Articles of the Federation

This is by far my favorite Star Trek book. To be fair, I'm a big fan of large-picture lore and Articles of the Federation is very much about delving deep into lore. Readers get a view of the Federation and surrounding empires through Cestus III colonist and president of the Federation, Nan Bacco, as well as other characters in the story. Unlike the limited scope aboard a starship bridge, long-term geopolitical stakes are played out and established lore is expanded through this exciting read.

Read this if you like The West Wing.

Read this if Deep Space Nine was your favorite series.

Read this if you were a Model-UN member and always wanted to go to Space Camp.

It was a good book, but I just can't help it, the whole time I read it all I could see in my mind instead of the Bajoran Press Secretary character was CJ Cregg.

That aside, the sheer number of characters in the book was insane and every once in a while it got sort of confusing. It's great that they tried write a Star Trek: West Wing, but the thing is, one of the reason that The West Wing, the tons of Senators, Reps, other characters, worked was because we got to see the people who played them.

Still, a good, solid book, and if you just go in understanding that half the time you're not going to know who the heck is who (which is what I finally just gave in and did, and I've been a Star Trek fan for decades), it's a thoroughly enjoyable book.

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this book by Keith R. A. DeCandido, but his characters are vividly drawn and the story is engrossing. I guess this is sort of a tribute to the television show The West Wing with a trek twist, giving us a view of Federation President Nan Bacco and several months of her administration. Different and entertaining.

Published in mass-market paperback by Pocket Books.

It is "Star Trek" meets "The West Wing" in this novel showing the life in a year of the newest President of the United Federation of Planets.