BW Media Spotlight

Chapter By Chapter (usually) features me reading one chapter of the selected book at a 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 a read-along book club.

In our previous chapter Korsal gets some father and son time…but not in the manner he would have liked.

This chapter gets us back to the Enterprise again. While the multiple plot threads are a concern due to previous novels in this review series, the limited use of the regular cast is the only real complaint I have at this point in the book. This isn’t just set in the 23rd century, it’s supposed to be a book about the voyages of the original show crew. So far they’ve taken a backseat to Jean Lorrah’s original characters from the previous novel, The Vulcan Academy Murders, and new original characters from this novel. We’re a bit shy of the halfway mark and the characters we’re here for hasn’t done much of anything.

I would have no problem with a story set in the time period without the original crew. Remember, I sought out the last book after reading and enjoying this one back in the day. I kind of know this is going to be a good story, as it was one of my first Star Trek novels and I picked up a few more after this. This being a review, I’m drawn to being a bit more critical (it’s in the term) than I was as a kid reading this for fun. The thing is you can like something but still point out flaws, or even hate something and point out the strengths. It’s part of my review style in part because that’s how I’ll learn to be a better storyteller myself. Thus far that’s what’s been happening. Now as we move to this chapter and the characters we bought a Star Trek novel for, I’m happier but I don’t hate how we got here. Understand the difference as we get into this chapter’s review.

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