New Trek Novel Out - Zero Sum Game

[Slacker]

So the new Typhon Pact mini-series has begun its release with a Bashir-centric novel. I don't want to give any plot details away for those interested, but I've been semi-regularly following all the novels set post-Nemesis with a fair degree of interest. Cheesy or not, the Star Trek novels of the late-80s and early-90s were among the first 'adult' books I read, so I've got an irrational soft spot for them.

The depth and layers the books they've been releasing have really impressed me. You really begin to get a better appreciation for the universe reading them, and this novel is no different. It expounds quite a bit on the fact that a number of the aliens in the series were very one-dimensional, paper cutouts with little depth to them-the novel, without really spoiling anything, focuses quite a bit on the Breen and gives them a lot of depth.

I didn't really see anything on the forum talking about the books, and something tells me that I'm not the only one reading them. What's everyone's opinions on the setting the writers have developed for Star Trek post-Nemesis? I know Big Steve agrees with me, they do a lot to paint Federation society as a much more functional and realistic entity than we've seen in the television shows.

[JME2]

I didn't really see anything on the forum talking about the books, and something tells me that I'm not the only one reading them. What's everyone's opinions on the setting the writers have developed for Star Trek post-Nemesis? I know Big Steve agrees with me, they do a lot to paint Federation society as a much more functional and realistic entity than we've seen in the television shows.

I'm not reading as many Trek novels as I used to, but I keep taps on the proceedings.

I've enjoyed the Titan series a lot; it's really been interesting to see Riker away from Picard and in his own chair. Despite my hatred of VGR, I'll admit its relaunch is getting interesting with the Project Full Circle storyline.

In regards to the rest, I'm sick of the Borg and wasn't crazy about David Mack's Destiny trilogy, but the geopolitical aftermath has made things interesting. I'm just as curious as how the Typhon Pact crosssover will unfold.

[Slacker]

I enjoyed the first book, it confronted the clash of ideals versus reality that we've been talking about online for years. It's even commented in the book that it's becoming a lot more like the wild and wooly days when the Klingons and Federation stared each other down than the "Golden Age" post-Khitomer. I'm pleased they're releasing the entire miniseries in the course of a few months, one right after the other, rather than staggering it over a longer period.