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Every thirty-three years, a rift in space connects the Federation with a mysterious race called the Calligar who live on a planet hundreds of light years away -- much too far to travel in a Starship. Captain Kirk and the U.S.S. Enterprise™ are dispatched to transport a Federation delegation of diplomats, scholars and scientists who will travel to Calligar directly during the brief period of time that the rift will be open.
Mr. Spock leads the Federation party as they travel by shuttle through the rift just as a group of the aliens arrive in Federation space. The meetings go smoothly until the Calligar take Spock's party hostage and Kirk discovers that the aliens are keeping a deadly secret. With angry Tellarite and Andorain fleets ready to attack the Calligar, Kirk must save Spock and the others before war breaks out and the rift closes for another fifty years.
274 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 1, 1991
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Peter David
3,567 books1,364 followersaka David Peters
Peter Allen David, often abbreviated PAD, was an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films, and video games. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk, as well as runs on Aquaman, Young Justice, SpyBoy, Supergirl, Fallen Angel, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099, Captain Marvel, and X-Factor.
His Star Trek work included comic books and novels such as the New Frontier book series. His other novels included film adaptations, media tie-ins, and original works, such as the Apropos of Nothing and Knight Life series. His television work includes series such as Babylon 5, Young Justice, Ben 10: Alien Force and Nickelodeon's Space Cases, which he co-created with Bill Mumy.
David often jokingly described his occupation as "Writer of Stuff", and he was noted for his prolific writing, characterized by its mingling of real-world issues with humor and references to popular culture, as well as elements of metafiction and self-reference.
David earned multiple awards for his work, including a 1992 Eisner Award, a 1993 Wizard Fan Award, a 1996 Haxtur Award, a 2007 Julie Award and a 2011 GLAAD Media Award.
Peter Allen David, often abbreviated PAD, was an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films, and video games. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk, as well as runs on Aquaman, Young Justice, SpyBoy, Supergirl, Fallen Angel, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099, Captain Marvel, and X-Factor.
His Star Trek work included comic books and novels such as the New Frontier book series. His other novels included film adaptations, media tie-ins, and original works, such as the Apropos of Nothing and Knight Life series. His television work includes series such as Babylon 5, Young Justice, Ben 10: Alien Force and Nickelodeon's Space Cases, which he co-created with Bill Mumy.
David often jokingly described his occupation as "Writer of Stuff", and he was noted for his prolific writing, characterized by its mingling of real-world issues with humor and references to popular culture, as well as elements of metafiction and self-reference.
David earned multiple awards for his work, including a 1992 Eisner Award, a 1993 Wizard Fan Award, a 1996 Haxtur Award, a 2007 Julie Award and a 2011 GLAAD Media Award.
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December 26, 2022
Much better than usual for this series.
October 11, 2016
Imo, one of the better novelizations I've read. The characters came alive, even the ones I don't know (not being such a fan that I know who Daystrom and Ambassador Fox are). I liked that the aliens and their cultures were more fleshed out than usual, too, and, for the most part, given real respect instead patronization. The science is at least as ridiculous as usual, but I don't read ST for the science, do you? Some reckless actions, including a mind-meld done in haste, but all was fun.
January 1, 2025
I begrudgingly award this novel three whole stars. I even laughed once, it was one of those involuntary laughs you make when a friend keeps making jokes that don't land but you finally recognise their good natured persistence is admirable and you want to reward them for that.
October 25, 2023
another great novel from Peter David the story was good it was good that it started with christopher pike and then finished with capt. kirk Ecma the master builder was an interesting character the calligar were a good alien race and the rift opening every fifty years was a very good plot device overall a very good book
October 21, 2019
The great thing about Peter David books is that you can tell he's having an awesome time writing them. They are fanfics in the greatest sense of the word, delving into the mythology of the borrowed worlds and full of easter eggs for anyone who is deeply familiar with the source material. He enriches backstories, fleshes-out relationships, and ties together threads that were unrelated or left dangling in the show.
The kind of lousy thing about Peter David books is-- you can tell he's having an awesome time writing them. And sometimes he leaves you out of loop of this inside jokes. His original characters, whom you can tell David thinks are quite droll, are sometimes just obnoxious. The sexism prevalent in this 60s show is at times refined into a joke here, but not otherwise improved on or excised. He's writing without a thought to overall narrative arc in this one and so it's more like three novellas sharing a paperback jacket, rather than a cohesive novel.
Kudos for the random Quaker shout-out on page 167:
"There is another Terran philosophy called Quakerism," Spock said, "or the Society of Friends. One of the foundations of their beliefs is that to bear witness to an act means that action must be taken to resolve it."
The kind of lousy thing about Peter David books is-- you can tell he's having an awesome time writing them. And sometimes he leaves you out of loop of this inside jokes. His original characters, whom you can tell David thinks are quite droll, are sometimes just obnoxious. The sexism prevalent in this 60s show is at times refined into a joke here, but not otherwise improved on or excised. He's writing without a thought to overall narrative arc in this one and so it's more like three novellas sharing a paperback jacket, rather than a cohesive novel.
Kudos for the random Quaker shout-out on page 167:
"There is another Terran philosophy called Quakerism," Spock said, "or the Society of Friends. One of the foundations of their beliefs is that to bear witness to an act means that action must be taken to resolve it."
May 29, 2018
Ревюто в Wanderbook - клик, клик
Приятна книжка от "Калпазанската" серия за Стар Трек, която за мен си заслужава най-много с появата на капитан Кристофър Пайк. Сюжетът може и да е употребяван, но все пак е достатъчно интригуващ, а и изпъстрен с детайли и картини от живота на Калигар, със сблъсъка на различни култури, включително и тези на посланиците - все неща, заради които обичам Стар Трек. Има достатъчно екшън, и както казах - романтика, та да изпълни скелета на историята. А за една голяма част от книгата, човек наистина може да се ангажира във философския дебат, да претегли различните доводи и макар по всяка вероятност да не си промени мнението относно системата на Калигар - все пак сме откърмени на Земята - да признае правото за съществуване на чуждата истина.
