This book was at a little bit of a disadvantage when I picked it up. Of the five Star Trek series, Voyager was the one I liked least – and by a fair distance. Also this is book three in a trilogy and I haven't read the first two so it was going to have a bit of a struggle to get me to enjoy the read.

Well I have to say that I was fairly surprised by this book. Not having read the first two instalments did not prove much of a problem at all, enough detail was included so I had a decent idea what had happened earlier, sufficient anyway to allow me to enjoy this volume.

Basically when the book starts it seems everything on Voyager has gone to hell. Janeway is in stasis on the edge of death, The Doctor, Paris and Kim are all missing and Tuvok is a little below par to say the least – struggling to overcome a form of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Add into the mix the ever mischievous Q, who sends Paris and Kim off on a mission of their own and we have all the ingredients that make up a pretty fine Trek book.

Since the Trek book series was relaunched a little while ago the standard of the books has increased remarkably. It's the Trek books of late that have upped the standard of tie-in novels. And as well as increased the standard of the writing these books have become more complex novels – there is a lot going on in these books and they have certainly moved away from the young-adult feel of years gone by.

Okay it's still a Voyager book, and that does bring with it the weaknesses of the Voyager series – the characters are inferior to the other series, the delta-quadrant situation removed from the strengths that made up the other shows. But given these faults (of the series not the book) he author has done a fine job – and actually made me care about the members of Voyagers crew. Now that's not bad going.

Synopsis
Grief over Janeways impending death, coupled with anxiety brought on by the disappearance of Tom, Harry and the Doctor, is put aside as Chakotay assumes command of Voyager, and the crew prepares for attack by the enraged Nacene. Behind the lines, powerful forces have allied to give the starship aid. Toward this end, a familiar adversary sends Tom and Harry on a journey into the past. Elsewhere, the Doctor, trapped in a dimension alien to human understanding, reunites with the crew's former friend, Kes, to help secure the fates of those he left behind. For, as the crew will learn, Voyager's conflict is merely the surface manifestation of a more powerful upheaval still; a struggle which is rooted in the very foundation of the universe.