Might be spoiler in here for DGR3's typhon pact book

[PKS8304]

I was read the FAQ thread, which I should have done before I commented on my other thread where I talked about the frequency of novels, oops.
There was something about a Sisko Lost Era novel during the Tzenkethi war on hold.
DGR3 flashes back with Sisko to an event during that time, is it safe to say that the Lost Era novel wont be coming out after having read this?

 

[Therin of Andor]

is it safe to say that the Lost Era novel wont be coming out after having read this?

That was Marco's baby, and he's long gone. If someone pitches it again, and it gets accepted, it may still happen. But it seems that DRG3 has had fun with the idea.

 

[PKS8304]

I thought it was a neat idea to flashback to his previous encounter with the Tzenkethi, as he was potentially about to deal with them in the present.
That said, I was a little disappointed by it at the same time. The driving focus of the Typhon Pact in that book was the Romulans, with the Tzenkethi on the peripheral and while they end up having an impact on the Romulan story in the end, to have Sisko see one of their ships and then jump back like DGR3 had him do was almost distracting.
At the time reading it I thought we were going to see a space battle or some sort of encounter between Sisko and the main Tzenkethi female (cant remember her name off the top of my head)
Nothing happened though. Sisko went and talked to Donatra and the Tzenkethi went and met with the Romulan senator and then everything played out.
Im not even sure if Im saying this right, because I enjoyed the book, but that aspect of it seemed a little distracting to the overall story and I guess that was why I was wondering if it was put in there to sort of fill that gap if there was a wait out there for Marco's Lost Era novel.

 

[Therin of Andor]

I was wondering if it was put in there to sort of fill that gap if there was a wait out there for Marco's Lost Era novel.

Maybe a little of both? To monitor reader response.

 

[PKS8304]

Makes sense. I think the only Lost Era novel Ive read was Buried Age which I thought was awesome but then I think Picard is my favorite character.
The flashbacks were good, like I said though when they didnt seem to lead anywheres against the rest of the book it left you kind of scratching your head

 

[nickyboy]

I felt that the two stories in Rough beasts of empire were rushed and that they should have deserved their own book. When the Typhon Pact series was originally conceived it was going to be 6 books long, these 2 stories would have probably had their own book but was condensed into 1 book when the series shortened to 4 books. Maybe that is where this story came about?

 

[PKS8304]

I did notice what you were talking about, Spock's story and Sisko's story didnt really cross paths other than the one time late in the book. That said, even Spock and Sisko were running alongside a strong Romulan storyline if you tie all the individual Romulans threads into one, so he had a bunch of plates in the air while he was writing this and I think he did a decent job keeping them spinning

 

[DS9Continuing]

I asked DRG3 about this very question when the book was first announced, and he said that he knew no more about this legendary Sisko-on-the-Okinawa-versus-the-Tzenkethi Lost Era book than the rest of us did - namely nothing but hearsay and rumours.

It was not deliberately an attempt by him to finally get that story out there - he simply wanted to include the Tzenkethi in his story and give them a personality and existence they had never had before.

Since, as been said, whatever that former project might have been, it was Marco's baby, and Marco isn't in charge anymore, it's not going to be happening. But that's not because of this book - the two projects were unrelated.

I will agree though that the Sisko storyline and the Spock-Romulan-Tzenkethi storyline seemed totally separate, and the idea that Sisko was the only Starfleet captain available with the necessary experience with Romulans and that's why he had to go visit Donatra came off like an rather shoehorned way of forcing the two stories together where they didn't belong.

But that's a tiny nitpick - I still found the book to be the best of the TP series.

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[Therin of Andor]

it's not going to be happening.

Unless... an author decides to pitch it, and the new editor(s) accept it and CBS Licensing approves it.

 

[nickyboy]

it's not going to be happening.

Unless... an author decides to pitch it, and the new editor(s) accept it and CBS Licensing approves it.

Fingers crossed

 

[F. King Daniel]

I did notice what you were talking about, Spock's story and Sisko's story didnt really cross paths other than the one time late in the book. That said, even Spock and Sisko were running alongside a strong Romulan storyline if you tie all the individual Romulans threads into one, so he had a bunch of plates in the air while he was writing this and I think he did a decent job keeping them spinning

I was so pleased the novel didn't turn out to be Gratuitous Star Trek Crossover #3672: Spock Meets Sisko!, as I suspected when I saw the cover.