First Frontier

Star Trek: The Original Series #75

by Diane Carey, James I. Kirkland

Testing a new shielding device, Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise become enmeshed in a battle between the Klingons and the Romulans, and a journey to Earth reveals that they have been transported into an alternate timeline. Original.

Genres: Star Trek, Science Fiction, Fiction, Time Travel, Ebooks, Science Fiction Fantasy, Star Trek Original Series

383 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published August 1, 1995

About the author

Diane Carey also wrote the Distress Call 911 young adult series under the name D.L. Carey.

Diane Carey is primarily a science fiction author best known for her work in the Star Trek franchise. She has been the lead-off writer for two Star Trek spin-off book series: Star Trek The Next Generation with Star Trek: Ghost Ship, and the novelization of the Star Trek: Enterprise pilot, Broken Bow.

For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Carey

Reviews

[Alejandro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Time Travel & Dinosaurs! Whatl else can you ask?!


ENTERPRISE V. DINOSAURS: DAWN OF EVOLUTION

This particular novel of Star Trek: The Original Series is quite unusual (in a very good way) since it's written not only by Diana Carey, an experienced author in the Star Trek franchise, BUT ALSO is co-written too by Dr. James I. Kirkland (nope, the special thing isn't that his name is astoundly similar to James T. Kirk) who is a real life paleontologist and since in this story, dinosaurs play a central role...

...what better than a real paleontologist writing about dinosaurs?!

The USS Enterprise is testing a new technology and soon enough they are caught in the middle of a battle between Romulans and Klingons, nothing unusual there, BUT...

...a recovered Klingon warrior claims that he never heard about Starfleet, the Federation, or even the Human race or the planet Earth!!!

Captain Kirk does the logic thing, he goes back to Earth to investigate and once there...

...no Starfleet headquarters, no Federation Council building, no cities at all...

...and no Human race!

Dinosaurs rule the Earth!

And nope, they aren't advanced talking dinosaurs or something like it, it's 23rd Century and the good ol' dinos are still animals (the coolest animals ever!) but still animals.

So, since the dinosaurs never got extinguished, the homosapiens never got a chance to evolve.

The USS Enterprise's crew is the last remaining humans in history!

You don't need to be Spock to deduce that someone or something messed with the timeline, so Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the rest of the USS Enterprise's crew must get back in time to find out what happened and restore the original timeline...

...or the humanity won't exist at all!

One of the most solid books in Star Trek in the field of real science, thanks to the collaboration of a real paleontologist in the inner writing process, instead of just an outer consultation.

This time, they must boldly go when no man has existed yet!

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 4 out of 5]

The future and the past collide!

Seriously, this was a fun one.

[Hillary · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good story, but the writing wasn't great. You can also tell that one of the authors is a paleontologist and definitely not a writer.

[Neil · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was an okay book. The plot moves at a slow pace. It barely kept my interest. I think it could have been about one hundred pages shorter without missing a beat. I cannot say there was much character development in the book. The premise was somewhat interesting - the telling of the story not so much. I have to agree with other reviewers - Jurassic Park meets Star Trek.

The basic gist is that there is a race of advanced dinosaurs that have been moved to another planet by the race called 'The Preservers' so that they can go on living while their society/species is annihilated. Protection from extinction. Or something like that. It ties into the episode in TNG series where Picard and Co. find that group of Native Americans living on the Cardassian planet and Picard has to 'right a wrong' imposed upon the Native Americans by a former ancestor. This dinosaur race has a despised sub-group of thinkers and scientists; this despised group has developed the means by which this race is able to travel into space and to other planets. Somehow, they find out how to travel through time i.e. - via the Guardian at the Edge of Forever . They intend to change history to ensure humanity never evolves and the Federation never comes into existence .

Meanwhile, the Enterprise is working in tandem with the Farragut and Exeter to test some new technologies for the Federation. There is an 'accident' in which the Enterprise barely survives the industrial/scientific incident and subsequent 'reality waves.' The crew quickly discovers they are no longer in the reality they once knew. The Klingons and Romulans are at war with each other; the Vulcans are hated by both races, and Humanity does not exist. Because Humanity does not exist, the Federation never came into being. The majority of the intelligent races have been either subjugated or exterminated. While on Earth, the Enterprise crew learns that the Earth has gone through several cataclysmic extinction events due to nuclear wars; mammals have never had the chance to develop.

