Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: New Ship...New Crew...New Possibilities

Where the first volume of this series laid a good foundation, this book starts to flesh out additional members of the crew of the USS Excalibur, and gives the reader a whole new host of species to learn about. Commander Shelby, of Borg-collective-expertise fame, finally makes her appearance as first officer -- and we get to meet a Hermat engineer who is of dual sex. It makes for some gender bending interest that is humorous as well as enlightening. The short serial nature of these slim volumes leaves you hanging and waiting for more. A far cry from the usual novels that have to wrap up all the conflicts and resolve all the problems before you run out of pages