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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine—Mission Gamma #1-2
These Haunted Seas
It is a time of renewed hope. As the U.S.S. Defiant sails through the wormhole and charts a new course of discovery into the unknown ocean of the Gamma Quadrant, powerful individuals from distant worlds gather at station Deep Space 9 to usher in a bright new era; with the Dominion War now only a memory, Bajor is poised at last to enter the Federation. For Colonel Kira Nerys, Commander Elias Vaughn, and all those who follow them, these are the voyages they were born to undertake.But where they seek to go is defined by the journeys they have made before, and ghosts populate these uncharted waters -- the spectres of lost leaders, fallen friends, forsaken lovers, vanquished enemies, and earlier selves. Some of these shades drive the travelers on, others are drawn inexorably into their wake; but all make their presence felt, and in feeling, the men and women of DS9 and the Defiant must somehow navigate the perilous rapids of their pasts in order to find the future.Originally published as Twilight and T his Gray Spirit -- the first two novels in the critically acclaimed Gamma series -- These Haunted Seas is the next chapter of the epic saga begun in Twist of Faith , continuing the chronicles of Star Deep Space Nine beyond the small screen, propelling its heroes to realms they could never have imagined, and truths they cannot escape.
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May 30, 2021
Twilight
Let’s start with the basics: Twilight is far too long. It’s not too long because 600-odd pages is too much for a Star Trek novel; it's too long because it is so painfully obvious that a solid third of those 600 pages were superfluous. There are so many chapters that don’t seem to fit, that waste time on details irrelevant to the current story; meanwhile, there is an utter lack of any attempt to be concise, to achieve more than one or two narrative beats per chapter, and those beats are achieved, generally, only for one character. One of Deep Space Nine’s strengths as a show was its ensemble and the way that ensemble played off one another; in this novel – and others in the series, to be fair – we’re so deep in the characters’ heads that we have to see all the relationships developed extremely tediously from each character’s perspective, mostly while the person they’re developing said relationship with is not around.
As a counterpoint, I want to highlight the relationship between Kira and Taran’atar. This novel has little for Taran’atar to do, besides continue his mission to observe the Alpha Quadrant, but after the injuries he sustained in Demons of Air and Darkness, he’s resting and unable to continue to train – so instead he asks to watch Kira in one of his holosuite programs. In doing so, he and Kira continue their discussion of their respective gods – the Founders and the Prophets – and how they both feel they have been cast out by them. Taran’atar also has a moment with Quark where they discuss Odo – a god to the Jem’Hadar, a nuisance to the Ferengi. Both of these moments are character-building as well as theme-building, in that faith was a major theme throughout DS9.
The two storylines of the novel are both interesting, but I felt they were done a disservice by the structure of the novel. The A plot involves the mission into the Gamma Quadrant that doesn’t begin until a third of the way into the novel, and a mysterious pulse causing devastation to several star systems. The B plot involves Bajor’s petition to join the Federation. There is a C plot in which someone has decided that the ship everyone wants to see in this expansion is Quark/Ro. Chapters alternate between these plots with an occasional cutaway to apparently irrelevant adventures with Kasidy, such that just as one gains momentum, it is cut off. It ends up repeating itself several times, and ultimately not moving the overall story on the equivalent 600 pages.
Which is a shame, because the A and B plots are both good. I’m not that interested in Vaughn, but I’m growing to like Prynn and think that their relationship, given the attention and momentum it deserves, could be a boon to the series. How Kira and Ro feel about Bajor joining the Federation is interesting. It’s just that these elements get dragged out because neither one can be sustained through the alternating chapters and constant interruptions.
This Gray Spirit
This Gray Spirit inherits a few of the problems of its predecessor, but from the get-go it was immediately clear that this was going to be a book that I found much more enjoyable to read. There’s fun, character building dialogue – and that dialogue is between more than two people at a time. It’s more dynamic and less broody – things happen, rather than characters thinking about what has happened or what might happen for pages at a time.