Four Romulan vessels attack the Enterprise over the Earth, but a Klingon suicide vessel drives them away, destroying one of them in the process. The Enterprise takes on the two Klingon survivors before heading toward Vulcan. Along the way, they encounter Vulcan vessels that attempts to take them captive. Emotional Vulcans! Who knew? Spock becomes involved in two mind-melds; the Vulcans agree to help the Enterprise via information and 'history lessons'; encroaching Romulans drive the vessels apart. The Enterprise heads for one final stop before attempting to journey back through time to fix reality. The Romulans follow.

One interesting thing about the Romulans is that they have learned 'swarming tactics' and acting like 'pack hunters.' It makes one wonder how they developed this line of thinking/strategy.

The crew returns to the Guardian's planet and a team beams down to the surface. The Guardian shows them Earth's new history; it then shows them the only common history the crew has with their Klingon captives. When asked, the Guardian sends them back through time to the point at which history changed. Meanwhile, the Enterprise has been destroyed and a Romulan landing party beamed down to find them. In the distant past, the party is slowly whittled down by vicious reptiles as they seek the party responsible for destroying Humanity and the future. Obviously, they survive to win the day after overcoming many obstacles. In the end, one of the Klingons and one of the preserved 'Dinosaurs' works with the crew to stop the asteroid-buster missile that would be utilized to prevent Humanity's future and Dinosaur's demise. Upon successful completion of their mission, the Guardian returns them to the 'present' time where they find everything has been restored.

It is an interesting premise: was there a group of Dinosaurs that had begun to evolve [if you go into that kind of thing; guess that's what makes it sci-fi ;) ] and showed promise as becoming a dominant, intelligent species before an asteroid impacted with Earth and changed the direction of the planet's history? As the story goes, this new species could never rise above their instincts to fight and kill and destroy, so every time their civilizations rose they destroyed each other. It had some kind of potential, but it fell short in the telling.

It is a more depressing story, in terms of other stories I have read. Kirk has been infected with some kind of demon-virus-venom and is dying. Of course, due to his insipid stubbornness and refusing to seek any kind of medical help or advice, he is literally dying on his feet. So I guess that makes Kirk some kind of 'great hero' because he has to overcome his own body failing him by dying on him as he attempts to right a great wrong, restore history, and get his crew to safety. Once time changes, there is a lot of implied depression and despair. Never quite sure if the emotional negativity is actually there in the crew or if it's Kirk's fevered mind reading into the situation, but it definitely comes to the forefront in Earth's distant past. The new universe in which they find themselves is also depressing - everybody's dead. Or dying. And if both sides [Romulans and Klingons] are so short of men, supplies, and materials to fight the war, it is amazing how many Romulan vessels the crew runs into and destroys throughout the course of the book. The war is supposed to be going badly for both sides, yet it is as if a veritable Romulan armada must stretch from Romulus to Earth and the Guardian's planet as often as the Enterprise encounters them.

One of the 'more stupid' aspects of the story is how pathetic Federation security is. That is one of the downsides of having SO many books written about the Federation and adventures of the Enterprise and Co. One cannot help but wonder at what point do they stop being so stupid? The Klingons escape from the brig by killing ALL of their security guards WHILE REMAINING MANACLED!!! Really? Not only that, there are NEVER any alarms that go off when something bad happens [like murderous prisoners escaping with the intent to destroy the starship]. One would think that after the NUMEROUS missions in which bad things have happened that Starfleet would have developed onboard systems that would be utilized to prevent future events from occurring. Like onboard sensors. Defensive, passive systems. Alarms. Something. Anything. It's kinda like the Joker [or other mass murderers] in comics: how many times do bad things have to happen before 'the good guys' do something proactive [even if defensive in nature]? Not only that, Security is implied to be oh, so incompetent in parts of the book and then described as being exceptionally proficient and able to take on multi-ton dinosauroids with just sticks [spears]. It was one of the more frustrating parts of the book for me.

It was an okay read. Glad I read it. I guess. Not sure if I will ever read it again.

[Monica Nelson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting plot idea, but very poorly written.

