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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The High Country

By: John Jackson Miller
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
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The first novel based on the thrilling Paramount+ TV series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds!

When an experimental shuttlecraft fails, Captain Christopher Pike suspects a mechanical malfunction—only to discover the very principles on which Starfleet bases its technology have simply stopped functioning. He and his crewmates are forced to abandon ship in a dangerous maneuver that scatters their party across the strangest new world they’ve ever encountered.

First Officer Una Chin-Riley finds herself fighting to survive an untamed wilderness where dangers lurk at every turn. Young cadet Nyota Uhura struggles in a volcanic wasteland where things are not as they seem. Science Officer Spock is missing altogether. And Pike gets the chance to fulfill a childhood dream: to live the life of a cowboy in a world where the tools of the twenty-third century are of no use.

Yet even in the saddle, Pike is still very much a starship captain, with all the responsibilities that entails. Setting out to find his crewmates, he encounters a surprising face from his past—and discovers that one people’s utopia might be someone else’s purgatory. He must lead an exodus—or risk a calamity of galactic proportions that even the Starship Enterprise is powerless to stop... Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Military Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Science Fiction Star Trek
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With the time available to explore this story, this feels gratifyingly like the book of a SNW-era film, rather than an episode. Starting with the focus on an away team of Captain Pike, Number One, Spock and Uhura, it focuses on the former two for the first half, which as a Spock fan was mildly disappointing at first. It's a great portrayal of Pike, however, and in many ways he is in his element here. There's adventure, humour, philosophy... but little science, for the majority of the story, which is again a slight mismatch to expectations, but didn't detract from a good yarn. The narrator managed a wide range of voices (except a passable British accent for La'an), the (strange new) world-building was adequate and everything comes to a satisfying conclusion. I couldn't stop listening! just makes me want to spend more time with this crew, in any format.

Luxuriously lengthy Pike-heavy adventure

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A very good story with lots of throwbacks to other shows. I think that this story should be pitched to Kurtzman as a potential film.

A SNW film?

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I love Star Trek Strange New Worlds and I could see this being used for a movie.

an excellent story

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finished to book in 3 chunks. the American accent put me off at 1st as most of the books ive listened to have been by english (which i am) narrators. some characters weren’t exactly how they’re portrayed on t.v but overall it carry a good essence. 16 hours of listening so plenty of listening which i would say gets more value from credits. i’m an insomniac/nocturnal this book gave me an entertaining listen and held my attention rather then staring at the ceiling

held my attention.

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So I love strange new worlds and was excited to see how this would work in book format. The narrator does an okay job of the voices though sometimes I wasn't sure who was speaking in a conversation.

The story itself is a western really to start with and I did feel this dragged on for longer than needed. This was a slow burn story and at times was quite slow and ponderous. There were however some good twists along the way and it did have the feel of an epic at 15 hours but I do wonder if a shorter narrative might have worked better here. I'll be interested listen to the other stories and see how they compare. The ending was well done and story had a good climax.
Overall, this is a good story without being outstanding. It does require careful listening and to stick with it at times. Not one to go to sleep with as you need to concentrate to keep on top of what is happening.

Enjoyed but a few things to know.

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