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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Young Adult #8
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Jake and Nog have hit the jackpot playing holo videogames in the Amusement Arcade. An alien named Kwiltek has offered them jobs helping him run remote-controlled mining operations on a distant planet where dull mining is turned into a thrilling video game. In the "gaming room, " teams of kids work together monitoring the operations by remote control, loading cargo and defending against the most frightening "threats" they've ever seen on-screen. "Now" Jake and Nog can show their stuff! Soon they're competing with other alien kids to see who can haul the most ore.
It's the ultimate game -- "with pay!" Until the night Jake and Nog slip into the command center and see a roomful of screens displaying real-life images of a devastated world where desperate natives are under attack by fighters that look "very" familiar! Suddenly the game is over -- and the nightmare begins . . .
It's the ultimate game -- "with pay!" Until the night Jake and Nog slip into the command center and see a roomful of screens displaying real-life images of a devastated world where desperate natives are under attack by fighters that look "very" familiar! Suddenly the game is over -- and the nightmare begins . . .
118 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1996
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Kem Antilles
3 books1 followerKem Antilles is a pseudonym for Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta.
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May 22, 2025
Kem Antilles is a pseudonym for Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta. They did a good job with Nog’s characterization here. One can see him heading in the direction he takes in the TV series.
June 5, 2018
"I think I've had enough simulations to last me a long time," Jake says towards the end of this book, and I couldn't agree more, at least as pertains to the DS9 YA novel series.
There are a few enjoyable moments, but the overall plot and character development feel pat and slight by comparison with some of the other preceding volumes. This is basically THE LAST STARFIGHTER meets ENDER'S GAME. Couldn't get into Kwiltek.
There are a few enjoyable moments, but the overall plot and character development feel pat and slight by comparison with some of the other preceding volumes. This is basically THE LAST STARFIGHTER meets ENDER'S GAME. Couldn't get into Kwiltek.
December 27, 2021
That breezed by.
Busting through this story in >24 hours was pretty fun, but also a pressing indictment of my social life.
It's the 8th in the Star Trek DS9 Kids/YA series, and the third that I've finished in like three days or something. It once more follows Jake and Nog as they get tangled in a holo-simulator videogame that is slightly too real for most people's liking...
Busting through this story in >24 hours was pretty fun, but also a pressing indictment of my social life.
It's the 8th in the Star Trek DS9 Kids/YA series, and the third that I've finished in like three days or something. It once more follows Jake and Nog as they get tangled in a holo-simulator videogame that is slightly too real for most people's liking...
March 15, 2022
Jake and Nog earn jobs as miner where the remote-controlled operations are turned into a thrilling video game. Of course it is not what it seems.
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