Thomcat
8/4/2025
A solid ending, bringing a lot of threads together. While not part of the current canon, an attempt has been made to match it with the "Next Generation" Romulans, and this didn't work for me.
Stories of the main characters from the series are nicely wrapped up. McCoy (and Arrhae), Kirk and Ael. Most of the reasons for the civil war are also given solutions - why does this feel close to current America at times?
The rather big gun of star seeding is wrapped up, though not all of Scotty's shenanigans are solved. Hexaphasic shields and transporter interdiction are absolutely cool trek-nology, but also canon breaking.
The Klingons, a viable threat in the previous two books, have all but vanished, and this feels like an oversight. My only other (minor) complaint is that the very strong Ael doesn't show her superior tactics.
Overall rating for books 3 through 5 is somewhere close to 4 stars, and the rating for the series is definitely above a 3. Very glad I read it!