Star Trek: Wildfire 1

Star Trek SCE (ebooks) Novellas #23

by David Mack

The da Vinci goes on a dangerous salvage mission: to rescue the U.S.S. Orion from a gas giant. As if the turbulent atmosphere of the planet wasn't enough, the Orion is carrying the prototype of the deadly Wildfire device -- a protomatter warhead that can ignite gas giants into stars.

But the operation may be more than even Capt. David Gold's crack team of engineers can handle, as they have to fight against the liquid atmosphere of the planet, the volatility of the Wildfire warhead -- and a strange alien life-form that may be responsible for the attack on the Orion!

Genres: Star Trek, Fiction, Science Fiction, Technology, Adventure

114 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2002

About the author

David Mack is the New York Times bestselling author of 39 novels of science-fiction, fantasy, and adventure, including the Star Trek Destiny and Cold Equations trilogies.

Beyond novels, Mack's writing credits span several media, including television (for produced episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), games, and comic books.

Follow him on Twitter @davidalanmack or like his Facebook page.

Reviews

[Crystal Bensley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow what a cliffhanger! An epic story so far!

[Michel Siskoid Albert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Let me open by saying that, at this point, the S.C.E. books are often doing two-part stories, and while I understand that the idea behind these ebooks was to put them out on a quick schedule and to be quickly read, why not just go bimonthly and give us the full story all in one go? Book 1 is about 60 pages; Book 2 about 100 (actually long for these things); but even at 160 pages, that's less than a standard novel. That said, what an amazing and harrowing cliffhanger! Because the da Vinci isn't in the series' name, it's not a given that it will survive even if its cast (most of its cast? SOME of its cast?) will. It's hard to imagine how this will all turn out, and that's exciting (and Mack knows how to describe action scenes to make it all work). And it's also setting up a pretty important subplot that could mean big changes in store for Gomez and Duffy, so it doesn't skimp on the character development either. To that point, the doomed ship - and it's quickly but memorable drawn crew - has one character that ties back to the Enterprise-D alumni, making it a little more personal for them. As with all two-parters, Wildfire's success may hinge on how well Mack pulls off Book 2, but as a set-up, it's very well done.

[Craig Andrews]

Wildfire was amazing. Written by David mack who wrote the DS9 episode Starship Down this is clearly the story he wanted to write back then. Dealing with a ship being utterly utterly messed up and what the crew would have to do to ensure survival is amazing and nothing short of horrific and brilliant at the same time.

[Stephen Robertson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Could be the best so far.

[Paul Griggs · Rating 5 out of 5]

My god... I need a sixth star for this... It's like an end of season cliffhanger episode with lots of unexpected death amongst characters we've come to know!