-writer Kevin Dilmore, he is the author of the Star Trek novels In the Name of Honor and Open Secrets, the science fiction novels The Last World War and The Genesis Protocol, and short stories which have appeared in the first three Star Trek: Strange New Worlds anthologies, the Yard Dog Press anthology Houston, We’ve Got Bubbas, Kansas City Voices Magazine and the Star Trek: New Frontier anthology No Limits. Though he currently lives in Kansas City with wife Michi and daughters Addison and Erin, Dayton is a Florida native and still maintains a torrid long-distance romance with his beloved Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Ask him sometime how well that worked out.
In addition to the numerous credits he shares with friend and co-writer Kevin Dilmore, he is the author of the Star Trek novels In the Name of Honor and Open Secrets, the science fiction novels The Last World War and The Genesis Protocol, and short stories which have appeared in the first three Star Trek: Strange New Worlds anthologies, the Yard Dog Press anthology Houston, We’ve Got Bubbas, Kansas City Voices Magazine and the Star Trek: New Frontier anthology No Limits. Though he currently lives in Kansas City with wife Michi and daughters Addison and Erin, Dayton is a Florida native and still maintains a torrid long-distance romance with his beloved Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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October 9, 2012
The Vanguard series has been an entertaining addition to the Star Trek universe. Dayton Ward's coda featuring Captain Kirk and Admiral Nogura brings the series to a conclusion with a review of the final events from the perspective of the Enterprise. Ward's tale, a novella in ebook format, doesn't have any of the characters that made Vanguard so interesting, but provides a fitting end.
August 29, 2023
Challenging, dark, informative, mysterious, sad, and tense.
Fast-paced
Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0 ⭐
I'm glad that they made this story...to set it firmly in the world that we know of TOS time period.
The Indiana Jones wharehouse feel, at the end of the novella was fun.
I'm not usually a fan of disjointed chapters and storylines, but I understood WHY this was needed and glad that he did it. It frames the entire Vanguard series, perfectly.
We end the series from the POV of Captain/Admiral James T. Kirk (and Admiral Nugora). Fitting.
Fast-paced
Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0 ⭐
I'm glad that they made this story...to set it firmly in the world that we know of TOS time period.
The Indiana Jones wharehouse feel, at the end of the novella was fun.
I'm not usually a fan of disjointed chapters and storylines, but I understood WHY this was needed and glad that he did it. It frames the entire Vanguard series, perfectly.
We end the series from the POV of Captain/Admiral James T. Kirk (and Admiral Nugora). Fitting.
August 27, 2020
A nice coda to the STAR TREK: VANGUARD series that has Admiral Nogura explain the events of the series to Captain James T. Kirk before they decide what to do with the last remnants of the Shedai's technology as well as the records of Project: Vanguard. This is a betrayal of Starfleet's devotion to the truth but so is virtually every other action taken by the Vanguard crew. This isn't really a necessary addition to the series but I liked getting Captain Kirk's opinion on everything as well as what they thought when they road to the rescue in STORMING HEAVEN. Unnecessary unless you want to finish the series off but still pretty fun.
8/10
8/10
September 10, 2019
Such a good time :D
May 1, 2022
finally, finished
An epilogue to the vanguard series…going to lengths to try to tie the entire Vanguard storyline into the TOS extended storyline.
This book sort of a series flashbacks to the major events of Vanguard series, as viewed by Kirk and the Enterprise crew - observing events from the outside and piecing together clues about what is actually going on at Vanguard. I wish the entire series was more like this one book.
An epilogue to the vanguard series…going to lengths to try to tie the entire Vanguard storyline into the TOS extended storyline.
This book sort of a series flashbacks to the major events of Vanguard series, as viewed by Kirk and the Enterprise crew - observing events from the outside and piecing together clues about what is actually going on at Vanguard. I wish the entire series was more like this one book.
July 23, 2018
A nice wrap-up to the entire series. Star Trek Vanguard is a wonderful series taking us outside the usual trek stuff. Start at Book #1 and enjoy.
