Michael A. Martin

Overall not bad. But it did not grip me the way I had thought it would. I finished the Enterprise series a few weeks before starting and had heard this provides a better conclusion which I guess it does. It just seemed a little longer than I anticipated.

Nice beginning to the journeys of the USS Titan. After listening to Fortunes of War, I needed to rewind to the beginning of the Titan's journeys.

Interesting from a franchise POV because it tells the story of one of the crewmen killed in the second TNG film. It also follows up with characters we met in earlier episodes about Picard's past. I f:thought it was a very interesting book, especially in how it dealt with Section 31's ethics and the Prime Directive (in a non-obvious way).

I enjoyed the storytelling in this book. I felt like I was reading another Star Trek TNG episode. The best part of the novel was the dialogue between character Hawk and Zweller over the purposeful rule-breaking of Section 31 compared to the seat of the pants decision making that Riker and Picard do. Although this is part of a series this book does a good job of standing on its own. I will probably read the other books in this series if they are available in my local library.