 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 1988 Cover Image    BOOK DETAILS
ISBN: 0-671-66851-X
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By: Diane Duane "I am Spock . . . I hold the rank of Commander in the Starfleet of the United Federation of Planets; I serve as First Officer of the Starship Enterprise. I am the son of two worlds. Of Earth, whose history is an open book . . . and of Vulcan, whose secrets have lain hidden beneath its burning sands . . . Until now . . ." It is the twendy-third century. On the planet Vulcan, a crisis of unprecedented proportion has caused the convocation of the planet's ruling council - and summoned the U.S.S. Enterprise from halfway across the galaxy, to bring Vulcan's most famous son home in its hour of need. As Commander Spock, his father Sarek, and Captain James T. Kirk struggle to preserve the very future of the Federation, the innermost secrets of the planet Vulcan are laid before us, from its beginnings millions of years ago to its savage prehistory, from merciless tribal warfare to medieval court intrigue, from the exploration of space to the development of c'thia - the ruling ethic of logic. And Spock - torn between his duty to Starfleet and the unbreakable ties that bind him to Vulcan - must find a way to reconcile both his own inner conflict and the external dilemma his planet faces . . . lest the Federation itself be ripped asunder.
The very first Star Trek hardcover novel! I really wish they wouldn't publish these in hardcover because they're extremely expensive. (Then a year later you can find them for 8 bucks!) This novel is actually two stories in one. You get a chapter of the first story which takes place on Vucan and then a chapter of the second story which takes place on the Enterprise. The chapters on Vulcan are very long and slow, but the events on the Enterprise are paced well and worth reading.
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