E. L. Flood

A somewhat more nuanced story about slavery than SPARTACUS, although still pretty broad strokes (it is Trek after all). I thought the most interesting part was the way that the avian aliens assumed humans weren't intelligent, or were less intelligent, and got drawn into thinking that way even when there was plenty of other evidence...of course, this got me thinking about how species or fantasy races are very bad metaphors for human race.

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I loved these books a 12 year old I loved mysteries and a female lead character

I admit this book built up a great set of suspense... Then dropped the reader on its arse. It ended too quickly, too cleanly, too easily. I felt cheated by this novel's ending. While it was nice to see the Federation run into an alien that wasn't humanoid, it left much to be desired. The book attempted to get all the major characters involved in the storyline, which caused some point of view confusion at times, but still a good brainless read.