Star Trek The Next Generation - Typhon Pact #1 - Zero Sum Game

Nice Quality Read

I thought that this novel was quite similar to the Enterprise Romulan War storyline in how the mission plays out. Good usage of character development (especially Bashir's medical misfits as seen in DS9). I would recommend this book highly. It looks to be a nice developing series. Looking forward to see if it can rival against the Borg invasion or the Dominion storyline.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Destiny a tough act to follow

This book is a gpod next chapter following Destiny. Destiny had so much depth that it's tough to follow but this book is OK. Good exploration of Bashir as a character.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Star Trek at its best-- highly recommended!

Action packed from start to finish- I couldn't put this book down.
If only the rest of the books in this series lived up to this one.
Characters were just right, plot was intriguing and the pace was breathless. One of the best Star Trek books to come along in a while.
The good news is: despite this being a 'series'-- this book is a stand alone story. You don't have to read the next two novels to enjoy the story.(And in my opinion, you're better off NOT reading the next two novels in the series)

Average read

I enjoyed learning about Breen society a great deal, but I don't think that Bashier was in character at all. The passion he has is only shown twice and he kills others too easily. I guess the character change could result from a friendless position and getting old... but the Bashier in this story is still out of character. The book is still an ok read and has a great twist at the end.

Reads Like Fan Fiction

I was excited to read this book, which promised--I thought--political intrigue with the Typhon Pact series, and this particular book featured Dax and Bashir.

However, I was incredibly disappointed by just about everything in this book. This book read more like fan fiction more than anything else. I found that Mack seemed to be incapable of writing Bashir in character, making him look like an incompetent fool who had to rely on his partner, Sarina, to do practically everything for their undercover assignment to a Breen world. I also don't think Dax was in character and seemed a mere shadow of what she had done in other post relaunch books.

Sarina and the Breen dissident, Nar, were the two most fascinating characters in this book, and really, the story could have been told just as well if not better without the characters of Bashir and Dax in the mix. There were some interesting moments with those characters, and the Breen were explored in more depth, though with the story feeling like fan fiction like I previously said, I don't know if I can welcome these details into the Star Trek world.

The book did get a little better during the climax and ending, which is what saved this book, bringing it up from two stars to two and a half. I would have expected better from David Mack, and he just couldn't deliver.

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