Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda: The Attitude of Silence

by Jeff Mariotte

It seemed too good to be true...When marauding ships attack the Andromeda Ascendant, the Andromeda crew, desperate to save their ship, slipstream to a world called Festival, which fends off their mysterious attackers and welcomes the crew with open arms. The crew couldn't be happier. Festival wishes to join the Commonwealth, and, as its name implies, is a safe haven, a perfect place for relaxing and indulging in life's finer pleasures.But there's something not quite right about Festival. Captain Dylan Hunt is suspicious of the large number of armed soldiers who are ostensibly providing security for their visit. And when his crew finds a big underground bash, the revelers seem more tense than happy. Dylan and crew uncover a diabolical scheme seething beneath the planet's utopian faç Festival's planetary government is really a powerful militant regime bent on forcing neighboring worlds to join the new Commonwealth against their own volition.Before the Andromeda crew can do anything about Festival's strong-arm tactics, they receive a distress call from a renowned peace ambassador whose ship is being attacked by space pirates. In a bloody battle, Dylan and his crew defeat the attacking pirates. After the smoke clears, they learn from the ambassador the rulers of Festival don't just want to join the Commonwealth . . . they want to rule it! Suddenly, Festival seems like the Andromeda's worst nightmare. Captain Hunt and the crew have their hands full escaping from the clutches of Festival's power-hungry government, and trying to keep the peace within the Commonwealth.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

284 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2005

About the author

Award-winning author Jeffrey J. Mariotte has published more than 30 novels, including horror epic The Slab, award nominated teen horror quartet Witch Season, and the recent supernatural thrillers River Runs Red and Missing White Girl, in addition to tie-in novels and many, many comic books. He is also co-owner of specialty bookstore Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego. He lives in southeastern Arizona.

Also writes as Jeffrey J. Mariotte.

Reviews

[soda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I grew up on Star Trek, watching the Andromeda show (as well as other sci fi) so this was my kind of read.

I felt the end was a little abrupt considering everything they went through in the series, and I don't think the leader of Festival would have given up so easily, but all things considered it was highly entertaining. I do wish the "malfunction" of the Andromeda ship's avatar, "Rommie" didn't happen, b/c I would have liked that idea to have been explored a bit more.

I do love that there are not just men on the crew, and it's not just one (token) female either. The Andromeda and Maru have a really strong female pilot who isn't afraid to "get some" while on shore leave ;)

Definitely checking out other stories by this author.