Приятна книжка от "Калпазанската" серия за Стар Трек, която за мен си заслужава най-много с появата на капитан Кристофър Пайк. Сюжетът може и да е употребяван, но все пак е достатъчно интригуващ, а и изпъстрен с детайли и картини от живота на Калигар, със сблъсъка на различни култури, включително и тези на посланиците - все неща, заради които обичам Стар Трек. Има достатъчно екшън, и както казах - романтика, та да изпълни скелета на историята. А за една голяма част от книгата, човек наистина може да се ангажира във философския дебат, да претегли различните доводи и макар по всяка вероятност да не си промени мнението относно системата на Калигар - все пак сме откърмени на Земята - да признае правото за съществуване на чуждата истина.
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June 26, 2025Drag my calture and time
take me throw rainmbw of yr
throw time make me enjoy yr time
mix the flower togther
and make adicate to travel with ya
to another world
where no zombie or black cat
where just yr majic to drop
many years i wait
and y come again and again
throw many war and earthquik
to make my life true to live
again echo of many come
and i be done
to fly like a kite with y
to laugh at blood and many dystroed wall
just to fly to freedom white
green wit y
take me throw rainmbw of yr
throw time make me enjoy yr time
mix the flower togther
and make adicate to travel with ya
to another world
where no zombie or black cat
where just yr majic to drop
many years i wait
and y come again and again
throw many war and earthquik
to make my life true to live
again echo of many come
and i be done
to fly like a kite with y
to laugh at blood and many dystroed wall
just to fly to freedom white
green wit y
February 11, 2024
There's some things to like but for the most part this is a quick and easy journey with a familiar cast. Probably the best aspect is the short jaunt with Capt. Pike for the first 80 ish pages, and then the more experienced Enterprise crew we know from the movies as opposed to the show. All told nothing crazy but also nothing bad.
December 26, 2022
One of the best Star Trek novels I've read.
June 17, 2018
Returning to Vega after their adventure on Talos IV, the U.S.S. Enterprise encounters a rift in space. After taking his ship through the rift, Captain Christopher Pike and his crew meet the Calligar, an advanced civilization in the far-off Gamma Quadrant; while initial interactions are promising, the Enterprise is forced to return to Federation space before the rift closes. Thirty three years later the rift opens again, giving the Federation the opportunity to renew the contact, this time with a team led by Captain James Kirk in the Enterprise-A, though this time the Calligar leader precipitates a crisis that jeopardizes both amicable relations and the Federation representatives sent to establish them.
On one level it's surprising that, even after a profitable half-century of developing the Star Trek franchise, so little has been done with the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise that preceded Kirk's merry band; indeed, there are even more works about author-created characters than there are ones featuring Pike's time in command. Peter David uses the limited material from the original pilot to provide a depiction of a very different Enterprise crew, giving his work a freshness that is often lacking in a Star Trek novel. His concept of a periodically-opening rift to a distant part of the galaxy is also an interesting one, serving as a nice way to tie events to the Enterprise crew with whom fans are more familiar. Yet the second half of the novel is more disappointing, as the plot follows tired characters into well-worn grooves with a predictable course of events. Though David enlivens this part with some knowing jokes and a nice little twist, it still doesn't live up to the originality and promise of the first half of the book.
On one level it's surprising that, even after a profitable half-century of developing the Star Trek franchise, so little has been done with the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise that preceded Kirk's merry band; indeed, there are even more works about author-created characters than there are ones featuring Pike's time in command. Peter David uses the limited material from the original pilot to provide a depiction of a very different Enterprise crew, giving his work a freshness that is often lacking in a Star Trek novel. His concept of a periodically-opening rift to a distant part of the galaxy is also an interesting one, serving as a nice way to tie events to the Enterprise crew with whom fans are more familiar. Yet the second half of the novel is more disappointing, as the plot follows tired characters into well-worn grooves with a predictable course of events. Though David enlivens this part with some knowing jokes and a nice little twist, it still doesn't live up to the originality and promise of the first half of the book.
March 5, 2013
The novel opens with Captain Pike's Enterprise, and this section takes place just after the event of 'The Cage'. Pike and his crew is well written, and I feel that it is a direct extension of what has been established as canon about them.
Fast forward thirty-some odd years and now you're on the 'new' Enterprise. I say 'new', because the novel really never explaines what Enterprise you are on. From the cover of the novel (Kirk's insignia is that of an Admiral) you may be thinking that this takes place on the updated Enteprise from 'The Motion Picture/Star Trek II/Star Trek III), but you are not. The fact that Kirk rehashes the death of his son, and that fact that McCoy brings up a stint about 'climbing mountains', the reader can (eventually) deduce that the stroy takes place on the Enterprise 1701-A. There is very little description about the bridge layout of the ship, so it's anyone's guess when this book actually takes place (sometime between the end of Star Trek IV and the events of Star Trek VI).
There is some good cameos by some old 'friends' from TOS, noteably Doctor Richard Daystom and Ambassador Robert Fox. If this novel takes place just prior to the events of Star Trek VI, then that would put Daystom at about 74 and Fox at about 77 years old. I was concerned when I first read the book, becuase I felt the characters were far too old to have appeared at this time, but I was proven wrong when I did the math. That being said, however, they seemed to be inserted mearly for the sake of the plot, and were only touched upon when thier respective talents were called into play (not unlike a red shirt who is about to die in the call of duty). They could have been better used or, at least, used more often. It would have made the novel longer and, thus, a much better book.
There were quite a few scences where Kirk get's on his high horse (litteraly at one point) that could have been more developed. Also, I think we've all heard enough about how Kirk was feeling 'old... worn out' in Star Trek II, and to rehash this again a decade later was, I feel, beyond how Kirk would have truely felt. He had his mid-life crisis when Spock died in the feature film, followed shortly by the death of his son. There was no reason for Kirk to throw a little pitty-party for himself (and to pull Bones and Scotty into it as well) in this novel. Kirk, for what it is worth, was much more objective about his future when he took command of the Enterprise-A and resumed his rank of Captain.
I enjoyed the love story aspect of this book. It was a good catalyst for the events, but I think it could have been drawn out a litte longer. The epilouge wrapped things up, but it wasn't as tight as it could be. I'm not a fan of having the ending wrapped up is such a quick fashion... as if the writter was just glad to be done with the 'big fight scene' and wanted to move onto the next novel.
That being said, I've really enjoyed a lot of Peter David's works, and I'm looking forward to picking up another novel from him. He has a great style, laced with humor and emotion (hence the 4 star review). I was glued to the book and, even though I was left wanting in parts, I still would recommend this book to any Trek fan out there. It's a great story of love, discovery, the ties that bind cultures together, and The Rifts that can sometimes drive them apart.
