Have you read the second Titan book The Red King?
Star Trek: The Lost Era Books.
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The Neyal are prominent in The Red King.
^ To the point where it honestly feels out of place as a Titan novel, in a lot of ways. It has more to do with the crew of the Excelsior in Sundered than it does with the new characters introduced in Titan.
Which is either a huge plus or really annoying, depending on your perspective
Which is either a huge plus or really annoying, depending on your perspective
Yes.
Serpents Among the Ruins is, by far, my all-time favorite TrekLit book. The intrigue, twists and sacrifices in that book are beyond incredible.
Well of Souls, as others have said, can be a slow read, but, for whatever reason, I think it's the second best book in the "Lost Era" series proper (The Buried Age was better, although not part of the series itself). I would love to see more TrekLit with that cast of characters (although I think it highly unlikely that we ever will).
The Sundered was good, but not amazing. Although it's central to the story, the history of the Neyel really slowed that book down for me. I found myself wanting to skip through those sections. But the "modern day" story was very good, mainly because I enjoyed the relationship between Sulu and Chekov.
The rest of the books were okay. I don't think there was one that I truly disliked, but I wouldn't rate any of the others above "average". But the series as a whole is definitely worth it.
(And I agree with others that, with respect to the "Terok Nor" series, Day of the Vipers was amazing. But, I was really let down by the other two books, which I found to be average to terrible.)
Well of Souls, as others have said, can be a slow read, but, for whatever reason, I think it's the second best book in the "Lost Era" series proper (The Buried Age was better, although not part of the series itself). I would love to see more TrekLit with that cast of characters (although I think it highly unlikely that we ever will).
The Sundered was good, but not amazing. Although it's central to the story, the history of the Neyel really slowed that book down for me. I found myself wanting to skip through those sections. But the "modern day" story was very good, mainly because I enjoyed the relationship between Sulu and Chekov.
The rest of the books were okay. I don't think there was one that I truly disliked, but I wouldn't rate any of the others above "average". But the series as a whole is definitely worth it.
(And I agree with others that, with respect to the "Terok Nor" series, Day of the Vipers was amazing. But, I was really let down by the other two books, which I found to be average to terrible.)
This is a misconception. The Buried Age was conceived from the start as the seventh Lost Era novel. Or possibly the eighth. The plan was to do an additional two TLE installments, Picard's missing years and Sisko's Tzenkethi War experiences, but the latter never quite got off the ground. The decision to brand TBA as a TNG novel was made later, for marketing reasons. It was coming out by itself rather than paired with the Tzenkethi book, and the TNG Relaunch was coming out shortly thereafter, so they decided it would be better off sales-wise if it were presented as part of that year's overall TNG event rather than an isolated TLE book. And indeed it can be validly considered a sort of "origin story" prologue for TNG. But it is still an official part of The Lost Era.
And, fair enough. You are obviously much closer to the situation than I am.
Looking at it from the reader's point of view though (those that don't have the inside information that you do and have passed on), The Buried Age was not released with the "Lost Era" series. It was released later, after the fact and was branded differently (although, with the "Lost Era" moniker on the cover). It wasn't part of the "Lost Era" series as originally released.
That was all I was trying to say with that.
It would be more accurate to say that it wasn't part of the initial release of Lost Era novels -- in the same way that, say, the fifth New Frontier book was not part of the initial 4-book release of that series. Just because the initial TLE release consisted of six books, that doesn't mean that was meant to be the entire series. It was more like the first "season" of the series, a trial run that could be continued if it sold well enough to warrant continuation. And The Buried Age and Terok Nor are the continuations.
^ Thanks to everybody for all the love being thrown Serpents Among the Ruins' way. I always find it gratifying when readers enjoy my work.
Serpents Among the Ruins by DRGIII and The Art of the Impossible by KRAD are two of my favorite Trek stories period, not just within the 'Lost Era' itself.
In regards to the Lost Era, the only other two books that really stand out in my memory after all this time are Catalyst of Sorrows by Margaret Wander Bonanno & The Burried Age by Christopher. (Both very enjoyable.)
I'd be open to more novels set within the framework of the Lost Era, based on the quality of what we've had thus far.
In regards to the Lost Era, the only other two books that really stand out in my memory after all this time are Catalyst of Sorrows by Margaret Wander Bonanno & The Burried Age by Christopher. (Both very enjoyable.)
I'd be open to more novels set within the framework of the Lost Era, based on the quality of what we've had thus far.
I never tire of this story: I read The Art of the Impossible all the way through, in one sitting, while in Washington Square Park in NYC. I was so engrossed in the story that I almost didn't notice the bum trying to steal my shoes. Strangely enough, he had a French accent...