[Emre Da · Rating 5 out of 5]

Star Trek meets Zeitreisen - an sich ein beliebtes Thema im Star Trek-franchise, schon seit der ersten Serie ("The Original Series"). Doch Diane Carey und James Kirkland bringen dieses genre innerhalb der Sci-Fi-Serie auf ein neues Level: die USS Enterprise wird durch den Knall eines Blauen Riesen in ein Paralleluniversum geschleudert - auch ein beliebtes Thema bei Star Trek. In diesem anderen Universum stellt die Crew von Captain Kirk fest, dass es keine Föderation gibt. Die Menschheit hat sich hier nie entwickelt. Nachdem sie das von der Episode "Griff in die Geschichte" bekannte Tor des Zeitwächters aufgesucht haben, versetzt der Wächter Kirk, den 1.Offizier Spock und Schifsarzt Dr. McCoy mitsamt einiger Sicherheitsleute und Wissenschaftler in eine vergangene Zeit dieser paralellen Erde: in die Zeit vor 65 Millionen Jahren. Nun stellt Kirk bald fest, dass sich in diesem Universum nie Menschen entwickelt haben, weil - nun, an dieser Stelle wird es richtig spannend. Kurzum dreht sich der Roman um das Aufeinandertreffen von Kirk und co. mit intelligenten Dinosauriern, die die Weltraumfahrt erlernt haben. Der Mitautor und professionelle Paläontolge Kirkland hat besonders in diesem Punkt seinen Einfluss in der Geschichte geltend gemacht: liebevoll und detailliert werden die Verhältnisse auf der Erde beschrieben und gezeigt, als die Dinos noch umherwanderten und es weder Pyramiden noch Wolkenkratzer gab. Dabei erfährt Captain Kirk auch seine schwerste Stunde, was für mich einen großen Pluspunkt dieses Romans darstellt: Kirk ist verletztlich. Ständig ringt er um Luft, kippt fast um, holt sich etliche Verletzungen ein, und - macht trotzdem weiter. Trotz der generell von Star Trek-Kennern angenommen Unbesiegbarkeit unserer Hauptcharaktere wird ein mit Medikamenten vollgepumpter Kirk nahe an den Rand der Lebendigen gezerrt. Auch die anderen Charaktere werden sehr authentisch dargestellt: Angst, Hysterie, aber auch verzweifelter Mut und Tapferkeit kommen zur Schau.

Der Roman ist vollgepackt mit Action, wissenschaftlichen Ausführungen und dem üblichen Star Trek-Humor. Für Kenner und Liebhaber der Original-Serie ist diese Geschichte eindeutig ein Muss. Aber auch Neulinge, die erst ein paar Episoden der Serie gesehen haben, dürfen ruhig zugreifen - denn in diesem Buch gibt es weder klischeehafte Liebesabenteuer noch überzogene, absolut unrealistische Charakterhandlungen.

[Daniel Kukwa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I blow terribly hot and cold on Diane Carey's writing. There are times when she hits it out of the park (especially her Robert April books), and there are times when she seems to come at the Trekverse at an incredibly awkward angle. The opening chapters of this book takes this awkwardness to a new level, with the most convoluted situation ever devised in order to place our heroic crew into jeopardy. The final third of this novel is basically Trek's version of "Doctor Who and the Siluarians", and it's perfectly serviceable for what it is...elevated by an historically exciting climax. But the best part of the novel...and the one that contains the strongest emotional impact...is the Enterprise lost in a new time line...without allies, without hope, and confronting a terrible tragedy involving the Vulcans. I wish this aspect of the novel had been explored in greater depth. That said, there is no denying this is an attempt at a time-traveling Jurassic Park-style epic, and the ambition alone earns it a 3 star rating.

[Sean Randall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok, so the Guardian is far too overused. Agreed. But… it’s Star trek and Dinosaurs! How cool! I am not saying there was anything overspecial – a lot of emotional background from Kirk, some interesting pulls about Spock’s hybrid nature, and of course, the Enterprise gets blown up, which is always fun. Yet something compelled me to carry on, and when I was done, I found myself having come out of it not just happy that it was a Trek story, but quite enthused. So yes glad I picked it up, it falls nicely into a TOS spot.