Fast forward thirty-some odd years and now you're on the 'new' Enterprise. I say 'new', because the novel really never explaines what Enterprise you are on. From the cover of the novel (Kirk's insignia is that of an Admiral) you may be thinking that this takes place on the updated Enteprise from 'The Motion Picture/Star Trek II/Star Trek III), but you are not. The fact that Kirk rehashes the death of his son, and that fact that McCoy brings up a stint about 'climbing mountains', the reader can (eventually) deduce that the stroy takes place on the Enterprise 1701-A. There is very little description about the bridge layout of the ship, so it's anyone's guess when this book actually takes place (sometime between the end of Star Trek IV and the events of Star Trek VI).
There is some good cameos by some old 'friends' from TOS, noteably Doctor Richard Daystom and Ambassador Robert Fox. If this novel takes place just prior to the events of Star Trek VI, then that would put Daystom at about 74 and Fox at about 77 years old. I was concerned when I first read the book, becuase I felt the characters were far too old to have appeared at this time, but I was proven wrong when I did the math. That being said, however, they seemed to be inserted mearly for the sake of the plot, and were only touched upon when thier respective talents were called into play (not unlike a red shirt who is about to die in the call of duty). They could have been better used or, at least, used more often. It would have made the novel longer and, thus, a much better book.
There were quite a few scences where Kirk get's on his high horse (litteraly at one point) that could have been more developed. Also, I think we've all heard enough about how Kirk was feeling 'old... worn out' in Star Trek II, and to rehash this again a decade later was, I feel, beyond how Kirk would have truely felt. He had his mid-life crisis when Spock died in the feature film, followed shortly by the death of his son. There was no reason for Kirk to throw a little pitty-party for himself (and to pull Bones and Scotty into it as well) in this novel. Kirk, for what it is worth, was much more objective about his future when he took command of the Enterprise-A and resumed his rank of Captain.
I enjoyed the love story aspect of this book. It was a good catalyst for the events, but I think it could have been drawn out a litte longer. The epilouge wrapped things up, but it wasn't as tight as it could be. I'm not a fan of having the ending wrapped up is such a quick fashion... as if the writter was just glad to be done with the 'big fight scene' and wanted to move onto the next novel.
That being said, I've really enjoyed a lot of Peter David's works, and I'm looking forward to picking up another novel from him. He has a great style, laced with humor and emotion (hence the 4 star review). I was glued to the book and, even though I was left wanting in parts, I still would recommend this book to any Trek fan out there. It's a great story of love, discovery, the ties that bind cultures together, and The Rifts that can sometimes drive them apart.
May 30, 2025
An adventure crossing generations!
This book is a tie-in prose novel of “Star Trek: The Original Series”. The first part is developed during the command of Captain Christopher Pike, right after the events of the TV episode “The Cage”; and the second part is developed during the command of Captain James T. Kirk, set between the events of the movie “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier” and “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country”.
HAIL THE MASTER STORYTELLER
I read this prose novel after knowing the sad news that Peter David, the author, passed away. He is my favorite Star Trek novelist. He did a lot of stuff, not only prose novels of several franchises and movie novelisations, but in the Star Trek franchise, even he was the first authorized to make an original prose novels spin-off Star Trek: New Frontier which was so successful that opened the path to other prose novels spin-offs, also he was prolific and respected in comic book works for DC and Marvel, including the co-creation of the Spider-Man 2099 character; and even he wrote TV episodes for several projects including the co-creation of Nickelodeon’s Space Cases TV series along with iconic Billy Mumy.
Easily the half of my favorite Top10 of Star Trek prose novels were written by Peter David, curiously enough, the uneven numbers: One, Star Trek: The Next Generation Imzadi; Three, Star Trek: The Next Generation Q-Squared; Five, Star Trek: New Frontier – Captain’s Table Once Burned; Seven, Star Trek: The Next Generation Before Dishonor; Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation Vendetta. And right after reading this novel at hand, I plan to read Star Trek: The Next Generation Q-in-Law, that I don’t know why I waited so long to read it and I wouldn’t be much surprised if it could get into the Top10.
Star Trek: The Next Generation Imzadi isn’t only my favorite Star Trek prose novel, but also it’s my favorite tie-in prose novel featuring in my all-genre Top10 of novels in general.
So, if you haven’t read any Star Trek prose novel, you never will be disappointed if you choose any work by Peter David (there are certainly several other good stuff by other authors, my own Top10 has other half of works written by other authors), but Peter David in Star Trek is almost always a safe bet.
Hail the master storyteller. You’ll be missed. Thanks a million for your excelent work!
TWO GENERATIONS OF THE ENTERPRISE
The first part of this adventure is set right after the events of “The Cage” (the first pilot commisioned for the Star Trek TV series and that since it was unaired, later the footage was used in “The Menagerie” two-parter) having Captain Christopher Pike under command of the original USS Enterprise, counting with Number One (known nowadays as Una Chin-Riley in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) as his First Officer, a younger Mr. Spock as Chief Science Officer, Dr. Boyce as Chief Medical Officer and Lt. José Tyler, ship’s navigator.
In the first part, the USS Enterprise makes first contact with the Calligar, an alien race that they lived very far away from Federation space but it’s possible to make contact through an unstable rift that serves as passage to unite two points in space. The Calligar are isolationists but its “Master Builder” (the term that they used for their political leader) is willing to make contact since their resources aren’t what they used to be since they ruined their homeworld forcing them to live in massive artificial orbital stations.
Lt. José Tyler begins a romance with Master Builder’s daughter provoking a rupture in the fragile diplomatic negotiations, along that the rift becomes unstable again and the USS Enterprise is barely able to return to Federation space.
Thirty years later, the infamous rift is becoming stable once again, and now the USS Enterprise-A under command of Captain James T. Kirk, set after the events of the movie Star Trek V: the Final Frontier but before the events of the movie Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (it’s amusing to notice that this adventure is happening first in the beginning of the original TV run, and later, in the final stages of the movie era of the Original Series crew), where Starfleet doesn’t want to risk the stablitiy of the rift with the size of a starship, therefore they only used shuttles now. Captain Spock, now First Officer, and Chief Engineer Scotty take a Federation diplomatic team to try a second time to forge an alliance with the Calligar, the team has Tellarite and Andorian representatives (two of the Federation founding species) and the famous Dr. Richard Daystrom.