While the back-and-forth chapters between Alpha and Gamma Quadrants results in a similar momentum-kill as in Twilight, the thematic parallels between the Alpha and Gamma plots mean that this was not nearly so frustrating (as did the fact that chapters switch between viewpoints of multiple characters). In the Alpha Quadrant, as Bajor continues the process of admission to the Federation, the Cardassians arrive with the hope of normalizing relations between the two planets. Meanwhile, in the Gamma Quadrant, the Defiant encounters a species with an oppressive caste system and must figure out if they can – or should – intervene to improve relations between the two. The thematic questions of the relationship between oppressor and oppressed, and what is reasonable behaviour from an oppressed people, cross both narratives.
Alongside this there are further continuing narratives, in particular the question of Andorian sexuality. This plotline is a fascinating one to find in a Star Trek novel – the kind of science fictional plot one might find in the areas of the genre more concerned with sexuality than ‘90s and ‘00s Star Trek has traditionally been, such as Ursula K. Le Guin’s stories set on the planet O. What comes across to us humans as an unusual form of polyamorous relationship ends up being just as rigid and defined by social mores as our monoamorous reproductive rights; there is also, here, a kind of purity culture that creates conflict and tragedy. I’ve not been all that interested in the adventures of Shar and his bondmates in the series up to this point, but as the novel where things actually start happening, This Gray Spirit was capable of drawing me into that narrative more fully.
That being said, elements of this storyline are somewhat dated for the contemporary science fiction reader. A degree of dating applies across much of the novel, too, from some of the counselling (although, this seems better than much of what television Star Trek actually managed) to the idea that new genetic information might solve a caste conflict. As ever with Star Trek, there are hints of progressive ideas about history, by which I mean the outdated colonial idea that ‘civilizations’ pass through universal stages of development in which certain social movements are appropriate; then there is the actual colonization which sits incredibly uncomfortably next to the Cardassia/Bajor storyline – although I note that it is always called the occupation of Bajor by the Cardassians, rather than the colonization of Bajor.
Yet despite all this This Gray Spirit remains an exciting read, closer to the more fun novels earlier in the DS9 continuation than its dreary predecessor. The story is engaging, and the ideas interesting and thought provoking, even if the solutions are not what I would expect in recent science fiction. But Deep Space Nine was never one for pat, all’s-well-that-ends-well conclusions – that’s one of the reasons why the continuation works. And This Gray Spirit does not offer such an ending. We are still in the midst of things, between the complicated past and the uncertain future. We cannot always expect to be left with a clear resolution.
- - -
At the halfway point of the Mission Gamma novels, it strikes me that this arc was devised to make DS9 a little more like the other Star Treks, focusing on exploration and discovery rather than politics, prophecy, and faith. This feels like a disservice to the unique selling point of the series among Star Treks – there’s nothing in the Gamma Quadrant that particularly feels like it wouldn’t have worked as a story in Voyager, for example. This observation is very much not the case for the stories happening in the Alpha Quadrant, but it does make me wish that those were getting more sustained attention.
Overall, while Twilight really damaged my enthusiasm for continuing to read the DS9 continuation, This Gray Spirit revived my interest and reminded me of why I decided to do so in the first place. As such, I’m pretty glad that I read them in an omnibus edition.
Let’s start with the basics: Twilight is far too long. It’s not too long because 600-odd pages is too much for a Star Trek novel; it's too long because it is so painfully obvious that a solid third of those 600 pages were superfluous. There are so many chapters that don’t seem to fit, that waste time on details irrelevant to the current story; meanwhile, there is an utter lack of any attempt to be concise, to achieve more than one or two narrative beats per chapter, and those beats are achieved, generally, only for one character. One of Deep Space Nine’s strengths as a show was its ensemble and the way that ensemble played off one another; in this novel – and others in the series, to be fair – we’re so deep in the characters’ heads that we have to see all the relationships developed extremely tediously from each character’s perspective, mostly while the person they’re developing said relationship with is not around.
