Takedown

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By John Jackson Miller

Publisher Description

An all-new novel of Star Trek: The Next Generation—one of the most popular Star Trek series of all-time, featuring the adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise!

When renegade Federation starships begin wreaking destruction across the Alpha Quadrant, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise are shocked to discover that the mastermind behind this sudden threat is none other than Picard’s protégé and friend: Admiral William T. Riker. The newly minted admiral is on board the U.S.S. Aventine as part of a special assignment, even as the mystery deepens behind his involvement in the growing crisis. But the Aventine is helmed by Captain Ezri Dax—someone who is no stranger to breaking Starfleet regulations—and her starship is by far the faster vessel…and Riker cannot yield even to his former mentor. It’s a battle of tactical geniuses and a race against time as Picard struggles to find answers before the quadrant’s great powers violently retaliate against the Federation…

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8 Reviews

3.0

smellincoffee

Created over 4 years ago

“TLDR: Fun, but an episodic throwback to the old numbered novels. I spotted this title at a surplus-goods store a few years back, and couldn’t help be flabbergasted by the premise. Admiral Riker, leading a flotilla of ships against Federation outposts — against Captains Ezri Dax and Jean Luc Picard? Where on earth did that come from? What huge twists and turns in previous novels had I missed? ….turns out, Takedown is largely self-contained, almost an episodic throwback to the old numbered novels. It’s a definite page turner with an out of left field premise, one that starts when members of the Khitomer Accords (Feds, Cardies, Ferengi, Klingons) and the Typhon Pact (Romulans, Gorn, and a few other villains) receive invitations to a space station in the middle of nowhere. When the meeting is over, each of the delegates — including Admiral Riker — are acting….a little odd, and within a few hours they’re all zipping across the Alpha and Beta Quadrants, destroying communications arrays — including those of their allies, and seemingly working in concert — while the six powers grope in darkness and wonder: what the hell? That question was on my mind for most of the story, which I would have devoured in one sitting were it not for the fact that my body mutinied and insisted I go to sleep. The mystery of what happened to the diplomats, and why they’re suddenly obsessed with destroying arrays that have no conceivable military purpose (some of them are deep space telescopes, probing the cosmos beyond any known powers), drives the story, particularly abroad the Aventine. Captain Dax is a little confused when Admiral Riker transfers his flag to her ship, moreso when he isolates himself in the holodeck, and finally has to push back when Riker declares that the greatest threat to the Federation which now exists ….is a Ferengi relay station. Once Picard and the Enterprise enter the picture, we learn more — but ultimately, it proves to be one of those “Now that you’ve foiled me I’ll reveal my entire plan” resolutions, which I don’t particularly care for. Takedown is a fun story, but not one to take seriously: there’s no character growth, and I’ve never seen the events here referenced in other novels. Its author, John Jackson Miller, is a new name for me in Treklit — and as bizarre as this story is, I enjoyed his use of humor. It helps, of course, that we get to visit both the Aventine and the Enterprise: I’m particularly fond of the Aventine crew, having grown fond of novels including them over the years. It was nice to see the real Picard in Treklit, not that tired imitation from Kurzman’s rubbish pile.”

Thomas

Created almost 5 years ago

Matt Hutson

Created about 8 years ago

“Hey everyone and thanks for coming to BookMattic. This week's Thrilling Thursday Book Review is yet another Star Trek book that I hope all you Trekkies out there will enjoy. Get ready for 'Takedown'! Star Trek: The Next Generation: Takedown by John Jackson Miller BookMattic's Rating: 3/5 Goodreads' Rating: 3.88/5 "Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please." -Niccolo Machiavelli Reviewer's Log Stardate: 70363 When I first picked this book up at the bookstore, I was wondering if it would be any good. Doing a little research about the author after I picked it up, I found out that John Jackson Miller is primarily a Star Wars author. Knowing that I felt skeptical whether this was going to be any good being that I'm a Trekkie. Well, I was wrong about my skepticism. Reviewer's Log Stardate: 70491.6 Takedown starts out with a medium pace but picks up from there with Admiral Riker on the Titan heading toward the meeting of the Peace Summit of Eight arranged by...they didn't actually find out right away. All the eight major powers in the area, picked ambassadors, some of whom aren't so friendly with the Federation, to go to this pointless, as they saw it, summit. To them it felt tedious since they knew they wouldn't come to a peace treaty. Nonetheless you get the sense that something strange or bad is going to happen due to Miller's skillful writing. As we find out later there's a plot that could start wars between major powers in the area and the only thing standing in the way of this almost impossible situation with the betrayal of Riker, is Picard on the Enterprise and Ezri Dax on the Aventine. It was actually very nice to see Dax in more of a central roll working alongside Picard to try and solve the conflict. She definitely has potential to have her own standalone book as the protagonist. I felt that Miller wrote Riker's voice and personality spot on and at times Riker's lines made me laugh out loud. There were a few other characters that Miller did a good job with characterizing as well as introducing a few new characters that are worthy of being in the Star Trek universe. The fast pace after the first chapter makes Takedown a quick read, but lacks focus on one main character or place. I felt like there was too much jumping around from one starship to another which made it feel like Miller has ADHD. Not that I'm bias Star Trek, but John Jackson Miller needs to make sure he gets all of the characters voices and Star Trek vocabulary down pat before taking on a novel again (he wrote stuff like 'clicked his communicator'). On the other hand I give John Jackson Miller props for trying to make a creative and 'historically' correct Star Trek novel adding connections to previous Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes which truthfully to tell you is one of the reasons why this book still at least gets a 3/5 star rating in my book.”

Jennie Lanz

Created almost 9 years ago

Macie Cantrell

Created over 9 years ago

About John Jackson Miller

John Jackson Miller is the New York Times bestselling author of Star Trek: Picard: Rogue Elements, Star Trek: Discovery: Die Standing, Star Trek: Discovery: The Enterprise War, the acclaimed Star Trek: Prey trilogy (Hell’s Heart, The Jackal’s Trick, The Hall of Heroes), and the novels Star Trek: The Next Generation: Takedown, Star Wars: A New Dawn, Star Wars: Kenobi, Star Wars: Knight Errant, Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith—The Collected Stories; and fifteen Star Wars graphic novels, as well as the original work Overdraft: The Orion Offensive. He has also written the enovella Star Trek: Titan: Absent Enemies. A comics industry historian and analyst, he has written for franchises including Halo, Conan, Iron Man, Indiana Jones, Battlestar Galactica, Mass Effect, and The Simpsons. He lives in Wisconsin with his wife, two children, and far too many comic books.