I really liked the story of the Red King, the 2nd book in the '00s Star Trek: Titan series. Captain Will Riker's ship the U.S.S. Titan attempts to help the Romulans look for a fleet that disappeared near the bloom in space caused by Shinzon's weapon at the end of the movie Nemesis. Only to get sucked in along with the Romulans and a Klingon ship that was potroling the area due to their alliance with the newly indpendent Reamans, to the Small Magellanic Cloud past the edge of our galaxy. There they find a group of pilgrims of an indigeouns religion seeking a god whose wakening from slumbar will destroy their colonists worlds, and them too.

Its the first Star Trek book I recall reading that introduced new (to me) scientific theories including protounivereses and emerging space.

I liked how they brought together the scientific theory, the pilgrims' religious view of an omnipotent sleeper awakening and the Red King's dream of Alice in Wonderland.

I didn't like some of the writing. Namely I disliked the way the treated Counselor Troi as being far more telepathic than on TNG, including knowing peoples motives. I also found I had a hard time keeping track of so many new characters, most of which are also new species. I kept having to flip back to earlier chapters to recall who in the world this was who was talking.

With the good and the bad that gives me 3 stars.