The daughter of the original Master Builder is now the current Master Builder and she travels through the rfit aboards the USS Enterprise-A where she encounters again with José Tyler, now with the Rank of commodore (Kirk was admiral but events of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home provoke his demotion to captain once again) and Ambassador Robert Fox (it’s truly great the way that Peter David is so crafty employing obscure Star Trek characters that may did just once appearance in the original TV series but using them in such logical way without contradicting the canon).
The new Master Builder wants to stay in Federation space and she asks for asylum, provoking anger in a Calligar faction that kidnaps the Federation team, provoking a diplomatic incident that Tellarite and Andorian ships arrive demanding the liberation of their representatives making harder the work of Kirk and his crew trying to solve in a peaceful way the situation.
While I am fan of Peter David and I already say that he’s a safe bet to read in Star Trek, I didn’t imagine that this novel would be so good and entertained. Maybe it’s not something to fit in my Top10, but definitely is one cool novel that I recommend to any Trekker.
This book is a tie-in prose novel of “Star Trek: The Original Series”. The first part is developed during the command of Captain Christopher Pike, right after the events of the TV episode “The Cage”; and the second part is developed during the command of Captain James T. Kirk, set between the events of the movie “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier” and “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country”.
HAIL THE MASTER STORYTELLER
I read this prose novel after knowing the sad news that Peter David, the author, passed away. He is my favorite Star Trek novelist. He did a lot of stuff, not only prose novels of several franchises and movie novelisations, but in the Star Trek franchise, even he was the first authorized to make an original prose novels spin-off Star Trek: New Frontier which was so successful that opened the path to other prose novels spin-offs, also he was prolific and respected in comic book works for DC and Marvel, including the co-creation of the Spider-Man 2099 character; and even he wrote TV episodes for several projects including the co-creation of Nickelodeon’s Space Cases TV series along with iconic Billy Mumy.
Easily the half of my favorite Top10 of Star Trek prose novels were written by Peter David, curiously enough, the uneven numbers: One, Star Trek: The Next Generation Imzadi; Three, Star Trek: The Next Generation Q-Squared; Five, Star Trek: New Frontier – Captain’s Table Once Burned; Seven, Star Trek: The Next Generation Before Dishonor; Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation Vendetta. And right after reading this novel at hand, I plan to read Star Trek: The Next Generation Q-in-Law, that I don’t know why I waited so long to read it and I wouldn’t be much surprised if it could get into the Top10.
Star Trek: The Next Generation Imzadi isn’t only my favorite Star Trek prose novel, but also it’s my favorite tie-in prose novel featuring in my all-genre Top10 of novels in general.
So, if you haven’t read any Star Trek prose novel, you never will be disappointed if you choose any work by Peter David (there are certainly several other good stuff by other authors, my own Top10 has other half of works written by other authors), but Peter David in Star Trek is almost always a safe bet.
Hail the master storyteller. You’ll be missed. Thanks a million for your excelent work!
TWO GENERATIONS OF THE ENTERPRISE
The first part of this adventure is set right after the events of “The Cage” (the first pilot commisioned for the Star Trek TV series and that since it was unaired, later the footage was used in “The Menagerie” two-parter) having Captain Christopher Pike under command of the original USS Enterprise, counting with Number One (known nowadays as Una Chin-Riley in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) as his First Officer, a younger Mr. Spock as Chief Science Officer, Dr. Boyce as Chief Medical Officer and Lt. José Tyler, ship’s navigator.
In the first part, the USS Enterprise makes first contact with the Calligar, an alien race that they lived very far away from Federation space but it’s possible to make contact through an unstable rift that serves as passage to unite two points in space. The Calligar are isolationists but its “Master Builder” (the term that they used for their political leader) is willing to make contact since their resources aren’t what they used to be since they ruined their homeworld forcing them to live in massive artificial orbital stations.
Lt. José Tyler begins a romance with Master Builder’s daughter provoking a rupture in the fragile diplomatic negotiations, along that the rift becomes unstable again and the USS Enterprise is barely able to return to Federation space.
Thirty years later, the infamous rift is becoming stable once again, and now the USS Enterprise-A under command of Captain James T. Kirk, set after the events of the movie Star Trek V: the Final Frontier but before the events of the movie Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (it’s amusing to notice that this adventure is happening first in the beginning of the original TV run, and later, in the final stages of the movie era of the Original Series crew), where Starfleet doesn’t want to risk the stablitiy of the rift with the size of a starship, therefore they only used shuttles now. Captain Spock, now First Officer, and Chief Engineer Scotty take a Federation diplomatic team to try a second time to forge an alliance with the Calligar, the team has Tellarite and Andorian representatives (two of the Federation founding species) and the famous Dr. Richard Daystrom.
The daughter of the original Master Builder is now the current Master Builder and she travels through the rfit aboards the USS Enterprise-A where she encounters again with José Tyler, now with the Rank of commodore (Kirk was admiral but events of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home provoke his demotion to captain once again) and Ambassador Robert Fox (it’s truly great the way that Peter David is so crafty employing obscure Star Trek characters that may did just once appearance in the original TV series but using them in such logical way without contradicting the canon).
The new Master Builder wants to stay in Federation space and she asks for asylum, provoking anger in a Calligar faction that kidnaps the Federation team, provoking a diplomatic incident that Tellarite and Andorian ships arrive demanding the liberation of their representatives making harder the work of Kirk and his crew trying to solve in a peaceful way the situation.
While I am fan of Peter David and I already say that he’s a safe bet to read in Star Trek, I didn’t imagine that this novel would be so good and entertained. Maybe it’s not something to fit in my Top10, but definitely is one cool novel that I recommend to any Trekker.
November 12, 2020
Star Trek The Rift: Expect More, But Not Get It
I have long been a Peter David Star Trek junkie.
A big chunk of his work in this area of sci fi has been consumed and loved by my eyes, partly because he has great plot ideas with wonderful moral dilemmas, and his ear for the characters is excellent.
With that in mind, I got a copy of Star Trek The Rift, number 57 in the paperback series, when it came out in 1991, and like the rapid fan that I was, I only read this book in 2020. Sigh.
