Well, this version of the mirror universe is sure all in on evil lesbians (well...evil bisexual women having sex with other women, at least). But it's fun! I really liked getting to see Mirror Universe Seven. My big disappointment is that this book's Garak is deeply uninteresting and even kind of depressing...but then again, I guess some people end up as losers in the Mirror Universe, that's just the way it is...? Still, I can't get behind Garak being aggressively straight. I'm sorry. Fandom has poisoned me.

Set in the mirror universe. Seven is an agent for the Obsidian Order. Full of political intrigue, assassinations, and sex. A bi-sexual Intendant Kira. Everyone is planning, backstabbing and scheming. ( )

Right from the start we're knee deep in the politics in the Mirror Universe. It starts with Seven, an Obsidian Order agent in this universe, who is undercover as a Klingon on Khitomer.

We stay with her for awhile, but, then as the book goes we get to see the story from a few different points of view. Deanna Troi, Kira, Sisko (we even see Smiley). Of course, since this is the Mirror Universe from the DS9 time period they're nothing like our regular DS9, Voyager, and Next Generation characters.

There's lots of maneuvering going on in the book, it's a very political intrigue sort of Star Trek book, and it's so chock full of women too (which is awesome). And, not just that, but, it does not apologize for or ever stray into the problem that some 'women centric' books do where they say 'but also men....'. This book does not do that, and it's glorious.

It was refreshing and a definite different look at the Mirror Universe.

Book 2 is gonna be amazing. ( )

As a rule, I don't expect anything from tie-in novels, and this one successfully cleared that bar. I appreciated how focused it was on political intrigue among the women of the mirrorverse, though I think the writing could've been better. ( )