Foul Deeds Will Rise

Star Trek: The Original Series

by Greg Cox

2288. The USS Enterprise-A is on a vital peacekeeping mission in a remote solar system beyond the boundaries of the Federation, where two warring planets–Pavak and Oyolo–are attempting to end years of bitter conflict. Crucial peace talks are being conducted aboard the Enterprise, even as Starfleet weapons inspectors oversee the disarmament process. Losses and atrocities on both sides have left plenty of hard feelings behind, so Captain James T. Kirk has his work cut out for him, even as he unexpectedly runs into a disturbing figure from his past: Lenore Karidian.

Twenty years ago, the deadly daughter of Kodos the Executioner tried to kill Kirk, but she has since been declared sane and rehabilitated. Kirk wants to give her the benefit of the doubt and a second chance at life, but when a mysterious assassination threatens the already-fragile peace process, all clues point toward Lenore –- and the future of two worlds hangs in the balance.

Genres: Star Trek, Science Fiction, Fiction, Star Trek Original Series, Ebooks, Media Tie In, Mystery

370 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published November 25, 2014

Reviews

[Alejandro · Rating 5 out of 5]

The sequel to “The Conscience of the King”!


It’s highly recommended to watch the TV episode “The Conscience of the King” from “Star Trek: The Original Series.

And if you like this novel, I can suggest to check "Star Trek: Discovery - Drastic Measures" by Dayton Ward, since it's a prequel related to Kodos, the Executioner.


LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER

A young James T. Kirk was spared to be part of the 4,000 people murdered in Tarsus IV due an insane drastic measure taken by the Governor Adrian Kodos to deal with an unexpected hunger crisis due an out-of-control fungus plague in all food crops, reserves and even processors, since it was thought that Starfleet wouldn’t be able to arrive with supplies on time.

But James Kirk not only was spared but also he was able to look the face of the mysterious and seclusive, newly appointed governor, Kodos, along with other kids and inhabitants, where Thomas Leighton was a close friend of Kirk, and Kevin Riley, there were quite a few, but all were able to indentify Kodos if necessary, but since Kodos was declared dead after the Starfleet manhunt organized against the mad governor, that seemed not necessary…

…but was it Kodos really dead?

Year later of the traumatic event, James T. Kirk became Captain of the USS Enterprise, Thomas Leighton, a medical doctor in the Planet Q, and Kevin Riley, a Starfleet officer at the USS Enterprise under command of Kirk.

But the doubt about that Kodos was really dead surged again…

…and the murders surged again.

Kodos found a cruel twist of poetic justice and his daughter, Lenore Karidian, interned in a Federation psychiatric facility.

Now, years later of that second event about Kodos, right after the rocky maiden voyage of the USS Enterprise – NCC-1701-A dealing with the rogue Vulcan, Sybok, half-brother of Spock,…

…Captain James T. Kirk is assigned to assist Federation Ambassador Kevin Riley to mediate peace conferences between Pavak and Oyolo, two worlds in the same solar system, non-Federation but both asked the arbitration of the UFP to find a way to end a war between those two worlds.

In the middle of the Federation relief workers, there is a woman named “Lyla Kassidy” but…

…she isn’t other than Lenore Karidian!

And the murders surged again!


SCI-FI DETECTIVE TALE

This is a great Star Trek story since not only a sci-fi tale but also a detective novel since Captain James T. Kirk has murders performed in his own vessel and he needs to solve them as soon as possible if there is any chance to find a longing peace between Pavak and Oyolo.

Of course, you have to keep in mind that this is above all a Star Trek novel so…

…the who and how won’t be so easy to deduce.

The USS Enterprise-A crew is exploited in a good way where everybody has a moment to shine, Sulu and Uhura are maybe the less used, but even they have their fair share of spotlight in the narrative.

Spock and Scotty are in an away mission related to the peace talks, and they will have to deal with an insidious operation related to the murders aboard the Enterprise-A.

Meanwhile, Chekov as Security Chief is under pressure to conduct an investigation in the middle of a volatile diplomatic situation, along with the assistance of Dr. McCoy in the medical affairs of the murders and Kirk, as responsible of everything happened on his starship.

