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Silek, Sarek’s brother,
returns to Vulcan from an archeological site on Beekman’s
Planet. With him he brings, as do a lot of other people that
were traveling with him, a relic of the long dead people that
lived on the planet. Little does he know that inside the relic
an evil sleeps waiting to be awakened. Sarek finds a way to open
it and becomes possessed along with a lot of other people on
Vulcan. As this “virus” starts taking over more and
more people, causing them to become extremely violent, even murderous,
because of their need to feed daily, little does Captain Jim
Kirk of the USS Enterprise realize, but his ship has
also become infected. The virus is passed on by simply by looking
into an infected person’s eyes. Commander Spock, Dr. Leonard
McCoy and Dr. Anitra Lanter struggle against time to figure out
how the virus is spread and how to cure it without having to
destroy everyone on board the Enterprise and the planet Vulcan.
They must stop it before it spreads further into the Federation.
Unfortunately, the only place equipped for them to do their research
is in the middle of where the infection started, where it is
the most dangerous for them to go…Vulcan.
This is a Star Trek book based
upon the original characters. No stardate is listed, but I assume
that is takes place somewhere after the fourth movie: Star Trek
IV: The Voyage Home. It is Star Trek #30.
This is a very fast-paced book
and I found it to be highly enjoyable. Most books you read build
up slowly to the end. Not this book! I found that it was moving
at top speed before page 100 and continued at a great rate until
it was over. I love that! I definitely recommend this book to
all Star Trek enthusiasts. If you aren’t one of those, but
just feel like reading a fun story, this is a great place to
start. The Star Trek characters are all portrayed perfectly.
The author obviously knows these characters well. This is probably
one of the best Star Trek books I have read.
I rated this book a 9 out of
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