Vornholt, John. The Genesis Wave, book two.(Star Trek  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. : The Next Generation). Pocket Books. 294p. c2001. 0-7434-1183-8. $6.99. JSA JSA - Japanese Standards Association. This second volume in the exciting Genesis Wave series (not in the numbered Star Trek series) provides answers to the mysteries left hanging in the first installment. The biggest mystery concerns the identity of the enemy who had kidnapped Dr. Carol Marcus and adapted the genesis matrix to a carrier wave, and had then released it toward Earth. The new enemy turns out to be a species of moss that Dr. Crusher describes as a cryptogamic cryp·to·gam n. A member of a formerly recognized taxonomic group that included all seedless plants and plantlike organisms, such as mosses, algae, ferns, and fungi. parasite with telepathic te·lep·a·thy n. Communication through means other than the senses, as by the exercise of an occult power. tel abilities. Data is the only one not susceptible to the mental projections of the creatures that have released the Genesis Wave in order to colonize col·o·nize v. col·o·nized, col·o·niz·ing, col·o·niz·es v.tr. 1. To form or establish a colony or colonies in. 2. To migrate to and settle in; occupy as a colony. 3. and propagate their species on the recreated planets hit by the transformational power of the wave. The Federation forces finally manage to turn the existing wave away from Earth and to destroy the source that created it before any more waves can be set loose. Although the source of the wave is destroyed, the information about how to create it survives, necessitating at least a third volume in this excellent Star Trek series. Hugh M. Flick, Jr., Silliman College, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT |
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