Título: The Star Trek: Enterprise: The Expanse
Autor: J. M. Dillard
Sinopse: With the mindless destruction of over seven million people, Starfleet and the crew of the Enterprise must face the fact that someone is willing to destroy the Earth and all of her people. High above the planet Earth, an alien probe appears and in an unspeakably horrific instant, releases a deadly blast that strafes the planet's surface, leaving a miles-wide, smoldering crater of destruction in its wake. Millions die in Florida, Cuba, and Venezuela, their lives blotted out in a blazing millisecond. Just as swiftly, the probe implodes and crashes on the planet surface, but the remnants provide no clue as to its origin. Who are the attackers, and what provoked them? Aboard the Starship Enterprise™, Captain Jonathan Archer learns of the destruction. His ship is called home; it is uncertain whether its mission of space exploration will continue. But before Enterprise reaches Earth, Archer is abruptly kidnapped from the bridge by the time-traveling enemies he has encountered before. He finds himself aboard a Suliban vessel, face-to-face with his old nemesis, Silik, a high-ranking individual in a battle known only as the Temporal Cold War. Silik leads him to his master, a mysterious humanoid from the far future. The humanoid claims that the attack on Earth was just a test; and the next attack will destroy Archer's home planet...unless he and the Enterprise crew stop it. To do so, they must enter a region of space called The Expanse - an area so dangerous that no ship has ever emerged from it unscathed. Vulcan crews were driven to bloodthirsty madness, Klingon crews were anatomically inverted, their internal organs exposed outside their bodies...while they still lived. Many vessels were lost, never to be heard from again. Archer faces the greatest crisis of his career: Should he believe Silik's time-traveling master, and expose his ship and crew to the perils of The Expanse, in hopes of saving Earth from destruction? And can he convince Starfleet Command and the Vulcan High Council to let Enterprise go to face her biggest challenge?
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “The Star Trek: Enterprise: The Expanse”, de J. M. Dillard, publicado pela editora Star Trek, em 2003 e com 254 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Star Trek
Páginas: 254
Ano: 2003
Edição: 1st Pocket Books Ed
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 9780743484855
ISBN13: 9780743484855
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Star Trek transportam o leitor para universos de exploração espacial onde conflitos políticos, dilemas éticos e aventuras em planetas desconhecidos se entrelaçam. A experiência de leitura costuma ser marcada por um ritmo dinâmico, com narrativas que mesclam ação, suspense e momentos de reflexão sobre a humanidade e a tecnologia. As sinopses sugerem que os enredos frequentemente envolvem tripulações de naves estelares enfrentando ameaças externas e internas, além de descobertas científicas que desafiam a ordem estabelecida. O catálogo apresenta um equilíbrio entre histórias mais narrativas, focadas em personagens e suas jornadas, e outras que exploram temas complexos como lealdade, sacrifício e identidade em cenários futuristas.
