Finished Terok Nor Trilogy (no spoilers)

[JD]

I just finished Night of the Vipers a couple days ago, and overally I thought it was pretty good. I really enjoyed the new insights this book gave us into the characters featured in it, especially Mora, Kira, Odo, and Ro. I also really liked getting to see some of the things we had only heard about,

Spoiler:

like the Galitep rescue.

It did a really good job of answering alot of questions that I have had about the Occupation, like why exactly Ro left Bajor, and what exacly happened to Meru. I also did really like getting to "see" all of the stuff with Mora working with and teaching. But it wasn't all good, there were a few things about the book that I didn't really care for. One of the biggest problems I had with the book, was simply the writting style. I'm not exactly sure what it was, but there was just something about the writting style that bothered me from time to time. I also was kinda dissapointed that so much of the book focused on new and minor characters. Now, don't get me wrong I have absolutely no problem with new characters - in fact the new characters are actually one of my favorite parts of the Relaunch - and I did really enjoy Lenaris and Miras's stories, I was just more interested in the characters from the show.
Overall, I would give it a 8/10.
ETA: Up next for me is my second reading of Warpath, in order to prepare for Fearful Symmetry.
Edit 2: grammar fix

 

[KRAD]

^ Er, Lenaris is from the show -- he appeared in "Shakaar."

 

[JD]

Oh crap, I completely forgot about that. He was the guy who was sent after Shakaar, wasn't he?

 

[donners22]

I didn't even realise it was a trilogy. I just picked up Night of the Wolves (which I hope is the first of the series!), and I'm very impressed. I've struggled with the DS9 relaunch (and most Trek books from the last few years), but I think this book is terrific so far.

I'm amazed so much of the Trek fiction follows a linear path, when series like Dragonlance jump around everywhere. Obviously there are additional restrictions here, but I would have thought backstory would have been an even more logical place for the fiction to explore than post-series.

 

[LightningStorm]

I didn't even realise it was a trilogy. I just picked up Night of the Wolves (which I hope is the first of the series!), and I'm very impressed.

It's not it's book 2. Day of the Vipers is 1, and Dawn of the Eagles is 3.

 

[donners22]

^ Oh, damn.

Ah well, it's so well written that I haven't noticed that I'm missing anything!

 

[Turtletrekker]

It's really more of a stand-alone and a duology that share a common banner than a trilogy.

You should be fine if you skip Day of the Vipers, but it's a good story that chronicles the Cardassian rise on Bajor that sets the scene for the occupation and resistance in a compelling manner.

Spoiler: Connection between "Vipers" and "Wolves".

In Night of the Wolves, Ro will meet a Bajoran refugee named Darrah Mace who was the main character in DotV, although he plays a small role NotW.

 

[BrotherBenny]

Just got Dawn of the Eagles today and started reading it. So far, very good - but I'm only 20 pages in.

 

[Starbreaker]

Damn, you've finished Dawn of the Eagles already? I'm still waiting for my copy to arrive!

Not that it matters since I'm still in Day of the Vipers...

Well, mail takes a long time to reach Mars.

 

[Admiral_Young]

I've read the first two books and have found kind of to my surprise that they were great and made me want to watch Deep Space Nine again. I liked how they have sort of proposed that the Occupation was resulted out of a miscommunication of both races and an inability to understand each other. I'm not expressing myself properly but if you've read the books you probably comprehend what I'm trying to say. I am awaiting Dawn of the Eagles from the library and should have it by the weekend.

 

[LightningStorm]

I've read the first two books and have found kind of to my surprise that they were great and made me want to watch Deep Space Nine again. I liked how they have sort of proposed that the Occupation was resulted out of a miscommunication of both races and an inability to understand each other. I'm not expressing myself properly but if you've read the books you probably comprehend what I'm trying to say. I am awaiting Dawn of the Eagles from the library and should have it by the weekend.

Perhaps you mean the part where they're talking about the Cardassians could have just 'asked' for help and the Bajorans would have helped. And the Cardassians claim they did but the Bajorans turned them down? That part I saw as more propoganda than fact. And given what we've seen of the Cardassians in those two books nothing about that seems to lend itself to them being willing to accept aid.

