Quarantine

Star Trek: Voyager - Starfleet Academy #3

by Patricia Barnes-Svarney, Jason Palmer

Cadet Kathyrn Janeway is thrilled and nervous. She and four other cadets have just been assigned to the "U.S.S. Tsiolkovsky." It's their first real mission: to bring medical supplies to the planet Chatoob and help save a people condemned by air that hasn't been fit to breathe for centuries. But when Kathyrn analyzes the "poison" atmosphere, she finds no evidence of contamination. Is someone telling them lies? She's determined to discover the truth.
But when the curious cadets rush to help a sick old woman, they're trapped in a sealed room with people dying of the plague. Suddenly, they're cut off from their mothership, locked in a quarantine, scheduled to die -- unless Kathyrn can lead them out of the dead zone in time.

Genres: Star Trek, Science Fiction, Star Trek Voyager, Childrens, Young Adult

114 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1997

About the author

First I must appologize to my family for being the kid who always asked "Why?" But that one word asked many times led me to science and writing--especially in the physical sciences. And all of that led me to have quite an wide range of other writing topics--from weather in Antarctica to the many facets of Forensic Science. Yes, I've always been "the geek next door"... and with more than three dozen books to my credit (mostly on science), no one questions my geekiness anymore!

The latest book is from Visible Ink Press--The Handy Forensic Science Answer Book. Thomas Svarney is my co-author, and is one heck of a researcher. (He also has a science background, so we can discuss the mechanics of the climate without scratching our heads in puzzlement...Well, within reason!) The book was interesting to put together and we learned a great deal about forensics. It was especially fun since the subject includes so many different sciences.

Reviews

[Mikael Kuoppala · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good book that did a good job in the field of characterization and a decent one at the field of plotting. It was, however, much too short, making the plot a bit too straightforward and light.

Fortunately Barnes-Svarney held the book well in order, as she described the layers of Janeway's character with the help of an unoriginal but well executed plot.

If you like Janeway, read this.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Janeway is sent on a training mission on a real Starfleet mission. She gets exposed to a disease, and starts to find out about the corruption of the government. This is a decent story, that is quite deep for a childrens' book. It feels like the plot of a normal Voyager. A good read.

[Frank Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

More new aliens and Boothby's back! This was a great read. A very classic star trek scenario with a very classic star trek ending.

[Tony Thompson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book really started out slow. It wasn't something I was excited to get back to. But the last quarter, or third, of the book really picked up.
Once they were on their mission and there was a "problem" it became a lot more interesting.
It still wasn't great because I really didn't care about any of these characters. But if you've read the other two books in this series, this one is far superior in my opinion.

[Mikayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun little prequel to the series. I enjoyed seeing Janeway younger.

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Closer to 2.5, but I’ll round up. Really not much to say about this one; these Starfleet Academy books are aggressively mediocre even by middle-grade standards.

[Natulka · Rating 3 out of 5]

enjoyable read

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great Cadet Janeway book. Kept you wondering just how they would get out of their mess again.