During the narrative you have priceless comments about iconic moments at the The Original Series, and even some amusing glimpses of the following The Undiscovered Country film.

The surviving diplomats, Kevin Riley, and obviously Lenore Karidian, everyone can be a suspect, and everyone could have an angle of benefit to the murders…

…but the whole peace future of an entire solar system is in the balance!

[Sud666 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I always enjoy a good Star Trek novel. Greg Cox is one of the better authors of this setting. "Foul Deeds Will Rise" is a good addition to my Star Trek collection. While it doesn't do anything original, what it does do, it does well.

The starship Enterprise is called in to perform a diplomatic mission. Two feuding worlds, the Pavakians and the Oyoloians, have requested the Federation manage the Peace Talks. While the federation tries to find peace among the warring sides, two major assassinations threaten to derail the process and bring about another war.

Kirk must try to solve this murder mystery and deal with the reemergence of a psychotic old flame. These events will all combine to throw the process into a full-fledged disaster. Now facing a missing warhead, rising tensions, and a missing assassin- the Enterprise must come up with some solutions to this mess.

While there is the usual deus ex machina that Star trek always tends to use to justify an outcome, this is to be expected. It is par for the course in this setting. It was still an interesting and fun read. Any fan of the STOS series will enjoy this setting and this novel.

[Bill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although I love the Star Trek TV series featuring the original crew of the USS Enterprise it's rare that I read any of the spin off novels, despite there being a huge selection available. Most of the ones I've tried to read I have given up after a few chapters. However, I did finish this one. Foul Deeds Will Rise sees the return of characters from the 1969 TV episode The Conscience of the King. I would recommend seeing this episode before reading this book, as it certainly helps.
Although not a brilliant novel there is plenty going on to keep your attebtion. Author Greg Cox brings the Enterprise crew convincingly to life & he certainly knows a lot about the world of Star Trek. Cox makes numerous references to past Star Trek TV & film adventures, which I found a delight at first. However, while many of these nods to the world of Star Trek are only fleeting Cox fills the book with so many that half way through the novel I began to find them irritating.
I'm sure there are better Star Trek books our there, but it's been good to read about the crew of the USS Enetrprise once again.

[Daniel Kukwa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Now this is my kind of "Star Trek" novel. The movie era Enterprise-A, on a mission offering social commentary on modern peacekeeping & civil strife. Two surprise guest characters that transform the story into a surprisingly poignant sequel to both an Original Series episode and another movie era novel. A well placed set of action set pieces. Fanwank elements from the past that are integrated with a deft touch. What more can you possibly ask for as an ideal adventure in the late 23rd century Alpha Quadrant?

[Sean O'Hara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Way too many plot holes.

1) We all know security in Star Trek sucks, but this takes it to ridiculous levels. You have hostile diplomatic delegations on board, with staterooms practically next door to each other, and no security posted? Even after one of the ambassadors gets murdered, security only guards one of the delegations? Come on. Even with Chekov in charge, things shouldn't be that incompetent.

2) At one point Chekov mentions that the assassins couldn't have beamed on from a cloaked ship because transporters can't function while a cloaking device is on? Just one problem -- Chekov himself transported to and from a cloaked ship in Star Trek IV.

3) The Enterprise has alarms that go off whenever someone fires a phaser without authorization. Except when they don't. (Amusingly Chekov knows about this here, but in Star Trek VI he needs Valeris to explain it to him even though he's the head of security.)

4) Why the hell didn't Kirk launch the Copernicus the moment he learned about the Pavloid plan? When Lenore finally steals the shuttle, Kirk says he had just been thinking about dispatching it himself. But at that point ten minutes have already gone by. Launching the shuttle is the first thing that popped into my mind, but James T. Freaking Kirk takes ten minutes before he considers it?

[Rob Perkins · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was decent, although the author referenced episodes like a social climber name-drops.

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Plenty of context provided, no need to know anything beyond the basics. I pretty much stopped paying attention to the franchise after a couple of movies and TNG and I was fine.

I was annoyed that Spock was all too human, but then, he wasn't in it much so whatever.
Well, except that (I admit) I did choose this one because Spock is featured on the cover so I hoped for more of him.

Some very nifty ideas, some bits of nice writing, some very clunky bits...

