Zero Sum Game. In the wake of the Dominion War and the Borg invasion he Romulans, Breen, Tholians, Gorn, Tzenkethi, and the Kinshaya have joined forces in a twisted version of the Federation to combat the latest Khitomer Accords Alliance between United Federation of Planets, Klingon Empire, Cardassian Union, and Ferengi Alliance.

In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and Bruce Gibson discuss David Mack's Zero Sum Game. We discuss a cold war, Bashir, Ezri and Sarina, spy morality, the Breen, the Aventine crew, anything we missed, our ratings and final thoughts.

In the new we talk about the big changes to the 2021 release schedule, the Star Trek: Coda trilogy, the last book of the year's blurb and our review of Year Five #19. News Release Schedule Change (00:02:49) Star Trek: Coda Trilogy (00:09:57) The December Book (00:19:00) Year Five #19 (00:21:11)

Feature: Zero Sum Game A Cold War (00:27:28) Bashir and Ezri (00:34:39) Bashir and Sarina (00:39:51) Spy Morality (00:42:58) The Breen (00:44:59) The Aventine Crew (00:55:49) Anything We Missed (01:00:54) Ratings (01:05:12) Final Thoughts (01:08:38) Hosts Matthew Rushing and Bruce Gibson

Production Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Greg Rozier (Associate Producer) Casey Pettitt (Associate Producer)