 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! |
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ISBN: 0-7434-0074-7
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By: Mike W. Barr Captain James T. Kirk and the Starship Enterprise have been sent to the planet Nador to participate in a watershed event: the Nadorians' first true election, to vote on whether or not to join the United Federation of Planets. Supporting the Federation are the planet's joint rulers: Their Serene Highnesses Abon and Delor, Siamese twins joined at the spinal cord to represent the unity of the different tribes of Nador. But a shadowy group of fanatics wants nothing to do with the Federation, and will stop at nothing - whether it be assassinating the princes or kidnapping Captain Kirk's nephew Peter - to achieve their goals! Kirk must work to stop the fanatics from wreaking havoc on Nador, and from harming his beloved nephew - but even he may be hard-pressed to stem the tide of chaos when the princes' horrible secret is revealed!
I had a difficult time 'getting into' this story. It just didn't catch my interest right away so about 30 pages in I stopped reading and started something else. I finally did get around to reading it and found it to be an unremarkable story. The idea of the Enterprise helping a planet that's trying to make the decision to join the Federation is, to me, interference. If a culture can't hold elections without terrorism disrupting them, do they really have what it takes to become a Federation member? Picky maybe, but it just seemed a bit week to me. Anyway, the story did have its good moments so I'm glad I read it, but it's not on my list of novels to re-read.
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