Dark Allies

Peter David

Aug 2002 · Star Trek: The Next Generation Book 8 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

The continuing voyages of the Starship Excalibur!
Many years ago, a bizarre alien life-form known as the Black Mass consumed and destroyed an entire solar system in what was then the Thallonion Empire. Now the Black Mass has returned and its target is Tulan IV, homeworld of the fearsome Redeemers. Faced with near-certain destruction the Overlord of the Redeemers is forced to turn to an unlikely ally: Captain Calhoun and the Starship Excalibur.
Busy coping with the return of his rebellious son, Calhoun is none too eager to come to the aid of his despotic enemy, but when innocent lives are threatened he has no choice but to confront the unstoppable Black Mass. But how can one starship turn back a force capable of consuming entire suns?

Ratings and reviews

But unlike _The Quiet Place_ this book was not a romp. And unlike _The Quiet Place_ this book was more typical of Peter David's approach to the New Frontier novels in that it was chock full of promiscuity, fornication, and deviant life styles. None of the characters are sympathetic, no, not one. You want to feel for the Captain as he seeks to create some sort of relationship with his son, but you end up not feeling for him after all. In the end, all there is is the plot and the hook for the next volume. Sigh! Come on, Peter, you've proven you can do better than this. Come on, editors, Peter's proven he can do better than this.

About the author

Peter David is a prolific writer whose career, and continued popularity, spans more than twenty-five years. He has worked in every conceivable media—television, film, books (fiction, nonfiction, and audio), short stories, and comic books—and acquired followings in all of them.