Typhon Pact #3: Rough Beasts of Empire

While not a bad book, this story would have benefitted immensely from having the parts about Captain Sisko removed entirely. They seem to have only involved him so he could be put through the same torture that they've put Picard, Riker, and Janeway through. No happy endings allowed, apparently, and the authors seem dead set against letting any character from the series have a functioning, healthy relationship.

The political intrigue and insights into Romulan government were interesting, but it was fairly slow going and not easy to get through. The two stories only vaguely interconnect it seems, and I found Ben Sisko's character hard to believe based of how he was in the show. Still, worth a read if you can stick with it as there are some pretty major developments for the series.

The Romulan plotline was excellent, it delved deep into the political intrigue of the Romulan Star Empire. There were many twists that surprised me at first but the author intertwined the twists so well on that end that it made sense after all. I would have given it a 5 star if it wasn't for the sisko line. I felt that the author did not elaborate enough for siskos decision making in the end and rushed to close the book in the end. We will have to see if future books will explore more of siskos decision.