

But, largely, this is the new face of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and it works pretty well. As such, it has cameos by Jean-Luc Picard and Calhoun and Shelby from the novel-only "Starship Excalibur" series. The novel was Demons Of Air And Darkness and it appears to have been both a stand-alone Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel and a piece of a larger crossover in the various elements of the Star Trek franchise. However, I was not about to avoid the next Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel in the rebooted series simply because of the author. DeCandido, Diplomatic Implausibility ( reviewed here!) that I had read. I was not all that impressed by the other Star Trek novel of Keith R.A. One of those few - to date - crossovers was a little series about Iconian gateways and the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel in that series was Demons Of Air And Darkness, by novelist Keith R.A. As a result, when there were crossover series', this oft-forgotten corner of the Star Trek universe was brought in. DeCandido presents a chapter in a larger story of the Iconian gateways with the Defiant and Deep Space Nine crews on a humanitarian mission!Īs Star Trek: Deep Space Nine continued in novel form, the publishers at Pocket Books tried to integrate it into the larger Star Trek universe better. The Bad: Plays the same card the last book did.

The Good: Interesting concept, Good pacing, Good character moments, Nice overall story development