As a counterpoint, I want to highlight the relationship between Kira and Taran’atar. This novel has little for Taran’atar to do, besides continue his mission to observe the Alpha Quadrant, but after the injuries he sustained in Demons of Air and Darkness, he’s resting and unable to continue to train – so instead he asks to watch Kira in one of his holosuite programs. In doing so, he and Kira continue their discussion of their respective gods – the Founders and the Prophets – and how they both feel they have been cast out by them. Taran’atar also has a moment with Quark where they discuss Odo – a god to the Jem’Hadar, a nuisance to the Ferengi. Both of these moments are character-building as well as theme-building, in that faith was a major theme throughout DS9.
The two storylines of the novel are both interesting, but I felt they were done a disservice by the structure of the novel. The A plot involves the mission into the Gamma Quadrant that doesn’t begin until a third of the way into the novel, and a mysterious pulse causing devastation to several star systems. The B plot involves Bajor’s petition to join the Federation. There is a C plot in which someone has decided that the ship everyone wants to see in this expansion is Quark/Ro. Chapters alternate between these plots with an occasional cutaway to apparently irrelevant adventures with Kasidy, such that just as one gains momentum, it is cut off. It ends up repeating itself several times, and ultimately not moving the overall story on the equivalent 600 pages.
Which is a shame, because the A and B plots are both good. I’m not that interested in Vaughn, but I’m growing to like Prynn and think that their relationship, given the attention and momentum it deserves, could be a boon to the series. How Kira and Ro feel about Bajor joining the Federation is interesting. It’s just that these elements get dragged out because neither one can be sustained through the alternating chapters and constant interruptions.
This Gray Spirit
This Gray Spirit inherits a few of the problems of its predecessor, but from the get-go it was immediately clear that this was going to be a book that I found much more enjoyable to read. There’s fun, character building dialogue – and that dialogue is between more than two people at a time. It’s more dynamic and less broody – things happen, rather than characters thinking about what has happened or what might happen for pages at a time.
While the back-and-forth chapters between Alpha and Gamma Quadrants results in a similar momentum-kill as in Twilight, the thematic parallels between the Alpha and Gamma plots mean that this was not nearly so frustrating (as did the fact that chapters switch between viewpoints of multiple characters). In the Alpha Quadrant, as Bajor continues the process of admission to the Federation, the Cardassians arrive with the hope of normalizing relations between the two planets. Meanwhile, in the Gamma Quadrant, the Defiant encounters a species with an oppressive caste system and must figure out if they can – or should – intervene to improve relations between the two. The thematic questions of the relationship between oppressor and oppressed, and what is reasonable behaviour from an oppressed people, cross both narratives.
Alongside this there are further continuing narratives, in particular the question of Andorian sexuality. This plotline is a fascinating one to find in a Star Trek novel – the kind of science fictional plot one might find in the areas of the genre more concerned with sexuality than ‘90s and ‘00s Star Trek has traditionally been, such as Ursula K. Le Guin’s stories set on the planet O. What comes across to us humans as an unusual form of polyamorous relationship ends up being just as rigid and defined by social mores as our monoamorous reproductive rights; there is also, here, a kind of purity culture that creates conflict and tragedy. I’ve not been all that interested in the adventures of Shar and his bondmates in the series up to this point, but as the novel where things actually start happening, This Gray Spirit was capable of drawing me into that narrative more fully.
That being said, elements of this storyline are somewhat dated for the contemporary science fiction reader. A degree of dating applies across much of the novel, too, from some of the counselling (although, this seems better than much of what television Star Trek actually managed) to the idea that new genetic information might solve a caste conflict. As ever with Star Trek, there are hints of progressive ideas about history, by which I mean the outdated colonial idea that ‘civilizations’ pass through universal stages of development in which certain social movements are appropriate; then there is the actual colonization which sits incredibly uncomfortably next to the Cardassia/Bajor storyline – although I note that it is always called the occupation of Bajor by the Cardassians, rather than the colonization of Bajor.
