Typhon Pact #1: Zero Sum Game

David Mack

Oct 2010 · Star Trek · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

A spy for the Typhon Pact—a new political rival of the Federation—steals the plans for Starfleet’s newest technological advance: the slipstream drive. To stop the Typhon Pact from unlocking the drive’s secrets, Starfleet Intelligence recruits a pair of genetically enhanced agents: Dr. Julian Bashir, of station Deep Space 9, and Sarina Douglas, a woman whose talents Bashir helped bring to fruition, and whom Bashir thinks of as his long-lost true love.

Bashir and Douglas are sent to infiltrate the mysterious species known as the Breen, find the hidden slipstream project, and destroy it. Meanwhile, light-years away, Captain Ezri Dax and her crew on the U.S.S. Aventine play a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a Typhon Pact fleet that stands between them and the safe retrieval of Bashir and Douglas from hostile territory.

Ratings and reviews

It's an OK book, attempting to put a face on the Breen and throwing a few continuity nods about why nobody had seen what one looks like despite having stolen Breen uniforms in the past. Julian Bashir is a pretty lousy spy though, and the Section 31 stories about him inevitably come off pretty forced because they always revolve around him not wanting to have anything to do with espionage but being manipulated into it anyway.

Always enjoy a star trek novel. East read, already know most of the main characters with something new in the mix. An exciting story with a bit of romance and lots of action.

Not this time. I found it difficult to justify Star Fleets actions in this book. By the final few chapters I was rooting for the Breen. Overall just left a bad taste.

About the author

David Mack is the multi-award-winning and the New York Times bestselling author of thirty-eight novels of science fiction, fantasy, and adventure, including the Star Trek Destiny and Cold Equations trilogies. His extensive writing credits include episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and he worked as a consultant on season one of the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy. Honored in 2022 as a Grand Master by the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, Mack resides in New York City.