Spoiler: First two books of Terok Nor Trilogy

Dukat and Kell made it clear they were there to annex the planet into the Union whether the Bajorans wanted it or not.

I see the occupation as resulting from Cardassian arrogance and Bajoran naivete more so than the alleged miscommunication between the species.

 

[ronny]

I've read the first two books and have found kind of to my surprise that they were great and made me want to watch Deep Space Nine again.

That is very true. While reading the books there were a few times where I had an urge to go back and watch some DS9 episodes.

 

[Sisko_is_my_captain]

I was surprised to see so many folks liked Vipers. I thought it was overly-talky and lacking in cultural detail. I'd have liked to see it delve more into the cultural background of Bajor. I found that I didn't really care about the original characters much at all. Things started to pick up a little bit towards the end of the novel when the crap started hitting the fan, but I felt like the novel just dragged on and on and on - the pacing seemed off to me. I thought the Cardassians liked to talk, but the Bajorans seemed like they'd never shut up! Frankly, it all bored me somewhat.

I've enjoyed the relaunch, but I would have much rather continued on the story arc in the 'present' than have a flashback to the past. If Vipers had been more interesting, perhaps I could have gotten behind the idea of a prequel more, but as it is, I'm debating whether I'll finish out the trilogy.

 

[Steve Roby]

I was surprised to see so many folks liked Vipers.

Why? It shows us something we haven't seen: how the occupation began. We know something bad is coming, but we don't know exactly how it plays out, so there's a lot of suspense. And of course most of the characters are unfamiliar; too many of the familiar faces were too young, not yet born, or nowhere near that part of the galaxy when this was happening.

I'm debating whether I'll finish out the trilogy.

Given that the other two books are by different authors and that they feature more familiar characters like Kira, Odo, Ro, and Quark, you may like them more than you liked the first.

 

[Sisko_is_my_captain]

I'll probably pick them up to be fair to myself

 

[Rowan Sjet]

Like most people here, I preferred Vipers to the last two books. Vipers felt very epic in how it's story was told, while Wolves and Eagles were kinda going through the motions as far as I was concerned. And yes, I didn't like their lack of cohesiveness compared to Vipers either.

 

[donners22]

I've just completed Vipers, having read Wolves first. I felt that many of the characters were two-dimensional, and served as a means to an end for the storyline rather than existing to have depth and develop themselves.

That's not to say the book was bad; indeed, I thought it was quite good. It's just it focused on events rather than characters, IMHO. The political machinations weren't as compelling as I hoped, since there was no real mystery to the intent, but that's at least partly the curse of a prequel to known events.

I think the author for Vipers had the hardest task, since the later books have much more freedom to skim over the characters, as most would be familiar to readers.

Wolves was good, but at times it just jumped around so much and had so many things going on that it was really hard to follow. I also found one particular scene a bit contrived and unnecessary. Again, a pretty good book though.

Haven't had a chance to get the third from my library, though I will soon.

 

[David Henderson]

I read Terok Nor books 1 and 2, then skipped ahead to Fearful Symmetry, Side Two. There was a cohesiveness there that made me feel like that story could have actually been a part of the Terok Nor books; when I returned to read TN book 3, I found references back to the events of FS that fit in quite well.

I haven't reached the end of TN book 3 yet, but I should this weekend. Very impressed so far.

davidh

 

[RandyS]

I spent the last week and a half reading the first 2 in this trilogy, and am 60 pages into book 3. I agree with the poster that commented there was alot going on in this series, but it makes sense, since it's covering a 60 year event. I gotta say, I haven't enjoyed a book this much in a while. All three are well written books.

I don't know if the writers of this trilogy frequent these boards, but if you do, good job guys.

 

[elaithin]

I had to wonder whether the delays on Fearful Symmetry were to make it consistent with the Terok Nor trilogy. Even if it wasn't, all the authors on these four books did a damn good job.