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A review by vingilot
A Choice of Futures by Christopher L. Bennett
4.0
The Federation is founded, the NX-01 mothballed, and a new united Starfleet needs to find out what they are meant to be as the Federation does the same.
What is the Federation? That is the primary question the characters in this book keep asking themselves. We the readers of course know what it will become, but it is not there yet! Will it be a trade alliance? Or just a mutual self defense pact? Or as Archer was once given a brief vision of a full on interplanetary government of equals striving for peace and prosperity? The latter still seems quite unlikely with new threats popping up, and divisions already showing their ugly head, but it is up to archer to make this new vision a reality.
The story revolves mostly around two ships, Endeavour, the first in the new NX refit fleet captained by T'pol and many enterprise veterans, and Pioneer captained by Malcolm Reed, with special guest star Tobin Dax, an unassuming engineer with a big secret hiding in his tummy. Both stories are largely independent, as they find their way in a changed universe, but both are incredibly compelling.
The book is just good, nothing incredibly special beyond what is already mentioned, but well written. I also really love to see Doug Drexler's NX Refit design in action!
What is the Federation? That is the primary question the characters in this book keep asking themselves. We the readers of course know what it will become, but it is not there yet! Will it be a trade alliance? Or just a mutual self defense pact? Or as Archer was once given a brief vision of a full on interplanetary government of equals striving for peace and prosperity? The latter still seems quite unlikely with new threats popping up, and divisions already showing their ugly head, but it is up to archer to make this new vision a reality.
The story revolves mostly around two ships, Endeavour, the first in the new NX refit fleet captained by T'pol and many enterprise veterans, and Pioneer captained by Malcolm Reed, with special guest star Tobin Dax, an unassuming engineer with a big secret hiding in his tummy. Both stories are largely independent, as they find their way in a changed universe, but both are incredibly compelling.
The book is just good, nothing incredibly special beyond what is already mentioned, but well written. I also really love to see Doug Drexler's NX Refit design in action!