Star Trek: Picard — Firewall
{4.5/5} “‘Help us get the intel we need, and we’ll get your citizenship restored, as well as pull strings with the Starfleet brass to get you the commission yo deserve. With any luck, you’ll be a serving line officer on a capital ship by the end of the year.’ It was a more tempting offer than Seven had expected. Clearly, Mardani and his superiors had done their homework. They knew where her emotional weak spots were, and how to entice her. Regardless, something about Mardani’s proposition felt wrong to Seven, and she suspected she was about to learn what it was.”
Star Trek: Picard — Firewall by David Mack, published in 2024
Admiral Janeway visits Seven to apologetically tell her that her applications for Federation citizenship and Starfleet have both been rejected. Seven says she’s decided to leave Earth, as too many people react negatively to her Borg implants. She gets a menial labour job on a far-away planet, where the Federation Security Agency finds her and makes her an offer. She decides to accept, because the reward is what she wants most.
It’s about a dangerous mission when you’re on your own and far away from friends. It’s about figuring out who you are and how you can best help others.
This is the 14th book I’ve read by Mack. I previously reviewed Star Trek: Coda — Oblivion’s Gate. He has written short stories in anthologies such as Star Trek: “A Year To The Day That I Saw Myself Die” And Other Stories.