December 8, 2020
A nice little coda to the end of the series.
October 23, 2018
One of the only, if not the only, "original" series in Star Trek lit history, the Vanguard series has been a massive success both amongst critics and fans. Set in the early years of the TOS era, Vanguard followed the adventures of the Starfleet crew and civilian visitors to the eponymous space station as they investigated evidence of a strange alien civilization with links to the Tholians. Through the 8 books in the series, the characters grappled with Tholians, Klingons, Orions and their own demons. The series wrapped up early this year with the eighth and final novel, Storming Heaven, wrapping up the series. This was a brave decision that gave an extra impetus to what could otherwise have turned into a never-ending sequence of diminishing returns.
This small ebook-only release serves as a coda to that series. A necessary one? Not really, but a welcome one nevertheless. Following a conversation between then-Captain James T. Kirk and former commander of Vanguard Station, Admiral Nogura, the small novel also shows various events leading up to Storming Heaven through the eyes of Captain Kirk and his crew. It is nice to gain a glimpse of what the Enterprise was up to, especially considering the fact that Kirk and crew had a hand-off guest appearance in the first book of the series.
The writing is excellent, as can be expected from Dayton Ward, a popular and well-respected writer in the Star Trek pool. Although lacking the presence of most of the characters from the series itself, we do get to see Vanguard and many of the ships one last time, and even though anyone who has read the series knew how it was going to end, the final scene of the Enterprise serving as a shield for another ship as it attempts to transport the crew off the station is gripping.
All in all, a decent final wrap up for a series that has provided an entertaining addition to the Star Trek universe. Although not truly adding anything vital to this saga, In Tempest's Wake is like an After Eight mint and a coffee at the end of a good meal.
This small ebook-only release serves as a coda to that series. A necessary one? Not really, but a welcome one nevertheless. Following a conversation between then-Captain James T. Kirk and former commander of Vanguard Station, Admiral Nogura, the small novel also shows various events leading up to Storming Heaven through the eyes of Captain Kirk and his crew. It is nice to gain a glimpse of what the Enterprise was up to, especially considering the fact that Kirk and crew had a hand-off guest appearance in the first book of the series.
The writing is excellent, as can be expected from Dayton Ward, a popular and well-respected writer in the Star Trek pool. Although lacking the presence of most of the characters from the series itself, we do get to see Vanguard and many of the ships one last time, and even though anyone who has read the series knew how it was going to end, the final scene of the Enterprise serving as a shield for another ship as it attempts to transport the crew off the station is gripping.
All in all, a decent final wrap up for a series that has provided an entertaining addition to the Star Trek universe. Although not truly adding anything vital to this saga, In Tempest's Wake is like an After Eight mint and a coffee at the end of a good meal.
September 5, 2014
I have to admit that I don't quite understand the necessity of this little e-book - and the cynic within me wonders if the reasons of its existence have any relations to monetary issues...
So, what is this e-book about? Days after Vanguard's destruction Nogura and Kirk meet up to discuss and elaborate on Enterprise's role especially during the final days. And frankly, this offers nothing really new about this series, no new insights that are relevant. The fact that it took me longer to finish those 100 pages than the final duology of the series proper is, I guess, revealing enough.
What didn't bother me so much within the series but did here, is Ward's propensity for repetition. I think every description is made at least twice which is extremely tiresome because the matter at hand (for instance that Kirk is tired after the final battle) is not that difficult to understand that it needs more than one sentence.
Of course, there are interesting facts as well - for example Reyes' existence being entirely dropped from the records, not only his involvement with Vanguard, renaming all the starbases so that Vanguard's disappearance doesn't stand out, rewriting history in making it appear that the Tholians and the Federation fought on the same side against the Shedai in the final battle etc. That and doubts about Starfleet Command's integrity (in this case voiced by McCoy resp. Reyes' fate), as well as the fact that all the records about Operation Vanguard are sealed off until the distant future and inaccessible for database searches are what make this story worth reading for someone who knows what happened.
