Just finished and holy crap was my thought at the end of this one. Q&A was a great book to read between Resistance and Before Dishonor just for it's somewhat light heartedness (with regards to Q and his antics anyway). Before Dishonor is far more serious and at times seemed dark. As I started reading it I was thinking there was a lot of Janeway here but it set things up fairly well, as Peter David has a knack for doing.
I liked this new action the Borg were taking, made them more dangerous and scary for that matter. Not sure what’s worse, assimilation or absorption but I think I’ll avoid both to be safe. Janeway becoming the Queen was both a surprise (since I had no idea what to expect from this book) and expected given her dealings with the Borg. I was taken a bit by the actions of the new crew members during the crisis in their taking command of the ship and wonder how Picard will be able to trust them – I guess we’ll see, especially with Leybenzon. The addition of Spock to the story was nice, always good to see him around because let’s face it, there has been a lack of anything Spock related recently (I had to go there
).
I was glad to see during the rush back to Earth Peter could find something for Mackenzie Calhoun to do, you can’t have enough of him if you ask me. The Planet Killer was also a nice touch, another link to TOS. There were a few nods to various series, TV or book which was also nice. I will say when I saw the name Lucius Fox I was expecting to see Bruce Wayne somewhere but that is just the wish of a Batman fan. I found myself wondering why the character of Grim Vargo kept appearing but I figured he would figure into the finale somewhere. A somewhat interesting secondary character. I also saw a few things show up more than once, the refrence to religion popped up a few times as did Destiny, written once in italics which had me wonder where this was all leading and if both had anything to do with what was to come.
All in all I liked this, will read it again in case I missed anything which is not far out of the realm of possibility. I will say I don't think we've seen the last of Janeway and I don't want to know. Killing Chewie was final, you knew he was gone (different universe character used as an example). This to me was left open a bit for a return.
Can't wait to see what everyone else thought. Should be - facinating
I liked this new action the Borg were taking, made them more dangerous and scary for that matter. Not sure what’s worse, assimilation or absorption but I think I’ll avoid both to be safe. Janeway becoming the Queen was both a surprise (since I had no idea what to expect from this book) and expected given her dealings with the Borg. I was taken a bit by the actions of the new crew members during the crisis in their taking command of the ship and wonder how Picard will be able to trust them – I guess we’ll see, especially with Leybenzon. The addition of Spock to the story was nice, always good to see him around because let’s face it, there has been a lack of anything Spock related recently (I had to go there
).I was glad to see during the rush back to Earth Peter could find something for Mackenzie Calhoun to do, you can’t have enough of him if you ask me. The Planet Killer was also a nice touch, another link to TOS. There were a few nods to various series, TV or book which was also nice. I will say when I saw the name Lucius Fox I was expecting to see Bruce Wayne somewhere but that is just the wish of a Batman fan. I found myself wondering why the character of Grim Vargo kept appearing but I figured he would figure into the finale somewhere. A somewhat interesting secondary character. I also saw a few things show up more than once, the refrence to religion popped up a few times as did Destiny, written once in italics which had me wonder where this was all leading and if both had anything to do with what was to come.
All in all I liked this, will read it again in case I missed anything which is not far out of the realm of possibility. I will say I don't think we've seen the last of Janeway and I don't want to know. Killing Chewie was final, you knew he was gone (different universe character used as an example). This to me was left open a bit for a return.
Can't wait to see what everyone else thought. Should be - facinating
Oh, for heaven's sake, my dear mutineers! Just how green are you?! Surely you must know that the Borg don't make (long-term) deals? Didn't the academy impart the lessons of "Scorpion" onto the minds of its impressionable cadets and recent graduates?! Didn't the hellacious war against the freaking Dominion teach you good folk a lesson or two when it comes to "dividing and conquering" your enemies?! Heck, are you mutineers even really veterans of the Dominion War? Goodness! The Founders and their minions were masters at dividing and conquering! And yet here you are, seemingly falling for a Borg ploy and racing back to Earth on the orders of two admirals who probably know damn well in their hearts that giving Picard and Seven to the Borg won't change a thing!
