There’s a lot of plot in the book, but little time spent fleshing out the characters of the story and how the galactic events effect them - which should, of course, be at the heart of any good story. I read that this book was originally planned to have been books 2 and 3 of a Romulan War trilogy, but that for reasons unknown those last two books wound up being compressed into one novel. On the other-hand, To Brave the Storm feels in many ways like the cliffs-notes version of what should have been a much-lengthier saga. I’m glad this mysterious, much-discussed conflict in Earth’s past wasn’t depicted as having been resolved in just a few weeks. That gives the Earth-Romulan war a believable scale. I love how epic the story is in scope, and I appreciated that the book takes place over the span of over five years. The story is galaxy-spanning, with the stakes extremely high: nothing short of the survival of Earth and the human species itself as the Romulans’ assault intensifies and the newly-formed Coalition of Planets (the alliance formed between humans, Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarites in the final episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise) shatters. There are none of the digressions I complained about in Beneath the Raptor’s Wings (such as the lengthy chapters dealing with the two news-reporters Gannet Brooks and Keisha Naquase). The story is exciting and gripping, and I tore through the book’s pages at rapid speed. There is a lot about the book that I really enjoyed. To Brave the Storm is a frustrating novel. I have recently written about the last two of those books: Kobayashi Maru ( click here for my review) and The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor’s Wings ( click here for my review). Martin (the first three of which were co-written by Andy Mangels). The latest Star Trek: Enterprise novel, The Romulan War: To Brave the Storm, brings to a conclusion the finally-told story of the Earth-Romulan war that lead to the founding of the United Federation of Planets, and also serves as a finale to the series of five Star Trek: Enterprise novels written by Michael A. Star Trek Enterprise: The Romulan War: To Brave the Storm
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