Hey there,
I have finally been reading some of the Treklit that I was gifted some time ago, and I really loved them! The only problem is that I seem to be missing a lot of context.
I read Revelation and Dust, apparently the first novel in the The Fall miniseries, and it is making references to the Typhon Pact, something that to my knowledge does not appear in the shows and that was entirely unknown to me. There’s characters and events that are set up to apparently be familiar to the reader that I never heard of. The original DS9 is gone and they built a second version? I mean, that’s really cool, but how did all that happen?
I thought it’d be as straightforward as reading the aptly named Typhon Pact series, but according to Memory Alpha/Beta, that depends on canon and characters from Star Trek: Titan, and also the Destiny duology, and THOSE each depend on like dozens of other books!
Is there a recommended reading order to get up to speed on all of these events post-TV shows? I watched all good shows (e. g. including ENT and no further), and I feel like I am missing a lot of context established in the novels. I would at least really like to understand what led up to The Fall, because it seems to be super intriguing. Who is President Bacco?
Are you aware that the Litverse as it stood has an end point? Just letting you know in case that factors into your enjoyment.
No?
Ah, ok. With minimal spoilers:
When Picard came out, it became obvious that the post-Nemesis future depicted in the Litverse books was no longer compatible with canon. The decision was made to write finis to the Litverse, and that resulted in the Coda trilogy, which pretty much marks the end of the Litverse continuity. No future books will be set in that continuity, although some references may be made.