Yet despite all this This Gray Spirit remains an exciting read, closer to the more fun novels earlier in the DS9 continuation than its dreary predecessor. The story is engaging, and the ideas interesting and thought provoking, even if the solutions are not what I would expect in recent science fiction. But Deep Space Nine was never one for pat, all’s-well-that-ends-well conclusions – that’s one of the reasons why the continuation works. And This Gray Spirit does not offer such an ending. We are still in the midst of things, between the complicated past and the uncertain future. We cannot always expect to be left with a clear resolution.
- - -
At the halfway point of the Mission Gamma novels, it strikes me that this arc was devised to make DS9 a little more like the other Star Treks, focusing on exploration and discovery rather than politics, prophecy, and faith. This feels like a disservice to the unique selling point of the series among Star Treks – there’s nothing in the Gamma Quadrant that particularly feels like it wouldn’t have worked as a story in Voyager, for example. This observation is very much not the case for the stories happening in the Alpha Quadrant, but it does make me wish that those were getting more sustained attention.
Overall, while Twilight really damaged my enthusiasm for continuing to read the DS9 continuation, This Gray Spirit revived my interest and reminded me of why I decided to do so in the first place. As such, I’m pretty glad that I read them in an omnibus edition.
May 27, 2018
This book was a sequel to Twist of Faith, which I enjoyed very much. While These Haunted Seas continue many of the same themes. It was harder to get through. I counted at least four story lines and only two - Kira's story and, surprisingly, the budding romance between Quark and Ro Laren really interested me. The parts of the story that take place in the Gamma quadrant had too many moving parts for me. And characters I really wanted to reemerge didn't.
These Haunted Seas was 708 pages and it felt about 200 pages too long. I think I might have deleted the story relating to Andorian relationships and reproductive habits, but likely that story had more interest for others.
There's still hope. It turns out that These Haunted Seas were a compilation of the first two books in a Mission Gamma series. Reading through summaries of books three and four it seems like there will be more to hold my interest. But I am taking a break before for tackling the next two books in this series.
These Haunted Seas was 708 pages and it felt about 200 pages too long. I think I might have deleted the story relating to Andorian relationships and reproductive habits, but likely that story had more interest for others.
There's still hope. It turns out that These Haunted Seas were a compilation of the first two books in a Mission Gamma series. Reading through summaries of books three and four it seems like there will be more to hold my interest. But I am taking a break before for tackling the next two books in this series.
May 31, 2021
Twilight
I början av denna bok var jag ärligt talat trött på alla målande och detaljerade beskrivningar av känslor. Författaren är mycket inriktad på att beskriva de känslor som i varje stund uppkommer. Mot mitten av boken känns dessa beskrivningar allt mer riktiga och i slutet får allt sin förklaring. En mycket spännande bok, sammantaget, och jag skall genast ge mig på bok nr 2 i denna serie böcker. Betyg: 7/10.
This Gray Spirit
En mycket spännande bok där man inte vet vem som är fiende och vem som är vän, oavsett om man befinner sig i alfa- eller gammakvadranten. Man fick också en god inblick i andorianernas fysiologi och hemligheter. Betyg: 7/10.
I början av denna bok var jag ärligt talat trött på alla målande och detaljerade beskrivningar av känslor. Författaren är mycket inriktad på att beskriva de känslor som i varje stund uppkommer. Mot mitten av boken känns dessa beskrivningar allt mer riktiga och i slutet får allt sin förklaring. En mycket spännande bok, sammantaget, och jag skall genast ge mig på bok nr 2 i denna serie böcker. Betyg: 7/10.
This Gray Spirit
En mycket spännande bok där man inte vet vem som är fiende och vem som är vän, oavsett om man befinner sig i alfa- eller gammakvadranten. Man fick också en god inblick i andorianernas fysiologi och hemligheter. Betyg: 7/10.
