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A spy for the Typhon Pact -- a new political rival of the Federation -- has stolen the plans for Starfleet's latest technological advance: the slipstream drive. To stop the Typhon Pact from unlocking its secrets Starfleet Intelligence recruits a pair of genetically enhanced agents: Dr Julian Bashir, of station Deep Space 9, and Sarina Douglas, a woman whose talents Bashir helped to develop -- and for whom he has long harboured passionate feelings. Bashir and Douglas must infiltrate a world controlled by the mysterious species known as the Breen, find the hidden slipstream project, and destroy it. Meanwhile, light-years away, Captain Ezri Dax and her crew on the USS Aventine play a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a Typhon Pact fleet that stands between them and the safe retrieval of Bashir and Douglas from hostile territory...
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David Mack is the author of numerous Star Trek novels, including the USA Today best-seller A Time to Heal and its companion volume, A Time to Kill. Mack's other novels include Star Trek: DS9: Warpath, Star Trek Vanguard: Harbinger, Star Trek: S.C.E.: Wildfire, and numerous eBooks and short stories. Mack also cowrote two episodes of Star Trek: DS9, "Starship Down" and "It's Only a Paper Moon."
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Having really enjoyed David Mack's Destiny trilogy I was looking forward to finding out what he would do next to the Star Trek universe in the first of four Typhon Pact novels. I have to admit I was a little disappointed by it though.
The story follows Julian Bashir and Serena Douglas as they attempt to infiltrate a Breen shipyard to retrieve some stolen plans. The Breen as a culture are explored in much more detail than ever before and Mack makes them seem very real. Sadly the same can't be said of the two Starfleet characters, whose genetic enhancements are played up, come across as superheroes whose power is a touch too awesome to empathise with.
The story starts in a style that I found quite similar to a television episode, with a lot of short scenes running back to back, setting up the plot, before settling down to the main part of the story. I find it quite irritating that a large period of Deep Space 9's story has been missed out between last year's The Soul Key and the Destiny books, which means a number of changes have occurred that are sprung upon the reader. I only wish that they had filled this gap with story rather than trying to gloss it over.
This book makes a traditional slightly dodgy attempt to do romance, which Star Trek has always been particularly bad at. Unfortunately it comes across quite cheaply, and doesn't really seem all that necessary to the plot, though it does serve as some motivation to the characters. Perhaps it is something that will be explored further in the rest of the series.
Although it was not what I would describe as an excellent read, it was better than a lot of Trek books and I'm still looking forward to reading the next three.
The story follows Julian Bashir and Serena Douglas as they attempt to infiltrate a Breen shipyard to retrieve some stolen plans. The Breen as a culture are explored in much more detail than ever before and Mack makes them seem very real. Sadly the same can't be said of the two Starfleet characters, whose genetic enhancements are played up, come across as superheroes whose power is a touch too awesome to empathise with.
The story starts in a style that I found quite similar to a television episode, with a lot of short scenes running back to back, setting up the plot, before settling down to the main part of the story. I find it quite irritating that a large period of Deep Space 9's story has been missed out between last year's The Soul Key and the Destiny books, which means a number of changes have occurred that are sprung upon the reader. I only wish that they had filled this gap with story rather than trying to gloss it over.
This book makes a traditional slightly dodgy attempt to do romance, which Star Trek has always been particularly bad at. Unfortunately it comes across quite cheaply, and doesn't really seem all that necessary to the plot, though it does serve as some motivation to the characters. Perhaps it is something that will be explored further in the rest of the series.
Although it was not what I would describe as an excellent read, it was better than a lot of Trek books and I'm still looking forward to reading the next three.
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The Breen are the main race featured in Zero Sum Game and I'm sure fans of DS9 will pick up this novel to find out the secret of their species. The novel is very well written and moves along at a brisk pace. The second Typhon Pact novel Seize the Fire was a disappoint, so lets hope Rough Beasts of Empire can match Zero Sum Game.
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The whole book has the feel of a TV episode, which means that while everything moves along at a decent pace it doesn't seem to go anywhere. It feels as if nothing has changed by the end of the book, the bad guys lost and the good guys won.
The book at least broadens the Breen, the late addition to the Star Trek DS9 universe, and they could be a setup for future storylines. It appears that the writers intend to bring the less well known members of the Typhon Pact more to the fore (Gorn, Kinshaya, etc) but we will have to see if they can weave them into a cohesive storyline.
Again this doesn't mean that it is a bad book, just don't expect it to be in the same league as the Destiny books
The book at least broadens the Breen, the late addition to the Star Trek DS9 universe, and they could be a setup for future storylines. It appears that the writers intend to bring the less well known members of the Typhon Pact more to the fore (Gorn, Kinshaya, etc) but we will have to see if they can weave them into a cohesive storyline.
Again this doesn't mean that it is a bad book, just don't expect it to be in the same league as the Destiny books
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Passes the time well
I bought this on kindle and to me its ideal for kindle as it passes the time but I wouldn't have wanted to pay full price for the book. Read more
Published 22 days ago by tomalexander
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David Mack does it aqgain, he makes every book fast paced by decribing things moving instead of the "the purple clouds appeared to have a concrete texture on this warm winter" type... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dan Brierley
boldly not that good
another typhon pact star trek novel which i had looekd forward to as it involved the mysterious breen zero sum game turned out to be a starfleet spy thriller that read like the... Read more
Published 7 months ago by mark1000
Very Average...
The Destiny trilogy has been somewhat over-rated in my opinion. Although it was an O.K. read, the plot was a little contrived but it did create the large scale change in the Trek... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Relayer
Good post-Destiny read
Like everyone else, I started this first novel in the Typhon Pact series having just finished the "Destiny" novels. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Glasgowruss
Excellent premiere
The first book of the Typhon Pact hopefully sets the scene for another good set of Star Trek books.
This one focuses on Bashir and Ezri who are teamed up to find out... Read more
This one focuses on Bashir and Ezri who are teamed up to find out... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Kodiak
Excellent Continuation
I've just fimshed the Destiny trilogy and was interested in what happened after those events. I believe that this book is also a part of a trilogy, with this book being the first. Read more
Published 19 months ago
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