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The U.S.S. Enterprise™ is on a peaceful mission at Starbase 12 when a bizarre cosmic phenomenon causes a Klingon ship to suddenly vanish -- with Spock aboard for the ride. Spock's last message from the Klingon ship is cryptic and frightening. The Klingons are traveling into the past, searching for the one man who holds the key to the furure. If they can kill that man, the course of history will be changed -- and the Federation will be destroyed!

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The One I Always Come Back To

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I picked this one up right after it was published. I had just discovered Star Trek in re-runs, and loved it, & bought every book I could find. I read the book and it was like eating a wine-seasoned savory stew, something to eat slooooooooooowwwwwwwly and without discussion until you had eaten every bit and licked the last drop from the plate. I loved the mood, the mist-laden dark woods, the constant patter of rain, the sombre, slightly menacing Aaron Stemple, the delightful Drelb Aurelia. The combined pain and angst--and very deft comedy of the Enterprise crew left "behind" in the future who set out to find their friend. I had never watched "Here Come the Brides," and it wasn't until my husband finally read the book and I heard him laughing that I learned it was a crossover novel. I had appreciated it solely on its own merit: the characterizations, the atmosphere. Later I learned there were many "private jokes" and cameo appearances tucked away in the book and that made me smile, because I do the same thing in my own writing. It only works if you can do it without detracting or distracting from the story; Hambly's jokes add to it. After about 5 years and 7 or 8 complete read-throughs of the book, I chanced upon "Here Come the Brides" and watched, delighted to see the best joke of all: that Aaron Stemple was played by Mark Lenard, who also played Spock's father. I liked the show well enough, but I always winced on the few occasions when it didn't fit into my -- Hambly's -- universe. It's been about 23 years since I first read the book and out of all the Star Trek (TOS, TNG, DS9 -- those are MY treks) books out there, there are only three or four that I go back to again and again. This is the main one, and it's as fresh as it was the first time. I can smell the pine and feel the mud and drenching rain...and I've never even been to Seattle.

very clever!

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It's been awhile since I've read anything from my recently aquired Trek collection but I'm glad that after my hiatus I picked up with a pretty good trek read! The plot has been described by previous reviewers so I won't bore anybody by mentioning that again except to say that this is a great classic Trek time travel story with a VERY interesting twist that goes right down to the last page! if you're a fan of trek you should definetly check this book out if you haven't already. I definetly reccommend it.

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Hambly integrates TOS with "Here Comes the Brides" (believe it or not) and does it wonderfully. I read this book every couple of years and never get tired of it.

Call me Ishmael

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This is one of the most delightful of all the Star Trek tie-in series. The premise is that Spock, while attempting to foil a Klingon plot to destory the Federation by changing Earth's past, has become stranded on 19th century Earth with no memory of his mission or his own identity. He is found by a local businessman who befriends him. What makes this so unusual is that Spock lands into the setting of another TV show, HERE COME THE BRIDES, that was roughly contemporary with TOS. For anyone who is unfamiliar with that show, it's basic premise was three brothers, Jason, Joshua and Jeremy Bolt owned a mountain outside of Seattle. In order to keep their workforce the Bolts had arranged to bring 30 young women from New England as brides for the men. As collateral to finance the project they used their mountain. If all the women were not married or engaged before the end of the year the brothers would lose everything. This type of crossover story is common in fan fiction with often less than satisfactory results. This story though is an example of how this subgenre should be handled. Hambly has gotten a good feel for both sets of characters, she has remained true to both canons, as well as developing an original and interesting dilemma of her own. In addition she has introduced some new and believeable characters of her own in both the Star Trek and 'Brides' casts of characters. For those who remember 1960's TV shows there are also some other subtle crossovers tucked in the background. One of the most obvious is that the same actor who played Sarek also played the character who befriended Spock in this story. Even if the reader has never heard of HERE COME THE BRIDES this is an excellent story on its own merits, one that shows a difference aspect of Spock's character and offers some insight into his human heritage.

the best

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This is just about the best of the TOS novels..the story is a good mix of action,as Kirk begins the almost hopeless search to understand the last communication recieved from Spock, and the gentle day to day experiances of Spock, thrown into a world he doesn't remember or understand.But then the stakes are suddenly raised as Spock has to face the bad guys. Of all the novels- this is the one I always return to. I have never seen the tv show it is supposed to be inspired by,but that made little difference to my enjoyment,and probably was a good thing,as I approached this with no'baggage'. This good read and stands on its own. If you understand the Spock character, you will love this one.