Spoilers Section 31: Control by David Mack Review Thread
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Has anyone read the short excerpt on Amazon?
Just picked mine up at Coles today.
I'll get on it as soon as I'm done The Nancy Drew Files #7 Deadly Doubles.
I'll get on it as soon as I'm done The Nancy Drew Files #7 Deadly Doubles.
I was just reading the sample page at the front of the book. Looks like besides Bashir and Douglàs, we are getting to see more of Data and Lal. I've always wanted to see another story with Bashir and Data since that crossover on TNG!
I can't wait to find out what happens with the Section 31 storyline .It's going to be good.I looked at a B&N for it, bit it was not there. I will wait until tuesday for the download.
So, read it - the result? Holy hell, er.... How to put this without major spoilers? Nope, no way to do it. Click if you like, don't say you weren't warned:
This was a superb pay-off to years of Section 31 stories. Really quite excellent. Oh and it seems like I now need to go and preorder a copy of Titan: Fortune of War too.....
It's often said that tie-in fiction is safe and predictable, that at the end the toys are back in the box, all intact - except clearly no one told David Mack that!
This is a story of staggering nerve and, at times, brutality and very few come out at the end unscathed.
The cleverest part of this is the final revelation of what Section 31 is and how it came to be. To place an AI at the centre of it all is quite, quite elegant and works perfectly, especially with those final page revelations.
Bashir manages to finally complete his crusade, albeit at massive cost, though I'm nowhere near as bothered by the death of Sarina as Bashir as I didn't like her.
Bashir's fate at the end of this book is pretty damn dark, but I like that he's under Garak's care. Talking of whom, he was a delight in this.
This is a story of staggering nerve and, at times, brutality and very few come out at the end unscathed.
The cleverest part of this is the final revelation of what Section 31 is and how it came to be. To place an AI at the centre of it all is quite, quite elegant and works perfectly, especially with those final page revelations.
Bashir manages to finally complete his crusade, albeit at massive cost, though I'm nowhere near as bothered by the death of Sarina as Bashir as I didn't like her.
Bashir's fate at the end of this book is pretty damn dark, but I like that he's under Garak's care. Talking of whom, he was a delight in this.
This was a superb pay-off to years of Section 31 stories. Really quite excellent. Oh and it seems like I now need to go and preorder a copy of Titan: Fortune of War too.....
Well, more Mack is always good, but I wouldn't go so far as to say the two are connected as such....
Oh?
I had read Control's mentioning of a Titan mission at the end that had worked out well, despite some less than optimal aspects, as possibly referring to your upcoming Fortune of War book. Is that not so after all? If it is, I'd agree it fits 'no narrative link' technically, too. 
Late 2386 and 2140-2156 and the two stories interweave very effectively.
I'm about 120 pages into the book and it is really very good so far. Although it'll be interesting to see what happens to Data and Lal, because Lal (and I want to say "literally burnt her bridges", but burnt really is not right, as it was more like termites destroyed her house) has no house to go back too.
Does Control - in any way, shape or form - lead into the Jake/Nog scenes from The Good That Men Do?
Meaning, does Control set up the fall of Section 31 that, according to TGTMD, we all know must come?
Yes and there's more to that too.
Thanks, that satisfies my curiosity for the moment
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