 Trekkkieguy's tribute to the original Star Trek TV series & movies featuring sound clips, book reviews, memory wall, image gallery & more! |
Trekkkieguy's tribute to the original Star Trek TV series & movies featuring sound clips, book reviews, memory wall, image gallery & more! |
 September 1976 Cover Image    BOOK DETAILS
ISBN: 0-553-10159-5
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By: Theodore R. Cogswell & Charles A. Spano, Jr. (Text taken from the September 1976 edition) A defective mind link turns the logical Mr. Spock into a fiery revolutionary who sets out to convert the planet Kryos with fire, sword and a forbidden philosophy. Captain Kirk and the Enterprise crew must summon all their skill and cunning in a race against time on a hostile planet. Can they destroy the fiendish mind that holds Spock captive before it destroys them? (Text taken from the October 1984 edition) Captain Kirk: No longer the void. I have been touched. I have been annointed. I have seen. The gods move in mysterious ways: the strangest of these is that they should select a poor Vulcan-Human hybrid as the agent through which their will is to be done. Kyros reeks with sin: flame and sword shall cleanse it. You will say that in doing this I am violating General Order One. So be it. I obey a higher law. I realize that you, who have not been touched by the light, will feel compelled to use your resources to thwart my mission. I do not underestimate the mighty forces the Enterprise can bring to bear. I have therefore disabled the warp drive by removing the trilithium crystals, ensuring that you and your ship remain neutral in the coming struggle between good and evil. It may be that once Kyros is purged, the gods will wish to use the Enterprise to bring the light to their systems: for the moment, you will remain in orbit and be prepared to render such assistance to my mission as I and the gods deem necessary. Let there be peace between us. -The Messiah (once known as Spock.)
Oh man . . . feel free to skip this one. I think the rating says it all. This one didn't impress me one bit. The early novels sure focused a lot on Mr. Spock, which is fine, if it was done right.
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