I’d also recently red the first Enterprise: Rise of the Federation novel. Made good use of the creepy aliens from Silent Enemy and made them rather interesting in a very Trekkian fashion. Also used the aliens from Civilization to a…decent effect. But most importantly it revisited (however briefly) Archer’s role in the The Communicator (where he denies that they’re aliens which such vehemence and convinces them they’re from an enemy country and triggers a world war). The story itself was good but still mostly setup for the next one (which just got released)