Enter the Wolves

by A.C. Crispin, Howard Weinstein

A bitter and public disagreement between Spock and his father Sarek causes a rift between them. But when Sarek's new wife is kidnapped, can the two work together to rescue her?

Genres: Star Trek, Comics, Graphic Novels

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Ann Carol Crispin (1950-2013) was an American science fiction writer, the author of over twenty published novels. She wrote professionally since 1983. She wrote several Star Trek and Star Wars novels, and created her own original science fiction series called Starbridge.

Crispin also served as Eastern Regional Director, and then Vice President, of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. With Victoria Strauss, she founded Writer Beware, a "watchdog" group that is part of SFWA that warns aspiring writers about the dangers of scam agents, editors, and publishers. Writer Beware was founded in 1998, and has assisted law enforcement and civil authorities in tracking and shutting down writing scams.

Crispin, who also wrote a prequel providing the back story for the popular Pirates of the Caribbean movie series, died on September 6th, 2013 at the Hospice of Charles County in Waldorf, aged 63.

She was married to science fiction author Michael Capobianco.

Reviews

[Kevin Rubin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very short graphic novel, but pretty good. There's a lot of tension between Spock and Sarek, while each says that the other is logical, neither really is.

Spock is jealous (not that he would admit it) of his very elderly father marrying another human, Perrin. He's skipped the wedding, not even answering the invitation, to which he explains to McCoy (now an admiral) that he simply didn't think he'd be missed and that Sarek "does not need my approval to marry a woman young enough to be my great-granddaughter".

And Spock goes out of his way to upset Perrin by telling her how she'll never measure up to his late mother, she'll always be second. Perrin tries to repair things between Spock and Sarek, but only ends up making it worse.

Behind the scenes there's the agents of the Cardassians trying to wreck Sarek's carefully planned, delicate negotiations between several groups, including the long-lived Legarians who adhere to ultrastrict protocols and are easily offended by even the smallest variations.

The tensions build up nicely, but then sort of fizzle at the very end, and there's no real ending for the Legarian emmisaries' plot line, which left me wanting a little bit more from the book.

[Devero · Rating 3 out of 5]

In una delle puntate che ho maggiormente amato della Next Generation riapparve Sarek, ambasciatore di Vulcano padre di Spock, con una nuova moglie umana. Veniva detto che tra padre e figlio c'era stata una divergenza che li aveva allontanati.
L'autrice, in questo fumetto, ci narra dell'origine della divergenza.
Una lettura molto interessante che mi ha fatto venir voglia di riguardarmi tutta una serie di episodi.
3 stelle piene.

[Nicolas · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love a good Spock/Sarek story. Throw in an old Dr. McCoy and you have a recipe for success.

[maskhautain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall it was a nice read. I think it was maybe a bit short. The drawing was nice and the story was engaging enough, having a good balance of the main plot and the side story. I wished we saw McCoy more but other than that, the balance was there.

The comic being dedicaded to the memories of Mark Lenard and DeForest Kelly almost made me cry : I think it was a good way to honor both of their work in Star Trek. I would re-read this comic, in a few years perharps.

[Taaya · Rating 4 out of 5]

The timeline is a bit odd - as this is supposed to be set 40 years before DS9, but Cardassia has not yet invaded Bajor.
But apart from that it’s only fault is that it’s too short. I want more.

[Keith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Emotional tension betwixt Spock and Sarek was consistent, and much of the character artwork superb.