Typhon Pact Reading Order

[dansigal]

Hey all, I know there has been some discussion of this before, but I don't remember quite where, so I figured new thread is easiest. I'm just getting to the Typhon Pact series now in my read through, what are people's suggestions for the best order to read them in (spoiler free of course)? I'm also making my way through Voyager as well, and I saw from The Almighty Flow Chart that there's some character/background stuff that flows from Paths of Disharmony into Protectors, how important is it to read PoD before Protectors? If it's not particularly important I may try to knock out Voyager first.

 

[Christopher]

I don't understand how Paths of Disharmony, which takes place in October 2382, could lead into Protectors, which takes place in the closing months of 2381. If there is any interconnection, it must just be background elements.

 

[Enterprise1701]

Christohper is correct. I don't see anything in Protectors that connects to Paths of Disharmony. Plus, Protectors and Acts of Contrition don't even mention the Typhon Pact except in the historian's notes.

 

[dansigal]

I don't understand how Paths of Disharmony, which takes place in October 2382, could lead into Protectors, which takes place in the closing months of 2381. If there is any interconnection, it must just be background elements.

Ok good to know on that, that was def my understanding of how the timeline works.

 

[ryan123450]

I would imagine the link between Voyager and Paths of Disharmony is the spoiler for the big event in Paths of Disharmony that is given in The Eternal Tide. Thats why I placed the newer Voyager novels out of exact chronological order in my Simple Post Nemesis Reading List on my site, though I can't speak for 8of5 or Thrawn.

 

[Masiral]

I think the connection is actually to The Eternal Tide, and it involves some time travel - essentially, if you don't want the end of Paths of Disharmony spoiled, read it before The Eternal Tide.

ETA: ryan123450 beat me to it.

 

[Thrawn]

Yes. There's a bit in Eternal Tide where events in the future are mentioned, and it spoils the end of Paths of Disharmony.

As to your original question, probably:

Rough Beasts of Empire
Zero Sum Game
Seize the Fire
Paths of Disharmony
eBook - The Struggle Within
Plagues of Night
Raise the Dawn
Brinkmanship

 

[borgboy]

Is it better to read these in order of chronology or publication?

 

[Christopher]

Is it better to read these in order of chronology or publication?

For the first four, it doesn't really matter, since they're all standalones whose events are unrelated aside from all involving members of the Pact. But publication order is probably best all around.

 

[Enterprise1701]

dansigal, I can give you this order of post-Destiny novels' timeframes.
Destiny (present portions take place in February 2381)
Department of Temporal Investigations - Watching the Clock (present portions take place 10 March to 26 February 2382)
A Singular Destiny (begins in late April 2381)
Voyager - Full Circle (Part Two mostly takes place from March to June 2381)
The Next Generation - Losing the Peace (present portions take place in late February to early March 2381, epilogue takes place in April or May 2381)
Voyager - Unworthy (no dating given but must be somewhere between May and July 2381)
Titan - Over a Torrent Sea (late February to end of April, 1 July to 4 August 2381)
Typhon Pact - Rough Beasts of Empire (main story takes place from February 2381 to February or March 2382)
Titan - Synthesis (no dating given but must be August and/or September 2381)
Voyager - Children of the Storm (late may to mid July 2381)
Voyager - The Eternal Tide (non-Q/present portions take place in August to September 2381)
Voyager - Protectors (September 2381 to February 2382)
Voyager - Acts of Contrition (end of January to February 2382)
Typhon Pact - Zero Sum Game (April 2382, August 2382)
Typhon Pact - Plagues of Night (April 2382 to August 2383)
Typhon Pact - Seize the Fire (main story takes place in late August 2382)
Typhon Pact - Paths of Disharmony (October 2382)
Titan - Fallen Gods (November 2382)
Typhon Pact - The Struggle Within (November and/or December 2382)
The Next Generation - Indistinguishable From Magic (January to March 2383)
Department of Temporal Investigation - Forgotten History (present portions take place on 22 February 2383)
Typhon Pact - Raise the Dawn (August 2383, 2384)
Typhon Pact - Brinkmanship (November 2383)
The Next Generation - Cold Equations: The Persistence of Memory (present portions take place in January 2384)
The Next Generation - Cold Equations: Silent Weapons (March 2384)
The Next Generation - The Body Electric (main story takes place in July 2384)
The Next Generation - The Stuff of Dreams (some months after The Body Electric)
The Next Generation - Q are Cordially Uninvited... (frame story takes place on an unspecified anniversary of somewhere in June to September 2380)
The Fall - Revelation and Dust (22 August to 1 September 2385)
Deep Space Nine - Lust's Latinum Lost (and Found) (unspecified date right after Revelation and Dust)
The Fall - The Crimson Shadow (24 August to 4 September 2385)
The Fall - A Ceremony of Losses (main story takes place 31 August to 19 September 2385)
The Fall - The Poisoned Chalice (20 September to 12 October 2385)
The Fall - Peaceable Kingdoms (present portions take place 13 October to 27 October, 1 November 2385)
Titan - Absent Enemies (present portions take place in November 2385)
The Next Generation - The Light Fantastic (present portions take place in November 2385)