[Kieran McAndrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

While undergoing testing, a new shield design causes the 'U.S.S. Enterprise' and her crew to avoid the rewriting of history on a galactic level. Suddenly, Captain Kirk is one of the last remaining humans in existence and it is up to him to correct the greatest crime ever committed.

Carey brings her usual bombast to the portrayal of Captain Kirk in this novel and Kirkland's paleological research helps add an extra dimension to this time travel adventure.

[Tyler Dowdell · Rating 3 out of 5]

An okay Star Trek story. Needed more dinosaurs.

[Maggie Haberman · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a weird book. It’s actually extremely fun once you get into the meat of it and the author’s ability to write the warmth of the Original Series characters is excellent. The main issue is that the beginning is a slog. I read this book because I wanted to read it but the beginning did not make that an easy process. The climax is excellent.

[Emma Rose · Rating 2 out of 5]

The premise of this book was definitely intriguing however, the execution could have been improved upon. As mentioned in other reviews, this book is similar to an idea of Jurassic Park meets Star Trek but it felt somewhat lacking in what it could have been as a Star Trek novel.

TL;DR- This book felt bleaker than the Trek-accustomed optimistic, and there were irrelevant factors that made the novel feel chaotic and/or hard to follow.

For one thing, this novel included multiple dense descriptions of theoretical science that it could have done without. The book was also downright depressing. (Spoiler alert for the next sentence) Kirk is dying throughout the book and practically the entire crew gets killed and there is little to no hope for the remaining characters regarding how to fix it. Typically of Star Trek, there is a "hope in the impossible" theme but most of this book just felt depressing, bleak, and hopeless. Despite this, though, the scenes involving the remaining characters seemed to lack emotional acknowledgment of the bleak circumstances and lacked moments for the characters to interact on an emotional level. This injury Kirk was dying from the majority of the novel seemed out of place. He was injured 'off-screen' and his injury didn't bear much relevance to the plot other than its addition to the hopelessness of the situation.

Altogether, the book felt a bit chaotic. It seemed like there were multiple storylines going at once that each felt like they were left open before the real plot began about halfway through the book. It seemed like each of these storylines were dropped as the setting and circumstances were repeatedly altered. This and the alternating perspectives of characters that had yet to make an appearance made it more difficult both to get into and to follow.

There were several points, as well, that seemed far-fetched or more similar to fantasy than science fiction. The alien species that I will describe as 'intelligent alien dinosaurs that came from Earth' is one of these elements. Not only was this, and other story elements, a little far-fetched or fantastical but also unnecessary. Something else that I found weird about this novel was the author's descriptions of the characters and their relationships. It was as though the author was trying to establish the appearances of these characters and their already-established relationships with each other. However, this was unnecessary as it can be assumed that the majority of readers are aware of the appearances of Kirk, Spock, and Bones, and their relations to each other.

In summary, this book was fine as I did enjoy various scenes and its premise. However, its style and mood did not seem to resemble either Star Trek or Jurassic Park and it was a bit chaotic or overly involved.

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

After a reclusive alien species attacks a Federation research team on a barren world, the U.S.S. Enterprise is caught in an anomaly that saves it from a massive fluctuation in time. When they emerge, they find themselves in an Alpha Quadrant very different from the one they knew, with Romulans and Klingons engaged in a debilitating war that has devastated the galaxy and humans an unknown species. When the ship reaches Earth, they discover why, as they find a planet utterly devoid of intelligent life. As they grapple with the scope of the changes to the universe they know, the crew undertake a desperate mission designed to discover what has transpired — one that they hopefully can reverse before the violence around them destroys them all.

On the surface, Diane Carey's novel (which she co-wrote with paleontologist James I. Kirkland) seems like an effort by the Star Trek franchise to cash in on the post-Jurassic Park popularity of dinosaurs in 1990s science fiction, an impression that the book's cover art of what looks like a velociraptor from the movie looming behind Kirk and Spock does nothing to dispel. It doesn't help, either, that the book has more than its share of gaping plotholes, starting with how an isolated species would have learned about one of the Federation's greatest secrets. Yet Carey transcends these problems by using the premise to imagine what the Star Trek universe might have looked like without humanity. The result builds nicely upon the well-established concepts of the Klingons and Romulans to envision a war-torn galaxy that consumes all before it. From this emerges a powerful argument for the virtue of restraint in building a successful civilization, one that is emphasized further in Carey's portrayal of what might have happened had dinosaurs evolved. Such a values-centered message helps elevate Carey's book to among the best written for the franchise, as she achieves nicely the balance of ideals and adventure that has won for it so many generations of fans.

