Something of a guilty pleasure, maybe, but Diane Duane is my favorite Star Trek writer, and these books are fantastic. Her sensitive and creative development of the Romulan culture is thought-provoking and brings these books above and beyond the everyday space adventure beach-reading that is the norm for a Star Trek book.

A note on the edition - while I like that they gave up pretending that Honor Blade and Swordhunt were separate books, it would better to have the whole series in one volume. Instead, we're left with an awkwardly large book that only contains 3/4 of the story, and ends with a bit of a cliffhanger to boot. Make sure you have The Emtpy Chair on hand when you're reading this - you'll want to find out what happens! ( )