October 20, 2023
3.5 stars
This was a two-for-one book, continuing the Deep Space Nine relaunch series. I’m having a hard time connecting with some of the new characters, and I find I don’t much care for some of their story threads, which run heavily through the books. The overall story averages out to a 4 star effort.
I would personally rate the physical book at about 2 stars. It’s too bulky, and the print is hard to read. I think the second book could have been divided up better chapter-wise, too. This does not figure into my review.
This was a two-for-one book, continuing the Deep Space Nine relaunch series. I’m having a hard time connecting with some of the new characters, and I find I don’t much care for some of their story threads, which run heavily through the books. The overall story averages out to a 4 star effort.
I would personally rate the physical book at about 2 stars. It’s too bulky, and the print is hard to read. I think the second book could have been divided up better chapter-wise, too. This does not figure into my review.
September 7, 2017
Two books in one. Both were well written and engaging.
June 23, 2013
This book contains the first two novels in the Mission Gamma series, a continuation of the plot after the television show ended with season seven. You can start here without reading the first relaunch novels without any problems since the previous stories are clearly summarized here.
The Defiant heads into the Gamma quadrant to explore while Bajor works to enter the Federation. Each book in the series contains a new experience in the Gamma quadrant while the Bajoran arc continues. In Twilight, the Defiant tries to save a species from extinction. Commander Vaughan deals with his relationship with his daughter Prynn, and one of Ezri's decisions leads to the death of a crew member. In This Gray Spirit, Defiant becomes crippled and Ezri becomes a negotiator for a species on the brink of civil war. Vaughan and Ezri are the two main characters being developed, though Shar has a lot happen as well.
Back in the Alpha Quadrant, Bajor negotiates for Federation membership and has talks with Cardassia about the recovery efforts. Colonel Kira inevitably gets involved, even though she was cast out of the Bajoran faith for her actions in the Avatar series (Avatar Book One of Two and Avatar Book Two of Two). Shar's mother (a Federation ambassador) and bondmates wait for his return on the station, and things don't work out very well. This arc continues through all four novels in the series.
These stories continue the feel of the television show, even though there are a lot of new characters introduced (Vaughan, Prynn, Shar, Matthias, Gul Macet, Treir, etc). I enjoyed reading this compilation.
The next book in the series is Cathedral (and it's not as good).
The Defiant heads into the Gamma quadrant to explore while Bajor works to enter the Federation. Each book in the series contains a new experience in the Gamma quadrant while the Bajoran arc continues. In Twilight, the Defiant tries to save a species from extinction. Commander Vaughan deals with his relationship with his daughter Prynn, and one of Ezri's decisions leads to the death of a crew member. In This Gray Spirit, Defiant becomes crippled and Ezri becomes a negotiator for a species on the brink of civil war. Vaughan and Ezri are the two main characters being developed, though Shar has a lot happen as well.
Back in the Alpha Quadrant, Bajor negotiates for Federation membership and has talks with Cardassia about the recovery efforts. Colonel Kira inevitably gets involved, even though she was cast out of the Bajoran faith for her actions in the Avatar series (Avatar Book One of Two and Avatar Book Two of Two). Shar's mother (a Federation ambassador) and bondmates wait for his return on the station, and things don't work out very well. This arc continues through all four novels in the series.
These stories continue the feel of the television show, even though there are a lot of new characters introduced (Vaughan, Prynn, Shar, Matthias, Gul Macet, Treir, etc). I enjoyed reading this compilation.
The next book in the series is Cathedral (and it's not as good).
February 9, 2010
This book was enormous and took a long time for me to read. The reason for that was These Haunted Seas are two books--Twilight and This Gray Spirit.
If you're a fan of DS9, you will love the so-called Season 8. This wasn't the first Season 8 book I've read so the suspense and tension was somewhat lacking. I knew what was going to happen in certain plot points. I still enjoyed it though.
