Review: It's ok  **Spoiler alert**
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 25, 2013
I've just finished this short story by James Swallow and found it just ok. The story is alright, and is instantly recognisable as Star Trek Next Generation. The length is about right for this adventure, but it's over quickly, and it's essentially a rerun of when Soran lead to the destruction of the Enterprise D and the death of James T Kirk, except this time with some temporal/time travel as well, which I get kind of tired of seeing in Star Trek.This time, the Enterprise E is called to rendevous with a science ship which has been studying the nexus, and discovered that it needs to be destroyed before it reaches Kinshayan space, and they discover that they could utilise the nexus's temporal altering abilities to possibly erase the Federation from existence.In their efforts to destroy the nexus, the nebula class vessel is badly damaged, and discovered to be due to sabotage. Attempts to find the saboteur lead to the discovery of two separate parties, one of which takes Picard totally by surprise and leads to him entering the nexus again, where time travel/temporal events lead to the eventual sealing off of the nexus and defeat of the Kinshaya opponents.One bright spark is the new tactical officer, Smrhova. She seems strong and no nonsense.Overall, should you buy it? Sure- it's only a few dollars. I'd prefer it if it was only 1 buck, but still, give it a try. Maybe you'll like it better than I did.