Part of me is glad I waited so long, because this is not very good Peter David. More on that later.
Star Trek, for the Muggles, is a science fiction television and movie series created by Gene Roddenberry, that started in the 1960s, and dealt with a morality play every week. This novel has Captain Kirk from The Original Series as the hero.
Star Trek The Rift is by Peter David, the legendary comics and book writer known for his decade long acclaimed run on Marvel’s Hulk comic, and tells a decades spanning tale of the first contact between Starfleet and a far far away powerful race. The first eighty pages takes place thirty three years in the past (well, the past to these characters) has the Starship Enterprise under the command of Captain Pike bumping into a natural rift that leads to aliens living far off. These beings are very technologically advanced and very condescending, and one crewman Tyler starts a romance with a local. Cut to today (well, today to Kirk and company, which is after the Star Trek V movie) and Kirk is leading a delegation with Spock back to the Rift to meet the Calligar again. But plot complications of course arise, partly because Tyler, now older but maybe not wiser, is along to hopefully be reunited with his lost love.
Now like any good Star Trek, especially Peter David Star Trek, we have to have some good moral story of some type that teaches us something or challenges us in some way. But this time they feel kinda forced and slightly retreaded, especially with the Prime Directive arguments. Usually these are the high points of David’s work, but here they are just their. But to his credit, David does try to expand concepts of what alien races are like in ways that are uncomfortable to human readers, much like the Star Trek Enterprise show did with Dr Phlox.
Part of the difficulties I think David had with The Rift was the first part with Pike. Usually he is great with getting the characters and their interactions flowing beautifully, but because Pike was only in the original 1960s pilot he does not have much to work with. This Captain was gruff and impersonal and only really seems to connect with Number One (his female second in command) and his confidante Dr Boyce. He tries and tries to give Pike some reason and mission or something, but to no avail.
To David’s credit, he does try to show Kirk’s unresolved pain over the death of his son in the Star Trek III movie. This is something that the films almost completely dropped until the plot of Star Trek VI required them to finally deal with it. With Star Trek V and Spock’s half brother Sybok, that would have been a perfect time, but Kirk wanted his pain, needed his pain. And Kirk also knew that Sybok healing was actually brainwashing. Here, Kirk’s feeling of failure over David’s death, how the mother Carol reacted, and just his advancing age generally, weigh him down alot. Kirk learning to accept and live with this, with the help of special guest star Dr Richard Daystrom.
Now back to why this is not good Peter David Star Trek. Their is a long story, one you can google, about David’s terribly strained relationship with the studio rep at this time, and how it was not David’s fault. Long story short, The Rift was the book he was least interested in writing.
Unfortunately that was obvious to me as well.
Scoopriches
I have long been a Peter David Star Trek junkie.
A big chunk of his work in this area of sci fi has been consumed and loved by my eyes, partly because he has great plot ideas with wonderful moral dilemmas, and his ear for the characters is excellent.
With that in mind, I got a copy of Star Trek The Rift, number 57 in the paperback series, when it came out in 1991, and like the rapid fan that I was, I only read this book in 2020. Sigh.
Part of me is glad I waited so long, because this is not very good Peter David. More on that later.
Star Trek, for the Muggles, is a science fiction television and movie series created by Gene Roddenberry, that started in the 1960s, and dealt with a morality play every week. This novel has Captain Kirk from The Original Series as the hero.
Star Trek The Rift is by Peter David, the legendary comics and book writer known for his decade long acclaimed run on Marvel’s Hulk comic, and tells a decades spanning tale of the first contact between Starfleet and a far far away powerful race. The first eighty pages takes place thirty three years in the past (well, the past to these characters) has the Starship Enterprise under the command of Captain Pike bumping into a natural rift that leads to aliens living far off. These beings are very technologically advanced and very condescending, and one crewman Tyler starts a romance with a local. Cut to today (well, today to Kirk and company, which is after the Star Trek V movie) and Kirk is leading a delegation with Spock back to the Rift to meet the Calligar again. But plot complications of course arise, partly because Tyler, now older but maybe not wiser, is along to hopefully be reunited with his lost love.
Now like any good Star Trek, especially Peter David Star Trek, we have to have some good moral story of some type that teaches us something or challenges us in some way. But this time they feel kinda forced and slightly retreaded, especially with the Prime Directive arguments. Usually these are the high points of David’s work, but here they are just their. But to his credit, David does try to expand concepts of what alien races are like in ways that are uncomfortable to human readers, much like the Star Trek Enterprise show did with Dr Phlox.
Part of the difficulties I think David had with The Rift was the first part with Pike. Usually he is great with getting the characters and their interactions flowing beautifully, but because Pike was only in the original 1960s pilot he does not have much to work with. This Captain was gruff and impersonal and only really seems to connect with Number One (his female second in command) and his confidante Dr Boyce. He tries and tries to give Pike some reason and mission or something, but to no avail.
To David’s credit, he does try to show Kirk’s unresolved pain over the death of his son in the Star Trek III movie. This is something that the films almost completely dropped until the plot of Star Trek VI required them to finally deal with it. With Star Trek V and Spock’s half brother Sybok, that would have been a perfect time, but Kirk wanted his pain, needed his pain. And Kirk also knew that Sybok healing was actually brainwashing. Here, Kirk’s feeling of failure over David’s death, how the mother Carol reacted, and just his advancing age generally, weigh him down alot. Kirk learning to accept and live with this, with the help of special guest star Dr Richard Daystrom.
Now back to why this is not good Peter David Star Trek. Their is a long story, one you can google, about David’s terribly strained relationship with the studio rep at this time, and how it was not David’s fault. Long story short, The Rift was the book he was least interested in writing.
Unfortunately that was obvious to me as well.
Scoopriches
February 28, 2023
I came across this book as I was looking for a standalone story by a reliable ST author and Peter David is a fairly safe bet. The Rift wasn't a bad book by any means, it just wasn't all that memorable or interesting. For one thing, I wasn't sure where in the timeline this was supposed to take place until the last chapter. There were a couple hints early on, but they were inconclusive until it was made clear The Rift takes place after ST IV, and probably V since the ship was practically falling apart in that movie.
