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Title: The Edge of the Sword: Errand of Vengeance Book One (Star Trek The Original Series) by Kevin Ryan ISBN: 0-7434-4598-8 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.82 (17 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The best Star Trek novel I ever read
Comment: Kevin Ryan's Errand of Vengeance is an excellent book with character development that I just did not expect from Star Trek novel. The rendering of the reluctant anti-hero Klingon Kell and his brother Karel is fantastic. It's a fascinating story of deceit and revenge and there is great tension in the four main plots. It was a very difficult book to put down. I read it nearly in one sitting. It has everything that I wanted from a Star Trek novel-- wonderfully realized Kirk/Spock/McCoy dialogue, a great sense of humor and fun about it, arresting secondary characters like Sam Fuller, and even a love interest. In addition, underneath the top layers, Kevin Ryan addresses serious themes in the guise of entertainment--questions about courage and honor, fraudulence and aggression, and individual responsibility.
All in all it's great, thought-provoking entertainment.
Rating: 5
Summary: Unique Perspective
Comment: Set during the first five year mission of TOS this tale, for the most part, is told through the eyes of a Klingon infiltrator who has come onboard the USS Enterprise to kill Kirk which makes this book very different from the usual Star Trek novel. The incredible detail and fantastic characterizations make for a book you don't want to end. Luckily there is plenty more story to tell and I for one can't wait for books two and three. Additionally fans of the Klingons will really love this book for the glimpses it provides into Klingon society during that time.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book.
Comment: This book started out with two strikes against it; it was part of a trilogy, and it focused on a Klingon. Given that I'm NOT one of the multitudes of Klingon fans among current Star Trek afficionados, and I HATE I HATE I HATE stories that end "to be continued" without finishing what they started, I had low expectations here.
So imagine my pleasant surprise when we actually had a story that finished one full plotline, and ended at a perfectly acceptable point, even if there was an overarching continuing subplot in the background, and one that dealt with the Klingon element in a way that could almost make me, a diehard Original-series, Klingons-are-stereotypical-bad-guys kind of guy, appreciate them.
There are several very large holes in the basic concept, that require a bit more suspension of disbelief than I can manage: the central character, Kell, aka Jon Anderson, is a Klingon infiltrator disguised as a human, much like the character in the episode "Trouble With Tribbles". He is surgically altered to "appear" human, even to the point of having his blood's color changed from lavender to red. But he won't be able to pass any examination from a doctor, as his internal anatomy is essentially unchanged and so he has to go to great lengths to avoid sickbay.
Now, how many ways is this silly? Can a person really expect to be assigned to a starship and NOT get a routine physical exam within 48 hours? Given that the answer to this question is "no", would the Klingons really be dumb enough to try this scam? And if this happened BEFORE "Trouble With Tribbles", and if Kell is eventually discovered (granted, he isn't by the end of this book) wouldn't that have caused the Federation to be more diligent in finding disguised Klingons, thus making it even less likely that THAT infiltrator could have succeeded as far as he did? On the other hand, if it happens AFTER that episode, wouldn't they be even more on guard here? All of this makes the main concept EXTREMELY dubious, but it's such a fun story that I'm at least mostly willing to give it a free ride on the issue. It would have been better, though, if it had been explained that the disguise was good enough to fool a routine physical, but a THOROUGH exam would reveal the deception. That would have been plausible, and have made the suspension of disbelief a LITTLE easier.
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Title: Past Prologue: The Janus Gate Book Three [of Three](Star Trek The Original Series) by L.A. Graf ISBN: 0743445961 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Present Tense: The Janus Gate Book One of Three (Star Trek The Original Series) by L.A. Graf ISBN: 0671036351 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Future Imperfect: Janus Gate Book Two (Star Trek The Original series) by L.A. Graf ISBN: 067103636X Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Last Roundup (Star Trek) by Christie Golden ISBN: 074344910X Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Eugenics Wars Vol. 2: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh (Star Trek) by Greg Cox ISBN: 0743406443 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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