I really didn't appreciate Kirk saying "I just wish I had more answers than questions" and McCoy agreeing with "Don't we all." That just doesn't make sense.

Overall, if you like politics, murder mystery, and don't mind a full movie length tome, this is kinda fun.

[Jeremiah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved it. At first, I was like “oh great, another story about the Enterprise mediating a conflict between two planets.” But that’s like half of all Star Trek stories. I got into the mystery and themes of forgiveness.

Notes:

Spock didn’t sound like Spock to me, but maybe that’s because movie Spock is a little more human?

I liked all the references to past shows. I haven’t seen all the TOS episodes mentioned, but I enjoyed all the bits of past shows.

[Jimyanni · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was based on an interesting idea, and I might even have rated it 5 stars were it not for one very major hole in the plot. Without giving any spoilers, early on it was established that if an energy weapon was fired on the Enterprise, alarms automatically went off. But at a key spot toward the end, an individual who was under house arrest manages to trick and overpower their security guard, steal his phaser, and use it repeatedly without any alarms going off to alert the bridge of the problem. Was this because it was a security guard's phaser? Surely, even if it was, the bridge would need to know immediately if it were fired, so I can't see the alarms not applying. Did the damage to the ship incapacitate the alarms? Possible, but if so, the issue needed to be addressed by the author. Or, as I suspect, did the author simply forget that little detail when writing that scene? Sloppy. That's the kind of detail that you shouldn't let get past you as a writer.

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Foul Deeds Will Rise was a fun read, with plenty of action, suspense, and the high quality of storytelling we've come to expect from Greg Cox. Making ample use of the back catalog of Star Trek stories and tropes, Foul Deeds Will Rise is one of the better Original Series novels to be published in some time. My final rating for this novel is four stars out of five. A lot of fun to read, and one that deserves a place on your bookshelf!

Full review: http://treklit.blogspot.com/2014/12/F...

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this novel because it was the latest selection for book of the month for a fun Goodread group I belong to devoted to matters Trek. The novel earned its solid 4-star rating from me because it is thoroughly enjoyable. It stays true to the Original Series episode it is the sequel to and portrays all cast members in perfect keeping with their characters. The plot is imaginative, engaging, and suspenseful. If it were made into a TV show, it would make a fine addition to the canon.

I believe this is the first time I have read a Greg Cox story, and I would not mind reading another should the occasion arise. He is a good enough plotter and storyteller that I would look forward to it. This is despite two flaws in his writing style that while not egregious nevertheless are mildly annoying and completely unnecessary.

The first flaw is Cox's love of the cliche. Cox's lexicon is stuck firmly in the late twentieth century, which seems incongruous when writing about events in the 23rd. Examples, to name just a few, include "This is a fine kettle of fish we're in." (p. 146). "In for a penny, in for a pound." (p.147). "So near and yet so far." (p. 148). (For that last cliche, just try to get the corresponding 1970s melody out of your head the rest of the day. I challenge you!) And that's three cliches in just three pages! There is no ten-page span in the book that doesn't have at least a cliche or two. And Cox offers us these with no shame whatsoever, as if they were the height of originality and wit. How could an editor not catch this?

The other flaw is slighter and easier to forgive. Another reviewer of this book called it name-dropping. Greg Cox is clearly a Trekkie extraordinaire. His love for the Original Series shines. Throughout the book he is constantly slipping in references to other episodes, whether he needs to or not. How can you fault a guy for an enthusiasm you share with him, even if it is a digression that fails to advance the story? I mean if you have ever read the unabridged version of Victor Hugo's Les Miserable, you have to wade through a 150-page data dump of the history of Parisian sewers before you are allowed back to the story. James Michener in many of his historical best-sellers did seventy- and ninety- page data dumps of his research team's works, but his books are nevertheless fun reads. How can I fault Cox a sentence or two here and there in which he shares his research with us? At least Cox firmly plants his book within Trek continuity.