What makes this important is that the attitude and experience of the characters would be different depending on where in their careers this takes place... except for maybe Spock. Despite the ship and a couple of its crew having gone through the rift before, this doesn't seem like something the 1701-A crew would be doing. At this point the Enterprise itself is close to retirement, and has three people of captain rank and four commanders, with Sulu soon to become captain of the Excelsior. That's a lot of brass, and it's doubtful Kirk would choose to work with Fox and Daystrom again.
The characters were done well for the most part, but the portrayal of the Tellarites stopped being funny after the conference room scene at the midway point. Just because their species generally has an aggressive/argumentative personality it doesn't make them dumb. They were a founding member of the Federation and were well ahead of Earth technology-wise. Also, I don't recall if Pike really couldn't pronounce his first officer's name, and that they referred to their engines as 'time-warp hyperdrive' but those details are not likely something Peter David would get wrong; they were just weird and/or annoying.
Lastly, while I liked the fact that The Rift was not part of a series, it would've been nice if there was at least more of a follow-up to Ecma and Tyler or the Calligar. This being their only mention in all of Trek makes what happened ultimately forgettable. It was a quick read with a few humorous and nostalgic moments sprinkled in, however The Rift is entirely skippable unless you're a completist.
What makes this important is that the attitude and experience of the characters would be different depending on where in their careers this takes place... except for maybe Spock. Despite the ship and a couple of its crew having gone through the rift before, this doesn't seem like something the 1701-A crew would be doing. At this point the Enterprise itself is close to retirement, and has three people of captain rank and four commanders, with Sulu soon to become captain of the Excelsior. That's a lot of brass, and it's doubtful Kirk would choose to work with Fox and Daystrom again.
The characters were done well for the most part, but the portrayal of the Tellarites stopped being funny after the conference room scene at the midway point. Just because their species generally has an aggressive/argumentative personality it doesn't make them dumb. They were a founding member of the Federation and were well ahead of Earth technology-wise. Also, I don't recall if Pike really couldn't pronounce his first officer's name, and that they referred to their engines as 'time-warp hyperdrive' but those details are not likely something Peter David would get wrong; they were just weird and/or annoying.
Lastly, while I liked the fact that The Rift was not part of a series, it would've been nice if there was at least more of a follow-up to Ecma and Tyler or the Calligar. This being their only mention in all of Trek makes what happened ultimately forgettable. It was a quick read with a few humorous and nostalgic moments sprinkled in, however The Rift is entirely skippable unless you're a completist.
March 19, 2023
The first several chapters take place on the Enterprise with Captain Pike in command. Note, this book was written before the Strange New Worlds series so the 'version' of Captain Pike is strictly what was revealed in the two part TOS episode The Menagerie.
Pike is still trying to get to a base to offer some relaxation for the crew when they run across a rift in space. Pike is not interested in exploring it until after a response to their subspace hail comes back through. The inhabitants on the other side of the rift have technology far beyond the Federation's and thus the Enterprise is tempted to go through and visit. The visit is short however as it is revealed that the rift is only open for a finite amount of time. During their brief visit they setup another meeting, in 33 years when the rift opens again.
Jump forward 33 years. Kirk and the Enterprise-A are taking a delegation to meet with the Calligar on the other side of the rift. Spock leads the delegation through the rift in a modified shuttle, while the Calligar representative visits the Enterprise. When the Calligar representative asks for asylum on the Enterprise and then goes into a coma, things start getting complicated. Somehow the Calligar on the other side of the rift know about her wanting to leave and are now going to hold Spock and the other delegates hostage until their representative is returned, willing or unwilling.
It's up to Spock and the landing party to find out what the Calligar are hiding. It's up to Kirk to effect a rescue of his people while honoring his word of asylum.
There's a lot of good character development. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are up to their usual banter but focus a good deal on their age and how things are passing them buy. Returning characters include Ambassador Fox and Dr. Daystrom.
Pike is still trying to get to a base to offer some relaxation for the crew when they run across a rift in space. Pike is not interested in exploring it until after a response to their subspace hail comes back through. The inhabitants on the other side of the rift have technology far beyond the Federation's and thus the Enterprise is tempted to go through and visit. The visit is short however as it is revealed that the rift is only open for a finite amount of time. During their brief visit they setup another meeting, in 33 years when the rift opens again.
Jump forward 33 years. Kirk and the Enterprise-A are taking a delegation to meet with the Calligar on the other side of the rift. Spock leads the delegation through the rift in a modified shuttle, while the Calligar representative visits the Enterprise. When the Calligar representative asks for asylum on the Enterprise and then goes into a coma, things start getting complicated. Somehow the Calligar on the other side of the rift know about her wanting to leave and are now going to hold Spock and the other delegates hostage until their representative is returned, willing or unwilling.
It's up to Spock and the landing party to find out what the Calligar are hiding. It's up to Kirk to effect a rescue of his people while honoring his word of asylum.
There's a lot of good character development. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are up to their usual banter but focus a good deal on their age and how things are passing them buy. Returning characters include Ambassador Fox and Dr. Daystrom.
April 12, 2021
Star Trek: The Rift by Peter David was an okay read. I do enjoy the occasional Trek book, either after a longer, more intense, read or simply when I'm in the mood for something light. These shorter books often operate as a more detailed "episode" in the series. This book, like many of these, moves along at a good pace and it easily digestible. The primary flaw, for me, is that I felt the story was also fairly forgettable.
I have some experience with author Peter David from my past comic book reading days of the Incredible Hulk. His style is well-suited to the Kirk-era Trek as his conversations move along well and his banter between characters is always fun. This is reflected in the Kirk, Spock, McCoy relationship. Other members of the crew appear but, other than Scotty, they don't offer much to the story.
The books earliest pages are set during the Christopher Pike era. They setup the rest of the story, but are also the least fun to read. David didn't have a lot of source material to work with, but the portrayal of Pike wasn't not of a person who would be enjoyable to follow in a story. His character is withdrawn, to the point of commenting on it to others, and lacks the warmth I think fans expect from Star Trek. This portion of the book also takes roughly 80 of its 275 pages, making you wonder when the "real" story will start.
Overall, I think that there are better Star Trek books to be read, including other written by Peter David. I'm not sure what kind of oversight is involved in writing for a property like this, but it feels like something was missing from the story. This book is fine for completists but is pretty skip-able for everyone else.
I came across this at a Little Free Library, which can be a good source for these books.
