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A review by scottlukaswilliams
Collateral Damage by David Mack
4.0
This novel does a good job of tying up the Picard story that began way back in the “Time to...” series. There’s some really great courtroom drama. Unfortunately, Picard himself is a bit passive. Most of the drama comes from the lawyers.
The B-plot is very complicated but it’s an important Worf story. Worf is maybe the character that has grown the most in these post-Nemesis novels. Here, he relies on his experience as an ambassador, as well as lessons learned from Picard over the years to demonstrate that he has become a really effective Starfleet commander.
Ultimately, all the TNG characters have something interesting to do, except Data and Troi who are mentioned, but absent.
I think I was expecting something a bit more grand for this finale, but as I take time to digest it, I think this book does what it needs to do. Mack brings things full circle for these books and we now look forward to where the Picard TV series will take us in the canon universe.
The B-plot is very complicated but it’s an important Worf story. Worf is maybe the character that has grown the most in these post-Nemesis novels. Here, he relies on his experience as an ambassador, as well as lessons learned from Picard over the years to demonstrate that he has become a really effective Starfleet commander.
Ultimately, all the TNG characters have something interesting to do, except Data and Troi who are mentioned, but absent.
I think I was expecting something a bit more grand for this finale, but as I take time to digest it, I think this book does what it needs to do. Mack brings things full circle for these books and we now look forward to where the Picard TV series will take us in the canon universe.