Every writer of Trek books brings their strengths and weaknesses. I greatly enjoy Peter David's work for the cleverness of his dialogue and fast pacing. Alan Dean Foster, at his best, stretches your vocabulary with his elegant, literary style. Diane Carey and John Betancourt (the only authors I have read more than one Trek book by) have good utilitarian styles that move a plot along well. Cox has a similar style to these last two authors. He never reaches for the literary stars and his dialogue never amazes one with it cleverness. Cox just tells the story and mostly stays out of the way, but with the added strength of grounding his novel firmly in the canon. He wants to share with us his vision of what happened to favorite characters after the show we saw and loved ended. It's an appealing vision. If he does this with other shows I liked even more than this one, well, that would be a fun read indeed.

[David Palazzolo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Star Trek: TOS: Foul Deeds Will Rise by Greg Cox seemed like a promising novel to begin with but sadly it did not live up to it's potential. In the book Cox brings back Lenore Karidian and Kevin Reilly in a story that harkens back to the original series episode titled "The Conscience of the King" and while foreshadowing the events of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. The story should have been a highly emotional drama centering on the themes of forgiveness and atonement but I had a hard time connecting to the characters both returning and original to this story-- they all had a cardboard cutout feel to them. However, the book is not a total loss, Greg Cox brings to the story his expansive knowledge of the history of Star Trek, which helps make us believe that our intrepid bridge crew of the USS Enterprise have actually lived through all the decades of story that came before this novel. One does not need to have a similar understanding of Trek history to appreciate his efforts, but it helps.

[Christopher Backa · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story turned out to be better than I thought it would when I first started reading. The characters felt like their post Star Trek the final frontier selves. Lenore's character had the charm she had in the episode Conscience of the King. It's nice to read some movie era stories. I hope we see more of these in the future. I recommend this book over the clunky Serpents In The Garden. This book felt like it could have been an episode of a movie era TV series

[Jason Cross · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great one. Had an ending that I didn't see coming.

[Hillary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very engaging, with lots of cheeky nods to the original series and the movies.

[Mark Oppenlander · Rating 3 out of 5]

Greg Cox continues to mine TOS episodes for new material. This time he offers us a sequel to the classic episode "The Conscience of the King."

Pavak and Oyolo are warring planets outside of Federation space. Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise are called in to oversee peace talks between the two groups and to serve as observers to a disarmament process. Already on the planet are a group of humanitarian aid workers, offering medical and physical support to civilians and refugees. When Kirk and his officers liaise with the aid workers, they find a woman named Lyla Kassidy serving with them. But although 20 years have passed, Kirk recognizes Kassidy as none other than Lenore Karidian, the criminally insane daughter of Kodos the Executioner. Lenore has been released from prison and declared cured of her homicidal tendencies. But when two high-ranking ambassadors are murdered during the peace negotiations, Kirk - and others - have their doubts. Clues at each murder scene point to Lenore.

Cox divides the action between a couple of different settings. Spock and Scotty travel to Pavak, the poorer and more remote of the two planets to verify the removal and destruction of dangerous weapons. They find themselves involved in some serious cloak and dagger work there. Meanwhile, Sulu and others must mount a rescue mission to Oyolo, as radicals on the wealthier planet hold the aid workers hostage as leverage to bring about Lenore's surrender. And of course, there is an ongoing investigation aboard the Enterprise to determine how the two ambassadors died. Eventually, all three story lines will converge in a grand finale.

Cox handles all of these threads deftly, and the book captures the voice of the major characters well enough. I especially enjoyed the Spock and Scotty subplot, a pairing we don't see as often as we should. However, I always wonder if revisiting these old Star Trek plots yields the best stories. The tension between Kirk and Lenore has matured and evolved somewhat - they are both older and wiser here - but it still feels a bit like a retread of the earlier story. In addition, the ending uses a plot device culled from another episode ("The Enemy Within") to solve the central mystery. Sometimes I want Cox (and other Star Trek writers) to come up with their own original plot ideas.

Still, this is an entertaining entry in the long-running Pocket Books series of Star Trek novels. It's a quick read, a solid page turner, and it should give TOS fans a bit of the nostalgia they crave when reading these books.

[Don Ross · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stardate 8514.6, the Enterprise-A is sent to mediate a dispute between two warring planets, Pavak and Oyolo. Kevin Riley has progressed his career to become a Ambassador, who will mediate the dispute between delegates from both planets aboard the Enterprise. As part of the peace process, while on the planet Oyolo, Captain Kirk and the crew come across some mercenaries performing as part of a theatre company and within that theatre company is the actress, Lenore Karidian. Miss Karidian, had encountered the Enterprise crew more than 25 years earlier in the Star Trek episode, Conscience of the King where she attempted to murder Kevin Riley and James Kirk as they were the remaining witnesses of her father’s murders.