Upcoming novels that conceivably take place within a year of Peaceable Kingdoms:
Section 31 - Disavowed
Deep Space Nine - The Missing
The Next Generation - Takedown
The Next Generation - Armageddon's Arrow
Titan - Sight Unseen
Deep Space Nine - Sacraments of Fire

 

[SicOne]

^ When is Titan:Sight Unseen due out? Is it an e-book?

 

[Kertrats47]

^ When is Titan:Sight Unseen due out? Is it an e-book?

There hasn't been a release date announced for this title yet, but it looks to be a MMPB release, not an e-book novella.

 

[SicOne]

^ When is Titan:Sight Unseen due out? Is it an e-book?

There hasn't been a release date announced for this title yet, but it looks to be a MMPB release, not an e-book novella.

Ahhhh. Thanks, Kertrats47!

 

[tomswift2002]

As to your original question, probably:

Rough Beasts of Empire
Zero Sum Game
Seize the Fire
Paths of Disharmony
eBook - The Struggle Within
Plagues of Night
Raise the Dawn
Brinkmanship

Although, The Struggle Within, while part of the reading order, doesn't add a whole lot to the overall story, as the Kinshaya in the other books (and even as late as Disavowed ) don't play much of a role, more or less just getting a mention as being apart of the Typhon Pact, as their space is nowhere near Federation territory, so aside from the ebook, the Kinshaya have not been major players in the story line. With the Typhon Pact the major players are the Romulans, Breen and Tzenkethi, who are in Rough Beasts of Empire, Zero Sum Game, Plagues of Night, Raise The Dawn & Brinkmanship. The Gorn do appear in Seize The Fire, but aside from that book, their role is reduced to a minor part of the Typhon Pact story, along with the Tholians who appear in Paths of Disharmony.

 

[JD]

It's not a Typhon Pact book, but the Gorn do play a pretty big role in the second TNG Cold Equations book, Silent Weapons. Well, at least in the beginning, I'm not real far yet, but they've been playing a pretty big part so far.

 

[Paris]

It's not a Typhon Pact book, but the Gorn do play a pretty big role in the second TNG Cold Equations book, Silent Weapons. Well, at least in the beginning, I'm not real far yet, but they've been playing a pretty big part so far.

That book really felt like a Typhon Pact book considering the rest of the story, which ties into the political game being played between the pact and the Khitomer powers. It just wasn't branded as such.

Enjoy the rest of it! It was a great trilogy of stories

 

[dansigal]

Hey all, just a request, to the extent possible, no spoilers in this thread for Typhon Pact and beyond novels. I think we've generally been good on that, though there's been a little bit of flirtation with it.

 

[JD]

The stuff I was talking about was revealed in the beginning of Silent Weapons, so it's not to big of a spoiler.

 

[dansigal]

The stuff I was talking about was revealed in the beginning of Silent Weapons, so it's not to big of a spoiler.

Yeah you were fine. It was kinda close though, so just reminded me I wanted to throw that warning in there.

 

[Milfordtexan]

Hi all, I’m sorry that I’m incredibly late to this discussion, but I’m finishing the Destiny series and about to get into the Typhon Pact books, and I’m wondering how essential the Voyager books are to the overall story. Is it just background or is it necessary to understand the plot?