A few years back I bought the omnibus of "Day of Honor" at a used bookstore. I just finished reading the first book of the series, a TNG book by Diane Carey, "Ancient Blood." This book has a lot of Diane Carey in it, from the nautical theming to her libertarian leanings. This book has 2 generally distinct storylines, but you could tell Carey was much more interested in the more nautical oriented storyline in her book as that is given greater attention.
What I believe is supposed to be the primary story is about Worf must go undercover with a family friend, Ross Grant to a planet considering seceding from the Federation. An attempted assassination was made against the planet's leader and it is believed his wife is behind the assassination. She wants to leave the Federation because she wishes to make their planet, Sindikash, a hot spot for illegal activity that she plans to profit from. Her bodyguards are a group of disgraced Klingons who disgust Worf, and he has difficulty trying to pretend to work with them while he tries to uncover her secrets.
Meanwhile as part of the Day of Honor, Alexander tries to learn about honor from one of his ancestors, interestingly enough a human ancestor that fought with the British during the Revolutionary War. He is on a naval vessel with his ancestor and Captain Picard, who helps Alexander with his Day of Honor while Worf is occupied on Sindikash. The vessel is attacked by the colonists and must retreat to shore and they take up sanctuary with another relative of Alexander's, who they learn is a revolutionary. At first Alexander is disgusted by the colonist's actions, but soon starts to re-evaluate his opinion once he finds the colonists have their own sense of honor.
You can tell Carey seems much more at home with the nautical themes of the Revolutionary War story. It's interesting that Picard is on officer with the Royal Navy since actor Patrick Stewart is British. Also a bit of Carey's libertarianism comes out in some of the storylines, and her obvious admiration for the United States. It's one of the few stories that overtly states the Federation form of government is based on that of the United States. Now in general we know the Federation has a lot of similarities to the US form of government, probably because most of the writers and creators of the shows are Americans and people tend to write about what they know. But it's one of the few times I've seen it explicitly stated.
I personally actually liked the Revolutionary War elements of the story more that the Sindikash elements. Perhaps because Carey was more in her element during that portion of the story it seemed to have been written with more gusto. It's not that the Sindikash elements were bad, they just seemed written more out of obligation. But the one common theme is of course honor, particularly how Alexander comes to view it (as opposed to Worf's view which we know pretty well).
What I believe is supposed to be the primary story is about Worf must go undercover with a family friend, Ross Grant to a planet considering seceding from the Federation. An attempted assassination was made against the planet's leader and it is believed his wife is behind the assassination. She wants to leave the Federation because she wishes to make their planet, Sindikash, a hot spot for illegal activity that she plans to profit from. Her bodyguards are a group of disgraced Klingons who disgust Worf, and he has difficulty trying to pretend to work with them while he tries to uncover her secrets.
Meanwhile as part of the Day of Honor, Alexander tries to learn about honor from one of his ancestors, interestingly enough a human ancestor that fought with the British during the Revolutionary War. He is on a naval vessel with his ancestor and Captain Picard, who helps Alexander with his Day of Honor while Worf is occupied on Sindikash. The vessel is attacked by the colonists and must retreat to shore and they take up sanctuary with another relative of Alexander's, who they learn is a revolutionary. At first Alexander is disgusted by the colonist's actions, but soon starts to re-evaluate his opinion once he finds the colonists have their own sense of honor.
You can tell Carey seems much more at home with the nautical themes of the Revolutionary War story. It's interesting that Picard is on officer with the Royal Navy since actor Patrick Stewart is British. Also a bit of Carey's libertarianism comes out in some of the storylines, and her obvious admiration for the United States. It's one of the few stories that overtly states the Federation form of government is based on that of the United States. Now in general we know the Federation has a lot of similarities to the US form of government, probably because most of the writers and creators of the shows are Americans and people tend to write about what they know. But it's one of the few times I've seen it explicitly stated.
I personally actually liked the Revolutionary War elements of the story more that the Sindikash elements. Perhaps because Carey was more in her element during that portion of the story it seemed to have been written with more gusto. It's not that the Sindikash elements were bad, they just seemed written more out of obligation. But the one common theme is of course honor, particularly how Alexander comes to view it (as opposed to Worf's view which we know pretty well).
