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Star Trek - Typhon Pact 3: Bestien (2013)

by David R. George III(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 3

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English

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Science Fiction

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Cross Cult

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Star Trek: Typhon Pact

review 1: This is a well-written book that focuses on Spock and the Vulcan-Romulan reunification movement, the politics of the Romulan Empire(s), and, to a lesser extent, Benjamin Sisko and his life post-Deep Space Nine. It is an interesting look at all concerned, although I must admit to finding some of the character development of Sisko to be somewhat OUT of character. All in all, quite a worthwhile read for a Trek fan; whether it would be worthwhile for someone not already a fan is another question. I doubt it, but it's hard for me to judge.
review 2: Normally, I give most Star Trek novels at least three stars, books about DS9 usually get more, but this book was more upsetting than enjoyable. The Spock portion about the Romulan Empire was quite fascinating, political... more wheels within wheels all leading to a finale no one could have predicted. The way the leaders of both Romulan states meet their fates shows how tenuous the Typhon Pact can quickly become if members became aware of how other members manipulate their governments to achieve results beneficial to one party of another.Now, onto why I gave this book two stars. Let me preface this in saying that Deep Space Nine was my all-time favorite Star Trek series with Captain Sisko being tied with Janeway for favorite captain. Therefore, it stands to reason that a novel where Sisko's personality is nearly a 180 degree shift from what it was in the series warrants a bit of ranting. First off, everyone from the eeries and the relaunch is in different roles, Kira (One of my favorites of any Star Trek series) is now a vedek, Sisko is moping around the quadrant using his status to isolate himself from everyone, Vaughn and his daughter are camped out in DS9's infirmary, Ro is, presumably still in charge, Julian is back though not really in the book, O'Brian is on Cardassia (Read the first book of Worlds of Deep Space Nine), and Quark and Nog are still in their usual roles.Frankly, with the DS9 portions,which center around Sisko, it feels as though I missed reading a book following the Destiny trilogy, but I didn't. With Star Trek Destiny, there were no DS9 characters shown aside from Dax, so there is a bit of a gap, but this book, and the rest of the Typhon Pact, picks up without any book in between to fill in the gaps for a better understanding of what happened to them during the invasion. The reader is dumped into a radically different DS9 narrative with Sisko being very different.I really wanted to like this book for the Romulan elements, but the Sisko portion, and my general loathing for what is going on with DS9 brought it down for me. less

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