Twilight was the more emotional book as it dealt with the relationship between Vaughn and Prynn and also Ezri's command. That relationship was the key and very touching. Twilight was also the better written book but it was also the more detailed book. I felt as if the plot didn't move along as fast as a "normal" Star Trek book would. There was a lot of detailed in it. The plot didn't matter as much as Twilight was merely the set-up for all the characters we didn't see on the show.
This Gray Spirit was the more fun read and what you normally get when reading a Star Trek book. As much as I enjoyed it, the problem with it is that it takes place after Twilight. You read about certain characters in Twilight like Prynn and Vaughn but in This Gray Spirit they're background characters. This Gray Spirit dealt with Shar and Kira. It's a bit confusing. Some might say it's like reading two different books. That's because it is.
The great thing about Star Trek books is that you don't need to read them in order. If you're like me and you missed the ones where the Defiant went into the Gamma Quadrant, you can read these and still get a lot out of them. No matter how you read them, they're all like one great book tied together.
If you're a fan of DS9, you will love the so-called Season 8. This wasn't the first Season 8 book I've read so the suspense and tension was somewhat lacking. I knew what was going to happen in certain plot points. I still enjoyed it though.
Twilight was the more emotional book as it dealt with the relationship between Vaughn and Prynn and also Ezri's command. That relationship was the key and very touching. Twilight was also the better written book but it was also the more detailed book. I felt as if the plot didn't move along as fast as a "normal" Star Trek book would. There was a lot of detailed in it. The plot didn't matter as much as Twilight was merely the set-up for all the characters we didn't see on the show.
This Gray Spirit was the more fun read and what you normally get when reading a Star Trek book. As much as I enjoyed it, the problem with it is that it takes place after Twilight. You read about certain characters in Twilight like Prynn and Vaughn but in This Gray Spirit they're background characters. This Gray Spirit dealt with Shar and Kira. It's a bit confusing. Some might say it's like reading two different books. That's because it is.
The great thing about Star Trek books is that you don't need to read them in order. If you're like me and you missed the ones where the Defiant went into the Gamma Quadrant, you can read these and still get a lot out of them. No matter how you read them, they're all like one great book tied together.
May 5, 2012
This is actually the first two books of the Mission Gamma series of the Deep Space Nine relaunch. The first of the two books, "Twilight," deals with Vaughn and his daughter with their strained relationship while exploring a deserted "ghost world." This book also explores Ezri and her command abilities. Back on the station, Kira is trying to work with the Federation and their relationship with Bajor. Twilight is less of a "fun" Star Trek novel and more of a deep and emotional one. In a sense, this first book, like so many in a series of books, sets up the story for the remainder of it. It does quite well at it.
The second book, The Gray Spirit, is much more of a traditional Star Trek novel and is less introspective. Whereas Vaughn, his daughter, and, to a certain extent, Ezri are the primary characters in Twilight, in this novel, Kira, Shar, and, again Ezri, dominate this one. The events on the station set up in the first book continue to evolve and viewers of the TV series will recognize many of the new characters introduced and will be surprised by what happens with a certain, more familiar, character towards the end.
Both of the books in this omnibus novel could be read in any order, but combined, you get a more coherent story. Regardless, both books are a joy to read and many will appreciate them.
The second book, The Gray Spirit, is much more of a traditional Star Trek novel and is less introspective. Whereas Vaughn, his daughter, and, to a certain extent, Ezri are the primary characters in Twilight, in this novel, Kira, Shar, and, again Ezri, dominate this one. The events on the station set up in the first book continue to evolve and viewers of the TV series will recognize many of the new characters introduced and will be surprised by what happens with a certain, more familiar, character towards the end.
Both of the books in this omnibus novel could be read in any order, but combined, you get a more coherent story. Regardless, both books are a joy to read and many will appreciate them.
March 16, 2012
I read half of this book, and liked it. "Twilight" by David R. George III is pretty good. It starts out kind of slow, but once it picks up things get interesting quickly both on Defiant as it explores the Gamma quadrant and on DS9 as Bajor deals with potential Federation membership. I thought the characters were well done and introspective, dealing with complex personal and societal shifts for many of them. I'd definitely recommend this part of this collection to any fan of DS9.
