I wasn’t sure what to expect from this book by Keith R. A. DeCandido, but his characters are vividly drawn and the story is engrossing. I guess this is sort of a tribute to the television show The West Wing with a trek twist, giving us a view of Federation President Nan Bacco and several months of her administration. Different and entertaining.

Published in mass-market paperback by Pocket Books. ( )

It was a good book, but I just can't help it, the whole time I read it all I could see in my mind instead of the Bajoran Press Secretary character was CJ Cregg.

That aside, the sheer number of characters in the book was insane and every once in a while it got sort of confusing. It's great that they tried write a Star Trek: West Wing, but the thing is, one of the reason that The West Wing, the tons of Senators, Reps, other characters, worked was because we got to see the people who played them.

Still, a good, solid book, and if you just go in understanding that half the time you're not going to know who the heck is who (which is what I finally just gave in and did, and I've been a Star Trek fan for decades), it's a thoroughly enjoyable book. ( )

It is "Star Trek" meets "The West Wing" in this novel showing the life in a year of the newest President of the United Federation of Planets. ( )

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