The Last Best Hope

I like Star Trek books in general, even if there is a figurative reset button at the end of each. This one is a bit more than that though and expands upon the cast of characters and fleshes them out more than the show could have.

It's debatable whether what I'm about to say is a spoiler or not, but I'll do a tag just in case. I'm unsure why, but I wasn't expecting it to end on a depressing tone for the most part. I somehow got lost in Picard's optimism and felt saddened by Picard being like "burned Icarus". Even characters that were created specifically for this story, like Vritet, I couldn't help feeling sad for in the end.