But those are little tidbits that could have been fit into Storming Heaven as well and wouldn't have needed another e-book. And that puts quite a damper on me enjoying this.
So, what is this e-book about? Days after Vanguard's destruction Nogura and Kirk meet up to discuss and elaborate on Enterprise's role especially during the final days. And frankly, this offers nothing really new about this series, no new insights that are relevant. The fact that it took me longer to finish those 100 pages than the final duology of the series proper is, I guess, revealing enough.
What didn't bother me so much within the series but did here, is Ward's propensity for repetition. I think every description is made at least twice which is extremely tiresome because the matter at hand (for instance that Kirk is tired after the final battle) is not that difficult to understand that it needs more than one sentence.
Of course, there are interesting facts as well - for example Reyes' existence being entirely dropped from the records, not only his involvement with Vanguard, renaming all the starbases so that Vanguard's disappearance doesn't stand out, rewriting history in making it appear that the Tholians and the Federation fought on the same side against the Shedai in the final battle etc. That and doubts about Starfleet Command's integrity (in this case voiced by McCoy resp. Reyes' fate), as well as the fact that all the records about Operation Vanguard are sealed off until the distant future and inaccessible for database searches are what make this story worth reading for someone who knows what happened.
But those are little tidbits that could have been fit into Storming Heaven as well and wouldn't have needed another e-book. And that puts quite a damper on me enjoying this.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 11, 2016
A largely unnecessary coda which I honestly don't see the purpose in. Sadly, In Tempest's Wake takes some of the shine off the magnificent conclusion penned by David Mack in Storming Heaven.
We're presented with an extended debriefing of Captain Kirk under the supervision of Admiral Nogura at Starbase 12, yet what follows is a rather long-drawn out recap of Operation Vanguard, punctuated by extended scenes of the Enterprise's tangential involvement in the saga. Given that Kirk and the Enterprise were never central to the events that unraveled in the Taurus Reach, the embellished scenes feel perfunctory at best.
The final battle for Starbase 47 from the Enterprise's perspective falls flat, and Ward doesn't come close to capturing the momentum or thrill of the original scene laid out by Mack. The same can be said for the Enterprise's rescue of the Endeavour and Sagittarius after the Eremar mission. The scenes are like fish out of water.
The coda is largely superfluous, and Ward tries far too hard to hammer home the reason why we never heard anything about Vanguard in post-TOS Trek.
On the other hand, I did like the small amount of introspection from Nogura on Starfleet's relations with the Tholians. He finally ruminates about the question I'd often asked myself - what if Starfleet had tried harder to work with the Tholians? What if they'd heeded their warning instead of charging across the Taurus Reach like a bull in a china shop? This could have been a better direction to take the epilogue in, instead it's confined to a few stray thoughts that occupy less than a page.
We're presented with an extended debriefing of Captain Kirk under the supervision of Admiral Nogura at Starbase 12, yet what follows is a rather long-drawn out recap of Operation Vanguard, punctuated by extended scenes of the Enterprise's tangential involvement in the saga. Given that Kirk and the Enterprise were never central to the events that unraveled in the Taurus Reach, the embellished scenes feel perfunctory at best.
The final battle for Starbase 47 from the Enterprise's perspective falls flat, and Ward doesn't come close to capturing the momentum or thrill of the original scene laid out by Mack. The same can be said for the Enterprise's rescue of the Endeavour and Sagittarius after the Eremar mission. The scenes are like fish out of water.
The coda is largely superfluous, and Ward tries far too hard to hammer home the reason why we never heard anything about Vanguard in post-TOS Trek.
On the other hand, I did like the small amount of introspection from Nogura on Starfleet's relations with the Tholians. He finally ruminates about the question I'd often asked myself - what if Starfleet had tried harder to work with the Tholians? What if they'd heeded their warning instead of charging across the Taurus Reach like a bull in a china shop? This could have been a better direction to take the epilogue in, instead it's confined to a few stray thoughts that occupy less than a page.
