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Title: Wow ... dying embers tarnish near-epic INFERNO
Review: Shame, shame, shame ...Without giving away the ending, it's hard to write a review of the book and remain impartial, but I will say that the readers are, perhaps, cheated by one of the shoddiest 'outs' in Trek/book history.The first two-thirds of this novel is incredible, building up to a climax that isn't so much an INFERNO (a title never really explained literally nor metaphorically although one could substitute a variety of interpretations) as it is a dying campfire.Characterizations are dead on accurate (accept for a bit over the top Quark and Vic Fontaine, who spouts more than one-too-many pallies ... in fact, if Vic had behaved the way the book portrays him, the clever and thoughtful residences of DS9 would've probably deprogrammed him).Sad ending to what could've been an epic conclusion.
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