Chapter By Chapter features me reading one chapter of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.

Part 3: Talin chapter 8

We’re getting close to the end and I guess this isn’t going to turn into a mystery story. With so few chapters left the emphasis seems to be getting the scattered crew back to the planet more than the investigation itself. Also, for a story called Prime Directive the actual Prime Directive is barely a factor in it. You’d think that would somehow be the focus of the story. It would match more if they somehow had Optimus Prime. (There is a crossover comic, so it’s not so unlikely anymore.) Has it been a good story thus far? Yes. It’s just not what I was expecting it to be.

Last time Spock found a way to get help for Talin IV in probably the only actual use of Starfleet General Order One in the book named after it. Now we check back in with Kirk and what he and his new friend are up to. What will happen when they arrive…and will they do it before the final chapter in part 3?

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