[Dee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hands down, I think this was the best Star Trek book that was given to me by a friend. Classic Enterprise battles, wonderful interaction between Kirk, Spock and McCoy, Kirk's internal fretting over ship and crew...this could easily be one of the episodes from the series, but more. Add in dinosaurs, and a race of dinosaur-like beings that try to change time, time travel, Klingons, Vulcans, Romulans, danger and even death to ship and crew...this book had it all!

It was a really enjoyable read, the kind that keeps you turning pages when you tell yourself that you're only going to read a chapter or two. XD I loved Kirk's interaction with the alternate-universe Klingons...it was interesting to read of a time that the captain actually got along with a Klingon and worked with them instead of the usual distrust and fighting. It was really fascinating. The dinosaur race, the Clan Ru, was also really fun to read about...so like the dinosaurs, especially velociraptors, but with an intelligence quotient that was more like human than predator, with instincts. It was interesting to see how evolution could dance along, if given the right chance.

I've gotten the chance to read a couple of the older Star Trek books, and while it's been fun, I think this was the one I enjoyed the most, it just had such a sense of believability, that we would see in the episodes of the series. The bold desperation of Kirk to protect ship and crew, McCoy's blustering and being a doctor above all else, Spock's logic along with his will...they kept everything so in character, even with adding in dinosaurs into the mix. Loved it, and most likely will read it again in the future, when I need my Star Trek fix!

[Leigh · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book captures the spirit of the original series perfectly. The relationship between Kirk and Spock is absolutely correct, Dr. McCoy is also drawn to perfection. The story is complex and the writing is lyrical. However, the story is DENSE. There is a lot to absorb, this isn't a light read. And the author refers to some of the younger, lower-ranking crew as "girls" and one male is referred to as a boy. That was jarring. The storyline had a couple of plot holes (the Klingons kept escaping the security guards. Couldn't they use security drones or bot's or something?) However, keep in mind, the original show had exactly this kind of plot holes so it's true to the ST universe.

Not my favorite ST novel but I respect good writing and I promise you, this one uses metaphors and descriptives with real skill.

[Melvin Patterson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good story but

The story itself was good. I enjoyed the plot. But, it doesn't look like the author knows the core characters that well or their personalities. And there was this plot device of having Kirk suffering from an injury that happened pre-story that made no sense and really distracted from the story for no apparent reason. Otherwise, the crew of the Enterprise meets Jurassic Park.

[Don Incognito · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is actually one of the better Star Dreck novels. It's a variation of the plots of "The City of the Edge of Forever" and "Yesterday's Enterprise," e.g, a plot in which someone changes history to destroy the Federation and the Enterprise crew must restore it. It's quite intelligent and philosophical at times. Recommended if you read any Star Dreck novels.

[Randy P · Rating 5 out of 5]

Will this book win any awards...probably not. But it has a fun factor to it that is top notch. Star Trek TOS and dinosaurs! It was silly, but I do not think this was meant to be taken seriously. I could see this as an episode on the show. Great fun!

[Beth Gawthrop · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jurassic Park meets Star Trek.

[Elaine · Rating 2 out of 5]

It did get better, and it had a few scenes I liked, but I admit I did a fair amount of skimming in this reread, and I will not keep the book.

[Doris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beginning with a group of reptile spacefarers, this book is two stories and timelines blended together. The dinosaurs, part of a group known as Clan Ru, are looking for a way to change their destiny, which appears to be permanent raptors, intelligent but dismissive of those who use their intelligence to move their people forward into space and exploration. Instead they wish to destroy everything, and eat everything and everybody they meet.

In the meantime, Kirk and the Enterprise are participating in a test scenario when everything disappears, and they have to find their way home.

