Rating: 
Summary: A great continuation on the series!
Review: Of the six Captain's Table books I'd have to say this one comes in a close second to Peter David's "Once Burned." I say this because I feel that the character of Captain Sisko is one of the best character's in the Trek universe.
Although there are a few minor inconsistencies in the story, they are not too distracting. As it happens, a lot of the Trek books released have had them and I do my best to ignore them. Afterall, the books are not canon.
"The Mist" is an extremely well told story about a race that lives close to DS9 and are for all intents and purposes, cloaked or in another dimension that is only one step removed from the Federations. What a wonderful concept! In my opinion, the author's captured Captain Sisko's personality really well. The character interactions in the bar were particularly good. Sotugh is a well done Klingon. The Quilli besting a Klingon was really funny as well. Overall a great story and thank you very much to the author's for this one.
Rating:
Summary: A great continuation on the series!
Review: Of the six Captain's Table books I'd have to say this one comes in a close second to Peter David's "Once Burned." I say this because I feel that the character of Captain Sisko is one of the best character's in the Trek universe.
Although there are a few minor inconsistencies in the story, they are not too distracting. As it happens, a lot of the Trek books released have had them and I do my best to ignore them. Afterall, the books are not canon.
"The Mist" is an extremely well told story about a race that lives close to DS9 and are for all intents and purposes, cloaked or in another dimension that is only one step removed from the Federations. What a wonderful concept! In my opinion, the author's captured Captain Sisko's personality really well. The character interactions in the bar were particularly good. Sotugh is a well done Klingon. The Quilli besting a Klingon was really funny as well. Overall a great story and thank you very much to the author's for this one.
Rating:
Summary: A great continuation on the series!
Review: Of the six Captain's Table books I'd have to say this one comes in a close second to Peter David's "Once Burned." I say this because I feel that the character of Captain Sisko is one of the best character's in the Trek universe.
Although there are a few minor inconsistencies in the story, they are not too distracting. As it happens, a lot of the Trek books released have had them and I do my best to ignore them. Afterall, the books are not canon.
"The Mist" is an extremely well told story about a race that lives close to DS9 and are for all intents and purposes, cloaked or in another dimension that is only one step removed from the Federations. What a wonderful concept! In my opinion, the author's captured Captain Sisko's personality really well. The character interactions in the bar were particularly good. Sotugh is a well done Klingon. The Quilli besting a Klingon was really funny as well. Overall a great story and thank you very much to the author's for this one.
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Summary: Top notch storytelling.
Review: This book had the interesting perspective of Sisko having to contend with a cantankerous Klingon (aren't they all?), watching over his shoulder as he told his story. It made for some fun. The story itself was more cerebral than action. (Let's face it the enemy here was no match). It was, however, well told and the flow was better than in some of the other books of the series. I'm going to have to make up a batch of jambalaya this weekend.
Rating: 
Summary: Fantastic! One problem though...
Review: This book was well written, the story was well told. The only problem was the frequent interruptions. We can forgive the odd typing error or mistake, but we really don't need to be reminded every paragraph how delicious the jambalaya smells or tastes, or that Sotugh is still there. But the part with the nachos did make me feel hungry.... Pretty much a very good book, and although some interruptions are needed, not as many.
Rating: 
Summary: The mist remains a little vague...
Review: This is the third in the series dealing with the bar called "The Captain's Table", a bar only for Captains across time and space. Sisko is in need of some rest, so he visits Bajor and finds the bar. And finds the interesting aspect of the bar is that everyone gets to tell a tale...His tale is of a group known as The Mist. Centuries before, the Mist shifted themselves and their worlds out of normal space into a phased sub-space. Having left normal space behind, they have been excluded from the trials and tribulations of the Federation, the Klingon Empire, the Romulans and the Cardassians. However, they lure Sisko into their space to help them fight an apparent revolt by subservsives who are going to phase-shift DS9 and use it in Mist space to attack other worlds. The story is interesting enough although there are far too many interactions and interruptions back to "normal" time where he is telling the story to other bar patrons. Some of those characters are very interesting, but are essentially irrelevant to the story of the Mist. Some interesting stuff with the Klingons, but not well-developed, and Kira comes off as some cartoonish clone of her character.
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Summary: Sisko enjoys great jambalaya and tries to tell a so-so story
Review: Well, here we are up to Book Three in The Captain's Table series and I am starting to become convinced that the framing device of a Star Trek captain, this time around Deep Space Nine's Ben Sisko, telling a first-person story in a special bar that transcends time and space, is getting in the way of the story. With each book the intrusions of the framing device into the main narrative become more and more frequent. But it is not a good sign when the spat between the Klingon and the Quilli listening to the story is more interesting than Sisko's story which involves the legendary people the Mist. Sisko and the Defiant answer a distress call that comes from nowhere only to find themselves phased over to the dimension controlled by the Mist. The more questions Sisko asks of the commander of the Grey Squadron, the less he likes the answer. Then, when his space station is brought over to this other dimension, he likes it even less. Meanwhile, back at the Captain's Table what is up with the gecko and how does Cap come up with those great nachos or the jambalaya that manages to stay warm. This is a decent first draft and if the action had as many twists and turns as Sisko's attempt just to tell the tale to his over-eager audience, it would be a lot better. So far in the Captain's Table series, the level of the story is dropping with each volume, so there is certainly no driving need to go through all of the books in order like there was with the Invasion series. Note: Yes, I do like the fact the authors are drawn into the backgrounds on the cover (along with the gecko).
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Summary: Great Book... Could not put it down
Review: What a thrill ride. Captain Sisko has a real tough time with the mysterious mist that happens to show up when he and the Klingons are negotiating. The funny thing is that the commander of the Klingon vessel keeps jesting with the captain, both in the real story and in the bar.
Rating:
Summary: One of the best Star Trek novels I've read so far.
Review: When I went to get a book, this one jumped out at me. I wasn't sure whether I should get it, but I bought it. The Mist turned out to be one of the best Star Trek novels I've read in a long time. I really felt like I was in The Captain's Table, sitting next to Sisko, with the Quilli sitting near me ruffling his bristles. I really enjoyed this book. I couldn't put it down for a minute and neither will you.
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