Customer Reviews
Wow!
Just Like Book One of the Mission: Gamma series, "This Gray Spirit" has everything that has always made DS9 such a remarkable series: drama, political intrigue, lots of action and well-written characters, in both the Alpha and Gamma Quadrants.
One of the plot lines that surprised me the most was the Cardassian angle. Though the end of the Dominion War brought well deserved consequences to the Cardassians, you can't help but have sympathy for their circumstances, deserved or not. Gul Macet, for example, is a great deal more humble than when we first saw him in TNG's "The Wounded". It's also easy to notice that there is considerable difference between hime and his deceased cousin, Dukat.
It's fascinating to watch as Kira finally begins to come to terms with her former opressors. It gives her character a whole new depth that should bode well for her, despite the hard-heartedness of some of the rest of the Bajoran people. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for the people of Bajor, and for the crew of DS9. I cannot wait for book 3.
Heather Jarman's Debut a success
If this is Heather Jarman's first Star Trek: Deep Space Nine book I have to say she has a good future writing DS9 fiction. All the characters are on target. I like the storyline with Gul Mucet (Dukat's Brother) and his new status as an ex Cardassian keeper of the empire. No longer is Cardassia terrorizing the people of Bajor. This series is exactly what Star Trek needs. A continual story arc with interesting characters. Col. Kira has her hands full with all the new people on board. You have to ask yourself is the Federation on the side of the Bajorians? Kira is being pulled by her loyalty to Bajor and her duties as Col. of the station. She's not Starfleet. This is what makes the dynamic of the story so interesting. Ro is now security chief and has many of Kira's traits. It will be interesting to see where they take this series of books. Lets hope that the editor has a lot of plot twists just like the TV series.
read it for the sake of keeping up with the series
I didn't like this installment nearly as much as I liked part one. This book continues the stories on DS9 as well as what's going on with the crew of the defiant exploring the gamma quadrant. I wasn't particularly fond of this one partly because of the writer's style and partly because I think there was too much politics involved. All of what takes place with the defiant crew has to do with the crew trying to act as an intermediary between two alien races. I found it for the most part boring. I felt as if the author could have made the aliens more interesting and the story line less dry. There is some action, but it just doesn't pack too much of a punch.
The DS9 drama I think is the best part of the book. Some interesting things take place on different fronts. Shar's bondmates struggle to deal with problems which largely has to do with him not being there. A delegation of Cardassian and Bajorans push to normalize relations, but things get more complicated before they get better.
