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A review by lefthandedmatt
Obsidian Alliances by Keith R.A. DeCandido, Sarah Shaw, Peter David
4.0
The Mirror-Scaled Serpent: maybe my favourite MU story so far, and it's a Voyager one. This is gruesome stuff and features a lot of death and a fair bit of sex. An exciting story which flips the Voyager premise around by having Neelix and Kes be the ones transported to the Alpha Quadrant instead, and encountering the Terran resistance. The Voyager characters are really inverted to be despicably evil people.
Cutting Ties: a New Frontier story, which I've never read any of, but this captivated me pretty well. The protagonist, Muck, is a bit difficult to embrace given his cold anger and hatred, but the story does a lot with him. It also used the TNG characters Shelby and Lefler and even gave us a glimpse into the 'prime' universe. Well written and exciting with some memorable characters."
Saturn's Children: the final story is probably the best one, picking up on the final MU episode of Deep Space Nine and continuing the story for the characters. A story full of intrigue and exciting character conflict as Intendant Kira tries to regain her former position and O'Brien struggles to keep control of the rebellion. As I've now come to expect from these stories, there's a lot of death, but this one has an inspiring element in the form of O'Brien.
A very entertaining book, overall, that's quite removed from the usual Star Trek stories. Your own enjoyment will largely be based on whether or not you're okay with reading tales about hateful characters.
Cutting Ties: a New Frontier story, which I've never read any of, but this captivated me pretty well. The protagonist, Muck, is a bit difficult to embrace given his cold anger and hatred, but the story does a lot with him. It also used the TNG characters Shelby and Lefler and even gave us a glimpse into the 'prime' universe. Well written and exciting with some memorable characters."
Saturn's Children: the final story is probably the best one, picking up on the final MU episode of Deep Space Nine and continuing the story for the characters. A story full of intrigue and exciting character conflict as Intendant Kira tries to regain her former position and O'Brien struggles to keep control of the rebellion. As I've now come to expect from these stories, there's a lot of death, but this one has an inspiring element in the form of O'Brien.
A very entertaining book, overall, that's quite removed from the usual Star Trek stories. Your own enjoyment will largely be based on whether or not you're okay with reading tales about hateful characters.