If there has been any series of books that has rarely missed lately, it's been the Titan series which has tried to become TNG in it's own right, but for the first time in a while with "Fallen Gods" we have a story that really leaves you almost what did we really do here. In this installment, the Titan continues its exploration of the Gum Nebula with its sights set on a world near the Vela Pulsar & a civilization called the Ta'ith who really aren't all that well fleshed out. Martin's story also brings a new twist to Starfleet with the forced reassignment of all Andorian personnel who could be suspected of sabotage with Andor's recent secession. The plot itself really splits into 2 pieces when a piece of Ta'ith technology interfaces with Titan & Tuvok who still has knowledge of an alien technology from the Hranari. This away mission pretty much is almost boring in spots with really the only casualty being the actual technology itself & Tuvok who continues to surprise. The secondary plot involves the arrival of the Andorian warship Shantherin Th'Clane which claims to be there to the repatriate the Andorian crew members of Titan back into society to help with the reproductive crisis. This plot is a tad more interesting especially due to the involvement of a surprise in the Typhon Pact. Overall this is a rather sub-par story that could've been far more in depth than what it was & save the ending is one that doesn't do a lot for Titan as a whole.