While Conscience of the King was one of my least favourite Star Trek episodes, this sequel was excellent. In this sequel, two of the delegates are murdered and Miss Karidian is the prime suspect as Kirk has brought her aboard the Enterprise for a visit. The fun thing about this book is the large number of references to previous Star Trek TV episodes. One of the more interesting references is to the Horta, the alien featured in The Devil in the Dark episode who is a creature based on silicon. In this novel, the Horta is part of the theatre company performing Shakespeare. Imagine that?

The resolution to the murder is indeed a further reference to another Star Trek, original series episode which is creative and interesting.

This is my second Star Trek, original series novel, which takes place during the Star Trek movie era. I look forward to my next Star Trek novel.

[Andy Stjohn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Star Trek: Foul Deeds Will Rise by Greg Cox

I’m happy to have returned back to TOS. I’m ending off this year with a huge TOS binge, before I start my list of books for the new year. To start off my TOS binge, I come to Foul Deeds Will Rise by Greg Cox. Greg Cox is easily one of the best Trek authors out there. His work is consistently great, and to Reign in Hell and the Eugenics Wars Duology are among my top ten Star Trek books. I don’t think I’ve read a bad book by him.

This book was standard Trek fare, but that’s not an insult. It gave me exactly what I needed and it was an above average book. It explores more of the movie era, particularly between TFF and TUD, which to my knowledge only a few books have been written in between that period. It deals with Lenore Kardian and is a sequel to the episode, the Conscience of the King. It deals with Kirk and crew running into her 20 years after the events of the episode during a crucial peace summit between two warring species. She’s been released and declared sane and rehabilitated. However, there is a murder aboard the Enterprise and all clues point to Lenore!

When I watched the episode for the first time, I found it to be the one of the most boring Star Trek episode I’ve ever seen. But this book made me interested in a character from an episode I found pretty boring. There’s great political intrigue, action and themes of forgiveness, letting go of the past and second chances in this book here. It was a quick, fast read and it gave me exactly what I wanted. The one criticism I have is that Cox felt a need to name drop references to the show. I like mods and sinks but I want the story to stand on its own.

8/10

[Kathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a bad read as far as Star Trek novels go, but I did have problems accepting some of the premises presented.

1) I find it hard to believe that not just a couple characters from "Conscience of the King" would show up at the same place 20 years later. That a couple of them might have a chance encounter down the road is possible (but IMHO considering the circumstances not all that likely), but that three of them (Kirk, Lenore Karidian, and Kevin Riley) should meet again just when there is a critical diplomatic mission stretches the imagination a wee bit. Also,

2) That the information on how to make the transporter split a person into two as happened to Kirk in "The Enemy Within" would be accessible to anyone seems unlikely. Would Star Fleet really want that information available to potential enemies or spies?

There were also an awful lot of references to previous episodes and movies that came across as like name dropping. It was like the author was saying, "See? I know my Trek."

All that aside, this wasn't a bad story...just not one of the best, either.

[Octavia Cade · Rating 2 out of 5]

I tried but I could not really get into this. There were aspects of it that I liked - the disarmament plot with Spock and Scotty especially - but it was saddled with a desperately unconvincing character that dragged down every scene she was in. Lenore Karidian, former insane murderer from the original series episode "The Conscience of the King" is brought back some decades later, having undergone treatment and with restored sanity. Supposedly, anyway, because she is deeply unconvinced of her own rehabilitation - which is quite tedious to read, but worse is the absolute hammering of Shakespeare that occurs whenever she's in a room. And yeah, Karidian is a Shakespearean actress, but does this single characteristic really have to be inserted into every other sentence she spouts?

As characterisation it comes across as very heavy-handed, and I was thoroughly sick of her by the end. I was actually hoping the angry mob would kill her, just to get her off the page, but no such luck.