I have some experience with author Peter David from my past comic book reading days of the Incredible Hulk. His style is well-suited to the Kirk-era Trek as his conversations move along well and his banter between characters is always fun. This is reflected in the Kirk, Spock, McCoy relationship. Other members of the crew appear but, other than Scotty, they don't offer much to the story.
The books earliest pages are set during the Christopher Pike era. They setup the rest of the story, but are also the least fun to read. David didn't have a lot of source material to work with, but the portrayal of Pike wasn't not of a person who would be enjoyable to follow in a story. His character is withdrawn, to the point of commenting on it to others, and lacks the warmth I think fans expect from Star Trek. This portion of the book also takes roughly 80 of its 275 pages, making you wonder when the "real" story will start.
Overall, I think that there are better Star Trek books to be read, including other written by Peter David. I'm not sure what kind of oversight is involved in writing for a property like this, but it feels like something was missing from the story. This book is fine for completists but is pretty skip-able for everyone else.
I came across this at a Little Free Library, which can be a good source for these books.
October 22, 2024
I'm a little torn on this one. A lot of it was genuinely funny and it was an enjoyable read overall. The first section was far and away the best.
But there were also some pretty unbelievable bits and the typical tiresome misogyny - with a somewhat fanatical adherence to the on-screen version of it at the time of airing, which was so unnecessary. The male participant of the romance that spans the story is a walking red flag, which comes to fruition near the end with an aggressive and disturbing diatribe that really threw a wet blanket on the ending. It didn't escape my notice, either, that this fiery hothead whose emotions switch on a dime was Latino. Because of course he was.
The new species and their culture was truly fascinating, but it made absolutely no sense that they all so easily turned to violence to solve seemingly any little problem. There were so many people punching each other in the face in this story that sometimes it felt more like a WWE match than a Star Trek novel. Alongside the nature of these people's culture as we come to understand it, it simply didn't make sense.
All that said, I liked the characterizations of our crew; I liked how the older, wiser "junior" officers were willing to speak their mind more bluntly; I liked how the author dealt with Kirk's guilt, obsession with the Enterprise, and discomfiture with growing old. I liked the general plot, the humour, the growing friendship and burgeoning respect between two members of a race that don't famously get along.
I think I'll settle at 3.5 stars.
But there were also some pretty unbelievable bits and the typical tiresome misogyny - with a somewhat fanatical adherence to the on-screen version of it at the time of airing, which was so unnecessary. The male participant of the romance that spans the story is a walking red flag, which comes to fruition near the end with an aggressive and disturbing diatribe that really threw a wet blanket on the ending. It didn't escape my notice, either, that this fiery hothead whose emotions switch on a dime was Latino. Because of course he was.
The new species and their culture was truly fascinating, but it made absolutely no sense that they all so easily turned to violence to solve seemingly any little problem. There were so many people punching each other in the face in this story that sometimes it felt more like a WWE match than a Star Trek novel. Alongside the nature of these people's culture as we come to understand it, it simply didn't make sense.
All that said, I liked the characterizations of our crew; I liked how the older, wiser "junior" officers were willing to speak their mind more bluntly; I liked how the author dealt with Kirk's guilt, obsession with the Enterprise, and discomfiture with growing old. I liked the general plot, the humour, the growing friendship and burgeoning respect between two members of a race that don't famously get along.
I think I'll settle at 3.5 stars.
June 14, 2020
Brigadoon is the inspiration for this tale that begins with the Enterprise under the command of Pike discovering a rift in space into an area that only appears every three decades. The society within has decided that it's time to meet with other species, though they are not all in agreement that it's a good thing. The Calligar are technologically light years ahead of the Federation and are secretive about some aspects of their culture. One member of the crew has a relationship blossom, but it is cut short due to the closing rift. Three decades later, after the events of Star Trek IV, the Enterprise has returned with a new captain and several familiar faces and races to enter the rift once again to resume contact with the Federation.
David is a master writer and this Trek is a great one. Every character, new and old, is wonderful and the plot had me unable to stop reading once I started. There were a few moments that kept this from being a perfect read (the name of some technology that hails too cutely from a Warner Brothers cartoon, the two characters that don't get along--having never done so since their first appearances in a classic episode (it's been done to death and this didn't do anything new with either), and one character's shocking response 271 that seemed entirely out of character). However, these are just a few pages out of the novel.
Anything written by Peter David is worth tracking down and reading.
David is a master writer and this Trek is a great one. Every character, new and old, is wonderful and the plot had me unable to stop reading once I started. There were a few moments that kept this from being a perfect read (the name of some technology that hails too cutely from a Warner Brothers cartoon, the two characters that don't get along--having never done so since their first appearances in a classic episode (it's been done to death and this didn't do anything new with either), and one character's shocking response 271 that seemed entirely out of character). However, these are just a few pages out of the novel.
Anything written by Peter David is worth tracking down and reading.
February 6, 2022
First Rule of Reading Star Trek Novels: Don't Read The Summary on the Back of the Book
Captain Pike* comes across as a sexist bum in the beginning of the book. This distracted me so much that I was genuinely surprised where the book went. There were a few philosophical discussions in the book that I found "fascinating." I really like how Peter David gives the reader all sorts of angles on all the conflicts in the book.
I was a bit disappointed in the fight scenes--they felt a little formulaic (but which fight scenes aren't?). But all in all, from page 80 on, I was glued on what would happen next.
Peter David is a skilled writer (how can he not be with all he's written--practice makes perfect). Some of the jokes and character portrayals make me groan, but I had a few laughs.
I'm tempted to go back through the book and map out all the plot points to see how David crafted and placed each plot point. I think one could learn how to crafter a thriller or a mystery.
*I'm assuming this was how Pike was originally portrayed in The Cage--I can't remember it though.
Captain Pike* comes across as a sexist bum in the beginning of the book. This distracted me so much that I was genuinely surprised where the book went. There were a few philosophical discussions in the book that I found "fascinating." I really like how Peter David gives the reader all sorts of angles on all the conflicts in the book.
I was a bit disappointed in the fight scenes--they felt a little formulaic (but which fight scenes aren't?). But all in all, from page 80 on, I was glued on what would happen next.
Peter David is a skilled writer (how can he not be with all he's written--practice makes perfect). Some of the jokes and character portrayals make me groan, but I had a few laughs.
