Well, hello, I'm back.
However, I seem to have entered an alternate universe because - against all logic - I appear to have received "Paths of Disharmony" incredibly early, as opposed to a month and a half after the rest of you as is usual. I had no idea it was out yet. I wasn't expecting it when I saw it sitting there in my local Forbidden Planet, having arrived mere hours before I did.
No-one here seems to have started a discussion on it, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to gleefully dance about knowing spoilers rather than trailing in after everyone else
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However, I seem to have entered an alternate universe because - against all logic - I appear to have received "Paths of Disharmony" incredibly early, as opposed to a month and a half after the rest of you as is usual. I had no idea it was out yet. I wasn't expecting it when I saw it sitting there in my local Forbidden Planet, having arrived mere hours before I did.
No-one here seems to have started a discussion on it, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to gleefully dance about knowing spoilers rather than trailing in after everyone else
.So, my fearful prediction turned out to be true - quite a twist, and an effective one. It's a genuine shock to see it happen, but it's completely believable given the chain of events that Andor's suffered through. One of the real strengths of this novel was the continuity - without falling into the trap of dull recapping (or at least it didn't seem to from my perspective), it effectively built on the established politics and events from the Deep Space Nine Relaunch and the rest of the "mainstream" line. Bonus points for the Vanguard angle. Really, for a reader like me this was fantastic - elements from four series (DS9 relaunch, TNG relaunch, Vanguard, Destiny), were smoothly linked together in a logical way to deliver a story that effectively gave the Typhon Pact series its "big shocker". This is the sort of ongoing, inclusive narrative that I prefer in Trek lit - and the novel didn't "try too hard" either; it built on the previous stories without overplaying it and without forgetting to tell its own story. A strong conclusion to the Typhon Pact series.
PS: So, "Andor's Folly" was essentially written in the end after all!
In the acknowledgements, Dayton Ward said you gave the text a Beta read, Therin. You knew about this!
PS: So, "Andor's Folly" was essentially written in the end after all!
In the acknowledgements, Dayton Ward said you gave the text a Beta read, Therin. You knew about this!
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Looks like there's no turning back now. 
Maybe all of those 'fall of the Federation' rumors might turn out to have some truth to them?
) bomb that's dropped on them here. So I thought it made perfect sense, even if it was a shock. 
