This is flat out a satire and meta analysis of Star Trek. It takes the tropes and plays them out. But what this novel does is put realistic, logical, aware characters in the field of cliche and formula. And it's hilarious. You can take it as a love note to the franchise or you can take it as a playfully gruff punch on the shoulder to science fiction in general. There's a lot for Star Trek fans but there's more than enough for scifi fans as well.
And that's just the first part. Normally codas are little extras but with this book the three codas are equally as important as the story. They each continue the plot by way of different characters and it's really in these codas where the point of the book comes through. The amount of heartfelt love for the story, characters, and world is great. The story has touching moments but there's a lot of world building and deconstruction. The codas are these nuggets of pure character and each with its own perspective.
It's hard to review a book that's as meta as this. I don't want to come across as selling it as a Star Trek story because it absolutely is not. I don't want to sell it on the amazing irony and deconstruction because it stands on its own as a real science fiction story. It is what it is, and that's a funny, smart, highly entertaining book.
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