Then I started into the second half of the collection, "This Gray Spirit" by Heather Jarman and shocked at the shift. The emotional and personal growth I had just witnessed in the previous book that happens no more than a month or so after the events of the previous book, seems to have vanished like a lost transporter pattern. Characters suddenly seem to become ridiculous caricatures of themselves and it feels as if I'm in some kind of bad DS9 sitcom. So I've set the book aside for now and will pick it up at a later date. Hopefully my 3 stars will stand when I finish it as I already have a rather dim view of the writing quality in shared world fiction.
Then I started into the second half of the collection, "This Gray Spirit" by Heather Jarman and shocked at the shift. The emotional and personal growth I had just witnessed in the previous book that happens no more than a month or so after the events of the previous book, seems to have vanished like a lost transporter pattern. Characters suddenly seem to become ridiculous caricatures of themselves and it feels as if I'm in some kind of bad DS9 sitcom. So I've set the book aside for now and will pick it up at a later date. Hopefully my 3 stars will stand when I finish it as I already have a rather dim view of the writing quality in shared world fiction.
September 1, 2015
The two novels contained in here are a great follow up to the previous DS9 relaunch books. I especially like the direction taken with Ezri, as it has a lot of depth and shows her to be a strong, confident character in her own right. Even so, it doesn't implify her conflict in finding a balance between her and the symbiont, and what her life is now that she's joined. I'm also still loving Ro as security chief, and Kira's story arc just keeps getting better and better. The political intrigue with Bajor is interesting...
I really like the way Kassidy is being dealt with, too. These books take time to reinforce the fact that she's strong, and brave, but without making her two dimensional or backing off from all the emotional things she's dealing with.
I'm enjoying learning more about the Andorians! Shar is a compelling character.
The only character that's seemed a little flat is Bashir, but with all the new characters to focus on, and old characters in new positions, I'm okay with having him in the background for a bit while they get the focus. Especially if it means I get to see more Ezri, Kira and Ro being just generally amazing.
I'm excited to see what the next books bring!
I really like the way Kassidy is being dealt with, too. These books take time to reinforce the fact that she's strong, and brave, but without making her two dimensional or backing off from all the emotional things she's dealing with.
I'm enjoying learning more about the Andorians! Shar is a compelling character.
The only character that's seemed a little flat is Bashir, but with all the new characters to focus on, and old characters in new positions, I'm okay with having him in the background for a bit while they get the focus. Especially if it means I get to see more Ezri, Kira and Ro being just generally amazing.
I'm excited to see what the next books bring!
December 25, 2016
This is the true continuation of the Deep Space Nine television series. I liked the book in general, but it was a slow burn. What is good about it is the characters, who grow on you over time. I particularly like Shar, the Andorian - though his family / relationship issues are trying to get through - until the end of the book when there is a pay off to all of the drama. Will be interesting to see where it goes now. The addition of Ro Laren (from TNG) to the book as a main character is awesome. She carries on a burgeoning relationship with Quark that is fun to read. The ongoing politics of Bajor's bid to join the Federation, and the adventures of the Defiant crew in the Gamma Quadrant make up the bulk of the stories. Interesting also to see what they are doing with Ezri's character.
June 14, 2019
My reactions to the two books in this volume couldn't have been more different.
Twilight: LOVED, LOVED, LOVED IT.
This Gray Spirit: No. No no no no no. Heather Jarman's work...let's say it's my "least favorite" and leave it at that.
Twilight: LOVED, LOVED, LOVED IT.
This Gray Spirit: No. No no no no no. Heather Jarman's work...let's say it's my "least favorite" and leave it at that.
May 6, 2010
Includes: Mission Gamma 1 "Twilight" and Mission Gamma 2 "This Gray Spirit"
July 20, 2014
Part of the official 'Season 8' of arguably the best Trek series.
January 24, 2015
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