I'm tempted to go back through the book and map out all the plot points to see how David crafted and placed each plot point. I think one could learn how to crafter a thriller or a mystery.
*I'm assuming this was how Pike was originally portrayed in The Cage--I can't remember it though.
June 30, 2025
STAR TREK novels for me are literary junk food. Don't get me wrong, I'm a second generation Trekkie, that is, I became a fan just after the Original Series had been cancelled and went into syndication. I love TOS. But I do recognize the novels are the literary equivalent of candy. I enjoy reading them, but there's never going to be any real depth to the books. They're never going to be great works of Science Fiction. They exist as cash grabs and should be enjoyed as pure escapist literature.
"The Rift", by the late Peter David is no exception. It's an easy, fun read and little else. It doesn't challenge your mind. It will never be mistaken for Great Literature or even Great Science Fiction Literature, but who cares? It's a chance to spend time with a group of characters I love, grew up and read about them going on a new adventure. It will never be great. It doesn't have to be. It's fun. It's junk food. And there's nothing wrong with having a little bit of junk food once and awhile.
"The Rift", by the late Peter David is no exception. It's an easy, fun read and little else. It doesn't challenge your mind. It will never be mistaken for Great Literature or even Great Science Fiction Literature, but who cares? It's a chance to spend time with a group of characters I love, grew up and read about them going on a new adventure. It will never be great. It doesn't have to be. It's fun. It's junk food. And there's nothing wrong with having a little bit of junk food once and awhile.
April 12, 2025
In the author's own words, the pitch for this book was designed to be a pastiche of familar star trek tropes and themes, with hopes that the fact that it was so familar would deter the editors from picking it and choose one of his more interesting original ideas instead. But they didn't, they picked this one. And I gotta say, maybe it was designed with bad intentions, but the actual finished product was a really fun read. The new race of characters are interesting. The classic characters get a lot of fun stuff to do. Some of them, like Sulu and Uhura, are just kind of there and I wish they got more of a plot function. But overall I had a great time reading this and wish it had some kind of followup in one of Peter David's many other books. Sadly it does not.
May 4, 2024
Der Roman beginnt vielversprechend mit einigen guten Szenen, verfällt dann aber in eine sehr routinierte Handlung ohne jede Spannung. Der Autor bietet viele abgenutzte Ideen auf, die schon unzählige Male in Star Trek für TV-Episoden herhalten mussten. Die Konstellation der Protagonisten wirkt dabei stark konstruiert, und mit fortschreitender Seitenzahl nimmt das Gezänk zwischen diesen zu, während das sprachliche Niveau und der Unterhaltungswert erschreckend abnehmen. Nach 206 Seiten war es dann wirklich nicht mehr zum Aushalten und ich brach die Lektüre ab. Für Peter Davids Möglichkeiten als Schriftsteller ist dieser Roman ein unwürdiger literarischer Erguss.
May 16, 2018
I just needed to read a Star Trek novel. I get those urges sometimes, and I found this book to read. I enjoy Peter David's Star Trek novels and I enjoy a little element of time. Either moving forward or moving backward or involving different eras of Star Trek. This took place on Pike's Enterprise and Kirk's Enterprise. So there was the element of time and distance. It had good Star Trek humor and a good story. Tension, new technology, and new people. Always a good combination. I enjoyed this novel and it was an easy read. Definitely worth picking up when you to get the urge.
February 1, 2024
Kind of an odd story with it being split in half practically with Spock and Tyler during the time of Pike and then during the time of Kirk post Star Trek V (I guess). I don't think Peter David quite captures Spock and McCoy as well as he captures Kirk. Spock seems to be some sort of Vulcan comedian and McCoy drops his old country doctor persona for something else entirely. I liked the story and how it unfolded but the Tellarites and how the Federation operates didn't quite ring true here. A generous 3.5 here, rounded up.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 5, 2019
A rift in space exposes a unique connection to the Calligar, a culture on the far reaches of the Gamna Quadrant. Captain Pike and the 'Enterprise' strive to learn as much as they can, for the rift is closing.
Thirty three years later, Kirk escorts Commodore José Tyler to the same sector, as the rift is scheduled to reopen.
Peter David has written a romance, an adventure and a high concept science fiction novel, well worth a read.
Thirty three years later, Kirk escorts Commodore José Tyler to the same sector, as the rift is scheduled to reopen.
Peter David has written a romance, an adventure and a high concept science fiction novel, well worth a read.
November 25, 2022
Decent book with some nice return of guest stars from TOS such as Robert Fox and Dystrom and an interesting alien species in the Calligar. But the depiction of Pike as an ass conflicts with my head canon Strange New Worlds. I know this was written 30 years before it was even a thing, but it messed with me haha. Anyway, still a good book and I hope there’s some sort of tie in with DS9, since they’re in the Gamma Quadrant
December 8, 2019
The characterizations are good for the most part, and the plot moves along nicely. Those are very important things for me in a Star Trek novel. The ideas are sound and they play through various aspects of the story from start to finish. There are a couple of cheap cliffhangers, and toward the end the whole things feels like it was written in a rush.
September 26, 2020
Wonderful fun
Star Trek to me should be a fun journey into the unknown and that's exactly what this book is. With an extended intro with Pikes crew they find a rift in space filled with an adventure that will be taken up again years later by Kirk's crew! Lots of fun to be had here with some great "Kirk Speeches"
Star Trek to me should be a fun journey into the unknown and that's exactly what this book is. With an extended intro with Pikes crew they find a rift in space filled with an adventure that will be taken up again years later by Kirk's crew! Lots of fun to be had here with some great "Kirk Speeches"
March 9, 2022
I wish more had been made or done with the Calligar instead of just this one book.
Its still a good read and has some good back story with Christopher Pike I liked alot.
The back of the book controdicts itself first it says the firt only opens ever 33 years(also in the book) but then later says Spock etc will be traped for fifty years whoops .
Its still a good read and has some good back story with Christopher Pike I liked alot.
The back of the book controdicts itself first it says the firt only opens ever 33 years(also in the book) but then later says Spock etc will be traped for fifty years whoops .
June 26, 2024
A book that tries hard to be smarter than the story it is telling. Mr David is a great storyteller but I just couldn’t get involved in this story as much as I wanted to. And, despite it being published in Trek’s 25th anniversary, I was a little frustrated at seeing g Captain Pike as just a supporting character for the second book in a row.
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