I don’t normally write reviews, but after some of the reviews I read here I was compelled to add my voice. This is two books, The Final Reflection and The Hand of Kahless. I was taken aback by this being two books being included under one title, I am not sure why the publisher made that choice, these two stories are only linked by their focus on the Klingons and the writer John M. Ford.
When reading The Final Reflection one has to remember this was written in 1984, the same year the movie The Search for Spock was released. Much of the backstory of the Klingon culture was still “An Undiscovered Country”. And you just have to view that story as a portrayal of the Klingon culture from a different creative viewpoint. Taken in that context this is actually one of the better Star Trek books I’ve read. You just have to get around these aren’t the Klingons we get to know in The Next Generation. There are some brilliant ideas in this portrayal of a warrior race, and some do make an appearance in later stories of Klingons, but not many. But the story is interesting and in the same spirit of most Star Trek stories.
The second book in this saga is the namesake of this review. This also was a good story, written in 2004 and set in the TNG timeline. These are the Klingons we know from the later series and movies. The author did a good job of staying true to the feel of the later television series. I enjoyed this story as well, I could clearly picture Picard and Worf and others speaking these words, and the plot was logical within the setting.
I can recommend both these stories, even though they’re different stories written at different times of both the author and the stories themselves. ( )

I bought this because it was the only edition of John M. Ford's "Final Reflection" that I could find, and I really have to wonder what the hell possessed the editors to put it together with Friedman's "Khaless".
Beyond the fact that they're both Star Trek novels about Klingons, the two books have nothing in common.
Ford writes a cunning book about a completely alien culture, and it's some of the best damn scifi I've read in a long time. Seriously, even if you can't stand Star Trek, if you like scifi even a little, this will bring you joy. Just don't buy this edition. Buy the standalone edition, even if you have to pay more.
Khaless is horrible. I've read better Trek fanfic, and after finishing the Final Reflection, the quality change will be very jarring. The whole thing is cliched, and isn't much more than about 200 pages of fan service. Not even good fan service.
Note that I still gave this book four stars. Yes, the Final Reflection really is that good. ( )