[Allan Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

I do enjoy the movie era. Watching and reading about a more mature crew, especially Kirk is interesting, seeing how they have grown in the years since the original series. This novel certainly works in that regard, especially as it brings back a character from an episode of TOS.
I have to confess that I either haven’t seen, or it’s been a very long time since watching “The Conscience of the King” so I have little memory of Lenore Karidian. But that didn’t matter, I picked up everything I needed from the book.
What was most interesting to me was reading it right now in the middle of the Israel/Palestine conflict and seeing clear allusions to that. Obviously this was written in 2014, but ultimately nothing much has changed since then, it’s just gotten worst.

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent enough book to read even if the plot reminded me very strongly of "The Undiscovered Country." Warring peoples, leaders wanting to make peace when their men may not want it, assassination, and the like. The high drama was a bit much too, unavoidable considering the presence of Lenore Karidian, which was interesting in its own way, but it was too much. The degree to which everything was blasted out of proportion with her and Kirk seemed too much for me as well.

I did like having Spock and Scott off on their own doing there own thing, that story was more interesting than the main one a lot of the time.

[Kathleen Knowles · Rating 5 out of 5]

I rarely write reviews, but I was compelled to do so because of some of the criticisms of other readers.

When I read a Star Trek novel, I expect to be entertained, expect the writer to keep the characters true to the performances of the actors who portrayed them in the series, and a well written plot by the author.

All of these were met by Greg Cox. Although, there were a couple plot holes, such as phasers going off by a prisoner who escaped the brig, that were not detected, I consider this minor.

The story was well plotted, very entertaining, and in the tradition of the original series. In fact, I consider it one of the best Star Trek novels I have read, and I have read a pile of them.

Hats off to Greg Cox, whom I have read several of his novels, and will not hesitate to read another.

In my personal opinion, a well-written, well plotted, page turner which I enjoyed thoroughly.

[Larry Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book at a rummage sale and since it is difficult to find these books in stores any more I knew I had to read it. I've enjoyed almost all of Greg Cox's novels and expected the same from this one. I wasn't disappointed as he is able to capture the suspense and humor of the original series. I especially enjoyed all of the references back to past episodes, some of which, I had forgotten. It was a pleasure to read this and remind me of all that I liked about the series. Now, I'll be looking for more books and even watching old shows again.

[Andrew Beet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Liked this book liked that the author brought the character of Lenore Karidian back I thought the same thing the author did I always wondered what happened to her after dr McCoy tells Kirk she’ll get the best psychological care. The book had some good supporting characters as well liked that the author referred to what happened to Kirk on Alfa 177 and I like the idea of the two colonel Gasts as well overall a very good novel

[David Hamilton · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't expect mind-expanding plots or prose when I read these stories; however, I wasn't pleasantly surprised by this one. And, for an old school trekkie like me, I appreciated all the TOS references in here: Kodos the Executioner, Ben Finney, Christopher Pike on Talos IV, the devil in the dark, and of course the splitting of Kirk into Good Kirk and Evil Kirk. Enjoyed that. So compared to other TOS novels, this was better than average for me.

[Will Nelson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not my favorite Star Trek book by a long shot, but an engaging enough plot, and of course I love stuff that revisits Conscience of the King. I mildly disagreed with the author's interpretation of Kirk's relationship with Lenore, but he managed to sell it. Could be a bit repetitive and bland, and the mystery was wrapped up a bit too quickly.

[Matthew Hullinger · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are a fan of the Original Series, check this book out. A continuation from the episode "The Conscience of the King," We find out what has happened to the mentally disturbed Lenore Karidian. A great story which only received 4 stars because I felt like the ending fell a bit flat. Still all in all a great story and one that all Star Trek fans would enjoy.

[Thomas Jackson Jr · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is based on Star Trek the Original Series and takes place in the later years like around during the films. There are many callbacks to not only the original series but also the original films as well. This books deals with a peacekeeping mission of peace talks and along the way comes death, explosions and a big who dun it. This book will satisfy Trekkers and Treekies alike.

[Gabriel Mero · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great Star Trek novel from Greg Cox. This one was a murder mystery aboard the Enterprise amidst chaotic peace negotiations. Set in the films era, the Enterprise crew encounters former villain Lenore Karidian from season one, episode thirteen. I found the plot fast-paced and engaging. My only complaint was that Spock was barely in it.