32 out of 74 chapters in and i am beginning to think using the paper to cut the skin between my fingers might be a better use of it than reading the words printed on it. Starting off strong with a mysterious and alluring woman named Allura (seriously), we're introduced to a series of new characters that all sound the same. But hey, so do the canon characters! Around chapter 30 Kira goes to fetch Sisko from his quarters because something is up at the Replimat. Sisko, out of the blue, asks if it's about turnips and doesn't want to go. Kira chuckles and tells him to just see for himself. Sounds like Sisko and Kira? No? Exactly. We then are being told that the Replimat is being auctioned off by aliens and Kira continues thinking it's funny. She stays on the sidelines and smirks while Sisko is confronted with alien laws that, of course, don't apply on DS9 but hey there is a war ship threatening them so it's quirky and not infuriating or an enormous plot hole. Dax and Kira are completely interchangeable, so much so, that the author forgets who says what mid dialogue. But hey, the author seems to forget what he said at the beginning of sentences in just the same way as he doubles words and disregards anything a proofreader would've criticised. All in all, this book proves that anyone can be a published author, but not everyone should be. Will I continue this book? Who knows, but the rating of 2,8/5 (visually 3/5) is a very polite lie.