Star Trek: Typhon Pact #4: Paths of Disharmony Review

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Star Trek: Typhon Pact #4: Paths of Disharmony ReviewI was really excited when the Typhon Pact series was announced but having read all four of them I am extremely disappointed. Actually, I'm more than disappointed; I'm actively irritated and maybe even angry about how poor each of these books are. The books are so poor, that I almost wish that they HADN'T decided to maintain story continuity over the course of each book. Old Star Trek books used to be self-contained stories that didn't "really" happen in any official capacity. But now that they "do" count, when a particular book craps all over the universe we are stuck with it.
Such is the case with this book. In fact, I've rated it pretty high at 1 star. I'd give it a zero if I could. This is literally the first book I've ever read where I skipped ahead because I was either bored to tears, hated what was happening, or both. There was a part where the bad guys hacked into the security grid and were running around scot free (which part, right? There were only like half a dozen times this happened...) and I flipped ahead 50 pages to find out that NOTHING HAD HAPPENED! Fifty pages later each and every character was still in the exact same situation they had been in 50 pages earlier! I am astounded with how poorly and slowly the story progressed. What story there was, anyway...
Likewise, having read all four books in the series, it seems like computers are easier to hack than playing to a stalemate in tic-tac-toe. It is specifically stated in the book that the Enterprise represents the pinnacle of computer technology in the Federation. I mean, the entire Borg Collective couldn't hack into it with the Queen standing right there along with half the Enterprise crew assimilated and giving her every shred of knowledge they had on the ship. But in this book? Oh, yeah, the bad guys can hack into the Enterprise computer system AT WILL without ANY trace! MORE THAN ONCE! Apparently, a single former-Starfleet Andorian has more computer savvy than the entire Borg Collective. If they had only assimilated this guy instead of Locutus they could have conquered the universe. Go figure.
This over-reliance on hacking computers lately has been really ticking me off. Hacked computers seems be the be-all end-all solution for every situation according to all the current writers of Star Trek. It's just way too convenient and it is tiresome. But whatever...
Also, it seemed to me that some of the characters were way out of, well, character. Choudury in particular did not seem like her self. During the Borg Invasion, she once cried after combating the Borg because it bothered her to inflict so much violence. She still understood it was necessary and did her duty but it bothered her. Not now. During the course of this book, that sense of ethics was nowhere to be found. In fact, there were several instances where she felt like kicking someone in the teeth just because they annoyed her. Way off.
Last but not least, let me warn readers about a major spoiler. Though I would be doing you a favor to tell you to avoid this book altogether. The whole Andoria leaving the Federation is the dumbest thing I have ever read in a Star Trek book. It was a situation that had not been alluded to in the slightest and just came out of nowhere. Rather than have the Star Trek universe evolve in a way where it seemed like something that might occur, it is clear the the publishers decided to do something "crazy" and just arbitrarily decide it was going to happen. Essentially, they artificially created a crisis at the beginning of the book in order to justify the ending they had already decided they wanted at the end of the book. Sorry, not buying it.
Also, I wanted to hurl the book across the room when the Tholian Ambassador just showed up at Andoria and basically induced the entire population to rebellion, than he just flew off unmolested by Starfleet or anyone. The Tholians are enemies of the Federation! Yet while Bashir and his girlfriend are having to use covert disguises to get into Typhon Pact space in the first book, apparently the Typhon Pact is given free rein to wander about Federation space without so much as a single Starfleet escort. Likewise, said Tholian is allowed to directly goad Federation citizens into open rebellion against their government without any consequence. This is LITERALLY the exact same thing as Mubarak or Qaddafi letting American diplomats drive around willy-nilly inside their own country stirring up an insurrection and giving them permission to do so. Absolute rubbish...
I hate the Typhon Pact series so much, it led me to write reviews for each of these books. I've used Amazon for years and never cared about any book enough to bother with a review until now.Star Trek: Typhon Pact #4: Paths of Disharmony Overview

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