[CaptainCrunch]

I actually liked his portrayal of the Post Empire Mirrorverse.

Lets see, The Empire rose after the Eugenics war because iirc the war was so brutal that after Kahn Earth Survivors stated that they would never be in a position to be wiped out again.

Kirk rose to Emperor, and was brutal, he had a picture in his hovel of Scotty, McCoy and Checkov hanging from the gallows.

Kirk was deposed by Spock who liberalized the Empire.

Meanwhile Kirk created a alliance of Klingons, Cardassians, Romulans and Bajorans who basically destroyed the Empire, Then they betrayed Kirk, enslaved Humanity and reduced Earth to a pretty much Cinder.

So you flash forward and you get evil Kirk. a Cowardly ponytailed slimy Jean Luc-Picard, Riker is a complete thug.

It was actually a decent series of books, but you could see Shatner's ego swell as he wrote scenes that had two Kirks in them.