Just over a year ago, Captain James T. Kirk was lost to the Nexus while saving the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-B from destruction. Aboard the science ship Intrepid II, Captain Spock, commanding some of his old crewmates, must face the loss of his closest friend. But while still in mourning for one friend, he must come to the aid of another. Decades ago, Spock had teamed up with David Rabin, the young son of a Starfleet Captain, to fight an attempted coup on Vulcan that would have turned the planet's people away from the path of logic. Now a Starfleet officer, Captain David Rabin has been assigned to a harsh desert world much like Vulcan, where the Federation is determined to protect the lives of the inhabitants. But Rabin's efforts are being sabotaged and he has asked for Spock's help against the unknown forces that may well destroy the society he had come to save. While reflecting on his youthful adventure with David Rabin, Spock joins with Rabin to face and enemy out of their past and confront deadly Romulan treachery. In the process Spock will decide if the path of his life now leads back toward the family traditions he had once sought to escape.
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"I'm rereading this book very slowly before I go to bed. It's really well written and the characters feel true to canon. I especially love the Spock/McCoy dynamic and the play on the lingering bond they have so many years after the fal-tor-pan. " — Serafina (4 out of 5 stars)
"I'm rereading this book very slowly before I go to bed. It's really well written and the characters feel true to canon. I especially love the Spock/McCoy dynamic and the play on the lingering bond they have so many years after the fal-tor-pan. "
“Leonard Nimoy is obviously a master of the major character, the half-Vulcan, half-human Spock, but he also captures with eerie precision the intonations and inflections of other famous characters, most particularly Doctor McCoy and Spock’s father, Ambassador Sarek. The narrative is punctuated by the appropriate sound effects of a good space opera: phasers blasting, red-alert sirens sounding, desert winds howling.”
" One of the best "Star Trek" novels focusing on Spock. "
" Another winner in Vulcan lore. "
" I read this when I was a teenager and absolutely loved it! I picked it up again because I had forgotten a lot of it. So far, I'm enjoying it as much as I did the first time, if not more. "
" I'm rereading this book very slowly before I go to bed. It's really well written and the characters feel true to canon. I especially love the Spock/McCoy dynamic and the play on the lingering bond they have so many years after the fal-tor-pan. "
" I'll have to go back and re-read it to give it a proper rating but I don't remember hating it too much or liking it too much either. "
" An ambitious and wise narrative with some oddly amateurish failings with the storytelling and clumsiness with the language. "
Josepha Sherman is an author and folklorist whose novels include The Shattered Oath and Forging the Runes. She has written several Star Trek novels. She lives in New York City.
Richard Poe, a professional actor for more than thirty years, has appeared in numerous Broadway shows, including 1776 and M. Butterfly. On television he has had recurring roles on Star Trek and Frasier. His films include Born on the Fourth of July and Presumed Innocent. Poe is a well-known and prolific audiobook performer and the winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards.
Leonard Simon Nimoy (1931–2015) was an American actor, film director, poet, musician, and photographer. His most famous role was that of Spock in the original Star Trek series, as well as in multiple film, television, and video game sequels. He began his career in his early twenties, teaching acting classes in Hollywood and making minor film and television appearances through the 1950s, as well as playing the title role in Kid Monk Baroni. He made his first appearance in the rejected Star Trek pilot, “The Cage,” in 1965 and went on to play Spock until 1969. Spock had a significant cultural impact and garnered Nimoy three Emmy Award nominations. TV Guide named Spock one of the fifty greatest television characters.
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