November 8, 2012
Is In Tempest's Wake worth reading? As a lover of the Vanguard series, my vote falls on the yes side. I'm a sucker for the "bonus features" on DVDs and enjoy getting any insights into the stories I watch and read, and in many ways, In Tempest's Wake feels like a bonus feature on the special edition blu-ray of Vanguard. I can't resist!
There are many who would say that this e-book coda to the Vanguard series was unnecessary, that it covered ground already fully explored in Storming Heaven, and that what we get in In Tempest's Wake is entirely superfluous. And they may be right. However, I personally enjoyed the alternate viewpoint we get of the events surrounding the end of the Vanguard saga. In Tempest's Wake may not be ground-breaking, or even strictly necessary, but as a bookend to one of my favourite chapters of Trek literature, I really think it works.
Full review: http://treklit.blogspot.com/2012/11/i...
There are many who would say that this e-book coda to the Vanguard series was unnecessary, that it covered ground already fully explored in Storming Heaven, and that what we get in In Tempest's Wake is entirely superfluous. And they may be right. However, I personally enjoyed the alternate viewpoint we get of the events surrounding the end of the Vanguard saga. In Tempest's Wake may not be ground-breaking, or even strictly necessary, but as a bookend to one of my favourite chapters of Trek literature, I really think it works.
Full review: http://treklit.blogspot.com/2012/11/i...
February 16, 2022
Not what I expected, so kind of a let down in that regard. Not a bad novella in its own right.
I expected a vanguard wrap up book, that’s not quite what I got. What I got was an account of Kirk and Enterprise’s involvement in the vanguard story. Considering that the enterprise’s cameo appearances in the story were the least interesting parts of the series for me it didn’t really matter that much to me.
The last scene of the book is interesting, and actually helps to set up events in the later typhon pact series so that was quite interesting, but other than that this book just wasn’t what I expected. Expectation can really ruin reality sometimes.
I will not dock it a star for my own expectations though.
I expected a vanguard wrap up book, that’s not quite what I got. What I got was an account of Kirk and Enterprise’s involvement in the vanguard story. Considering that the enterprise’s cameo appearances in the story were the least interesting parts of the series for me it didn’t really matter that much to me.
The last scene of the book is interesting, and actually helps to set up events in the later typhon pact series so that was quite interesting, but other than that this book just wasn’t what I expected. Expectation can really ruin reality sometimes.
I will not dock it a star for my own expectations though.
February 4, 2016
I could read it all again!
This is a fine cap to the end of the series. The end had the same feel as the closing scenes of Raiders of the Lost Ark. This whole series has been some of the most interesting and fun reading I have come across. If you have made it to this point in the series then you already know that for yourself.
This is a fine cap to the end of the series. The end had the same feel as the closing scenes of Raiders of the Lost Ark. This whole series has been some of the most interesting and fun reading I have come across. If you have made it to this point in the series then you already know that for yourself.
March 14, 2023
This is actually a Novella rather than a full novel, but it is a terrific capstone and bookend for the entire Vanguard series. I enjoyed the revisit of the story from the final Vanguard commander's perspective and his interaction with Original Series characters.. Glad I stuck to the end of this 9 volume series.
January 23, 2013
The epic conclusion to the vanguard to vanguard series.
September 21, 2014
An enjoyable epilogue to the vanguard series. This novella fills in some details from storming heaven from the perspective of the USS enterprise
December 28, 2014
I think Vanguard should be made into a...
1. Audio Book
2. Movie
3. TV Series
Why? You ask... Read it and you will know.
1. Audio Book
2. Movie
3. TV Series
Why? You ask... Read it and you will know.
March 26, 2015
Good read
Loved it but im a star fan from hell. Got to get another one. Would recomend to anyone who loves star trek
Loved it but im a star fan from hell. Got to get another one. Would recomend to anyone who loves star trek
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January 16, 2018I Have read the entire Vanguard series & really want to read this book. But I am not paying $6 for 100 pages. Until the price is cut, this will remain un-read.
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