Over a billion beings perished during the Founders War and six years after its conclusion the major governments of the Alpha and Beta Quadrants have not fully recovered from the devastation. During this rebuilding period, a band of pirates known as the Talesian Brotherhood had grown from a minor irritation to an ever-increasing threat to shipping lanes and isolated planets. When the Brotherhood attacks a poorly-defended planet, a number of Starfleet Security personnel are killed including their commanding officer, Lt. Tatiana Shushunova-Nandi. Little could the Brotherhood have guessed that her husband was once one of Section 31's most successful and lethal operatives. He has now vowed to avenge his wife's death and destroy the Brotherhood. With the help of his aging comrades once known as the Poison Clan and Starfleet's youngest and most promising starship captain, his plan for revenge has begun to take shape.
This is a very good section 31 book. I stumbled upon it accidentally while searching for something to read. I would like to see more books in the Star Trek universe concerning section 31 and it’s operatives. There could be a little more character development during the first book maybe in the second. As far as the science fiction aspects, pure track with a artificial intelligence thrown in. Fast paced plenty of action going on to read the next book. I hope others find this book as interesting as I did.
It was a very enjoyable story marred only occasionally by typos and poor editing. Those might be attributed to the Kindle conversion process or not. Otherwise, a good story in the Trek universe.