Fire on High
This is the same length as the other New Frontiers books, but it feels just a bit meatier, and more than just a longer episode.
Also, the subplots feel more natural to the overall plot this time. There’s still odd bits sticking out, but not nearly to the same extent.
A surprising amount of this book is still dealing with the MacGuffin of the previous book. This does provide some suspense and action in a series that definitely trends towards the soap opera side of things.
Being Star Trek, we have new MacGuffins here. Or, two related ones, basically all-new, and then another which is a return of previous one. And that’s the strong part of the format here. The books are nominally independent, but not only do things continue from book to book, but older threads resurface in new forms. And we get treated to a multi-layered ending section with good tension because of it.
So, this one flowed better than book 5, and the characters are continuing to round out. The various plotlines work out better here, and the sex-comedy side feels relevant with a humorous chapter that really works.
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