They return to the planet of the Guardian of Forever (the super-advanced computer that resets time in "The City on the Edge of Forever") and ask the Guardian what happened. Several pages later they realize humanity doesn't exist in the timeline they occupy, and ask to be sent to the loop where the timelines deviate. There, the two storylines merge (dinosaur and human) as both have to work together after first trying to kill each other.

There are a few Vulcans, Romulans and Klingons thrown in as well, and the pathetic way the Vulcans appear is part of the reason I didn't rate this book as high as others have. In addition there were instances where the various people, including the Captain, whine about things - but then they try to fix whatever is wrong, which is a win.

This book leaned heavily on the knowledge and expertise of the paleontologist co-author, inserting dinosaur knowledge, history and suppositions in a way that made sense in this format. Unfortunately although it was interesting, it wasn't presented in a way that made sense until a few throw-off lines which completely changed the mindset of one of the saurians. It would have been more interesting with less battle scenes and more discussion and research information.

[Jess · Rating 2 out of 5]

They say never judge a book by its cover. This book by its front cover. Because the cover... Kirk and Spock vs. Dinosaurs. Looking at the back cover, other universe. Maybe a little dealing with the Klingons.

But there is something on the cover I should have noticed. The name Diane Carey. She's written quite a number Star Trek books. A lot of them have cool concepts. She was one of the co-creators of the Star Trek Challenger series. All seemed like cool ideas on paper.

As did this book. Where it fails is in execution. Everyone seemed a little off. Not as bad as some of her other books. Especially given that her co-plotter was not a professional novelist. That's happened before for Star Trek books and it almost never ends well.

It isn't the worst Trek book I've ever read.... but I regret wasting my time on this one.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Star Trek and dinosaurs. Two genres that don't seem like they would work together, but somehow they do.

Sixty-five million years ago, on planet Earth ...

Captain Kirk, Doctor McCoy, Spock, and several other members of the Enterprise crew have passed through the Guardian of Forever, shortly before the Chicxulub asteroid is due to impact in the future Gulf of Mexico.

But are they there to stop it? Or to make sure that History unfolds as it was supposed to?

[Lauren Lloyd · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was fun, a cool concept, and very informative. In some parts it felt like it was just carrying on too long though. I thought it could’ve ended at the end of the second to last chapter, but then just carried on for another chapter and an epilogue.
I liked Oya and the growth/dismantling of stereotypes in multiple characters. Gave me more awe of the earth’s age and ancient past (like once upon a time having rings like Saturn).
Over all, an entertaining read.

[a · Rating 3 out of 5]

my first ever star trek novel! and it had everything: time travel, dinosaurs, kirk suffering from some sort of poison the entire time for no reason. i only bought this specific novel for my first one because of the dinosaur on the cover and i was not disappointed. but i did not care for any of the battle scenes. the writing was ok i guess, not too bad, not anything groundbreaking. i don't know how this will hold up in comparison to other novels but i had a lot of fun overall. 3.5 stars :)

[Lukáš · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad, not great either. I usually do not enjoy time travel shenanigans, as they are troublesome to work with. This was no exception in this regard, although the alternate history was interesting to think about. I also like the fact, that another expert was working on this book and shown us a bit of the "dirty" science.

[Kay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kirk vs dinos

Wonderful book. Very clean language. Well written plots. I started reading TOS in the military. Forgot how much fun they were. I am gonna find out where I left off and pick up the rest til I am current. Seriously, any age group can read this book. Fast paced and full of twists and turns. Well done.

[Lari · Rating 4 out of 5]

You can tell it was written by someone who knows their science. I enjoyed that, and the existential terror of your entire species having been wiped out tens of millions of years ago with your crew as the only survivors but my favourite part was the strong friendship between Kirk and Spock.

[Craig · Rating 1 out of 5]

Well put another one on Diane Carey's pile of crap. I think she realized that since she is splitting writing credit she was going to have to pad the length. This took forever to go ANYWHERE and I got bored. At least it wasn't jam packed full of unnecessary naval jargon. Star Trek and dinosaurs could have been fun but Carey ruined it as she often does. Don't waste your time on this one.

[Ken Gulick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Continued progress to read every Star Trek novel ever published. I enjoyed this one with it’s crazy time travel disaster and dinosaurs plot line. Plus a cool little addition of the Guardian of Forever.