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Peaceable Kingdoms (2013)

by Dayton Ward(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1476719020 (ISBN13: 9781476719023)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Pocket Books/Star Trek

review 1: Can you like something and still be let down? The first two books seem irrelevant to the final three of the series. They could have gotten away with a trilogy. The majority of book one was not answered and really a disservice to the DS9 characters was done. Given what was discovered in the final book: How is Ro Laren or ANY character from Deep Space Nine characters not involved? I need to stop, now.
review 2: Two stars is a little unfair, I admit. Overall, this is a 3: a solid covert-ops cat and mouse plot, some genuinely very good character development, and an interesting outcome to the story arc. The book lost a star and a half for its incessant recaps of the entire plot.The book begins with a "Historian's Note" summarizing the story so far - but then *every... more singe chapter* in the first half includes a full stop to the action for at least one complete plot recap. One or two are annoying, but by the tenth or so it generates blind fury. Add the stops after every offhand remark that references anything that ever happened it Trek history, and it feels like two thirds of the book is redundant recaps. That said, I particularly appreciated the characterizations of Picard and Worf, and how much they've shaped each other over the years: we see Worf as a mature and wise mentor, and Picard as Seriously Not Interested In Your Bullshit. His own recognition of his change from isolated martinet diplomat into family man not hesitant to express friendship and antagonism is a nice touch. Otherwise, there's some decent action, an annoyingly transparent trap that the Enterprise sticks its head into, and an interesting denouement that leaves the villain of the arc as an interestingly ambivalent character.Overall advice? Read Uma McCormick's magnificent contribution, and skip the rest of The Fall. less

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