Rising Son

(Review of both this book and the one that precedes it in the series)

This is a plausible, fun and engaging continuation of the DS9 story and I had a lot of fun with it! In particular, the author's interpretation of Kira's subjectivity and point of view feels "right," and although the appearance of Ro seems like a gimmick at first, her presence in the story ends up catalyzing rich character development on Kira's part. (Plus, Quark's crush on Ro is really funny.) I'm not big on Star Trek novels but this one was worthwhile.

So what happened to Jake Sisko? Apparently met a bunch of aliens that are unlike anything we have seen in the Star Trek universe before. returnreturnThis book was not nearly as good as the ones S.D. Perry wrote earlier in the DS9 Relaunch series. Her description of the new aliens didn't really give me enough to understand who these new half man dog people were, it would have been beneficial to put the crew of the wa on the cover. returnreturnHowever the back-story to whatever happened to Qai Opaka is worthwhile. She reminds me of a futurist Pope Francis. I hope this sets us up for a great UNITY story, but we'll have to wait and see