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So. A few months back, I had a bit of a rant about "Day of the Vipers", a DS9 novel that filled in some of the details on the Cardassian occupation.
My basic point was that the timeline was...screwed up. People weren't where they were supposed to be, or were there too early.
I've now read the other books in the trio ("Night of the Wolves" and "Dawn of the Eagles") and while both were much, MUCH better books (witness that I managed to read both of them inside two weeks as opposed to the several months that "...Vipers" took!), the same issues persist.
Partly, of course, it's because they had to jump off from where "...Vipers" finishes, but partly...it's because the writers were (I suspect) trying to be a little too clever.
( I Think I'm Turning Into a Trekkie... )
Overall, then, the books were good, but they could have been so much better.
My basic point was that the timeline was...screwed up. People weren't where they were supposed to be, or were there too early.
I've now read the other books in the trio ("Night of the Wolves" and "Dawn of the Eagles") and while both were much, MUCH better books (witness that I managed to read both of them inside two weeks as opposed to the several months that "...Vipers" took!), the same issues persist.
Partly, of course, it's because they had to jump off from where "...Vipers" finishes, but partly...it's because the writers were (I suspect) trying to be a little too clever.
( I Think I'm Turning Into a Trekkie... )
Overall, then, the books were good, but they could have been so much better.