History Literature / StarTrekTheFall

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Possible in-universe example that overlaps with Alternate Aesop. If Garak's alternate interpretation of the ending of ''Meditations on a Crimson Shadow'' is correct, than its novelist Eleta Preloc successfully snuck a piece of subversive literature past every level of Cardassian censorship without anybody cottoning on.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Possible in-universe example that overlaps with Alternate Aesop. If Garak's alternate interpretation of the ending of 'Meditations on a Crimson Shadow'' is correct, than its novelist Eleta Preloc successfully snuck a piece of subversive literature past every level of Cardassian censorship without anybody cottoning on.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Possible example that overlaps with Alternate Aesop. If Garak's alternate interpretation of the ending of 'Meditations on a Crimson Shadow'' is correct, than the Cardassian novelist Preloc successfully snuck this past every level of Cardassian censorship without anybody cottoning on.

* HateSink: It's hard to get through the third novel; 'A Ceremony of Looses'without developing a hate of President Pro Tempor Ishan Anjar, he comes accross as utterly belligerent, unreasonable, petty and seems willing to let a whole species die just to try to win an election.

* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: In ''The Crimson Shadow'', a working-class Cardassian who's got mixed up with an anti-Federation group is asked to come along as muscle when they teach some "collaborators" a lesson, and realises this is at least partly a test of how far he would go for the cause. [[spoiler: He's actually a Cardassian military officer, seconded to the ''Enterprise'', officially on leave and working undercover for Garak. He does go along with it, since the alternative is breaking cover, although he's deeply disturbed by what he was part of]].

A series of five novels in the Franchise/StarTrekNovelVerse. Continuing on from the events of ''Literature/StarTrekTyphonPact'' and ''Literature/StarTrekColdEquations'', the series is set over a sixty day period, with each novel telling a fairly self-contained story as various characters in different locations live through the tumultuous time period in question. The series primarily concerns itself with the Federation and Starfleet's sense of identity, at a critical juncture in their history. The decade since the end of the Dominion War has been a rough one - things might be stabilizing, but where does the Federation go from here, what lessons should it have learned - and which should it ''not'' have learned?

* ShoutOut: A little bizarrely, there's a notable PinkyAndTheBrain reference in ''A Ceremony of Losses'', likely because the characters in question - scientists - are denounced by some as screwing with nature:

* ''The Poisoned Chalice'' by JamesSwallow (''Literature/StarTrekTitan'')

A series of five novels in the Franchise/StarTrekNovelVerse. Continuing on from the events of ''Literature/StarTrekTyphonPact'' and ''StarTrekColdEquations'', the series is set over a sixty day period, with each novel telling a fairly self-contained story as various characters in different locations live through the tumultuous time period in question. The series primarily concerns itself with the Federation and Starfleet's sense of identity, at a critical juncture in their history. The decade since the end of the Dominion War has been a rough one - things might be stabilizing, but where does the Federation go from here, what lessons should it have learned - and which should it ''not'' have learned?

* WhamLine: The entire series hinges on one: [[spoiler: "President Nanietta Bacco was dead"]].

* InJoke: Bennett is a popular name for Starfleet admirals, although one should keep their mouth shut about that when Akaar's in a bad mood, it seems.

* ReassignedToAntarctica: When Admiral Akaar finds out a Starfleet Intelligence analyst has been circumventing the chain of command and feeding intel directly to the President's Chief of Staff, he has her reassigned to a desk job on Luna.

* ShoutOut: A little bizarrely, a notable PinkyAndTheBrain reference in ''A Ceremony of Losses'':

* ShoutOut: A little bizarrely, what might well be a PinkyAndTheBrain reference in ''A Ceremony of Losses'':

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: An InUniverse example - ''The Crimson Shadow'' is a Cardassian WhatIf novel where they conquer the Romulan Empire, the Klingon Empire and ultimately the Federation. Parmak sees it as a horrible book, full of the militaristic Cardassian jingoism that destroyed the Union. Garak believes it's a more thoughtful and subtle story, that ultimately presents the Cardassian domination of the Alpha Quadrant as a ''bad'' thing, and hope lying in a Federation citizen who doesn't give in.