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Home is the Hunter Star Trek no 52, November 15, 2002
This review is from: Home is the Hunter (Star Trek, No 52) (Mass Market Paperback)
"Home is the Hunter" is truly one of the better written Star Trek numbered novels. The premise: The Enterprise is dispatched to Cragon V in order to compete with the Klingons over mineral rights. (One side note, this being a pre-warp culture, why were they there?). Once the Enterprise arrives they discover that the Klingons have been there for sometime and have been giving the locals some weapons and combat training. They also discover that they have to wait for the world leader, Weyland to get a decision as to who gets the mineral rights. Weyland himself is an interesting creature. Since this classic trek novel was published in October of 1990, the author obviously had been watching Star Trek The Next Generation and has come up with a creature who seems to be of the Q Continuum, but without blatantly stating he is. While on the planet, Captain Kirk, his crew and the Klingons finally meet with Weyland. The meeting doesn't go well for either side and they decide to depart. A skirmish begins between the opposing sides and an innocent child is killed along with a one of the Starfleet officers. Thus begets Weyland's reasoning behind disabling both the Enterprise and the Klingon vessel. He also hurls three of Captain Kirk's crew into the past. Scotty finds himself in Scotland in the year 1746. Sulu is in Japan in the year 1600 and Chekov is in Russia in the year 1942. Along with Scotty, Chekov and Sulu being thrown back in time, there is a very good story going on between Kirk and the Klingons. The Klingons seemed slightly out of character for Klingons. But not to worry, their characterizations only go slightly off the trail as far as how they are perceived as a culture. As stated above, this is a wonderfully well written and thought out novel. The only odd thing about this is the author him or herself. It seems out of all of the Star Trek novels written, this seems to be the only one with this individuals name on it. Such a shame, she or he writes very well. Thank you once again to Chapulina R for the reading suggestion.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
First contact with the Q?, July 22, 2000
This review is from: Home is the Hunter (Star Trek, No 52) (Mass Market Paperback)
Here is one of the few Star Trek novels I recommend reading. Like "The Final Reflection", it is not typical Trekkie fare. This fast-paced but intricate adventure begins with a dispute between the Federation and Klingon Empire for possession of Cragon V, a remote, mineral-rich planet. Little do Captains Kirk and Kral know that an omnipotent being from an unknown and unnamed Continuum has appointed himself "god" of Cragon's primitive population. Disdainful of the barbarism of the two 23rd-century powers, the capricious deity throws both of their ships into peril and their crews into chaos. For extra measure, he hurls Sulu, Scotty, and Chekhov into the distant pasts of their ancestral Terran homelands. He then amuses himself by observing how these lower life-forms will acquit themselves under their severely trying circumstances. This Trek novel distinguishes itself by its well-researched historical settings, as Sulu finds himself a Samurai in feudal Japan, Scott a Keltic clansman battling the British, and Chekhov a Soviet airman in the Battle of Stalingrad. At first desirous only of returning to the Enterprise, all three time-refugees become immersed in their warrior roles and the moral choices they are forced to make. Meanwhile, Kral and his courageous consort Vladra must survive a mutiny, then somehow form an alliance with Kirk to convince the Omnipotent One of their respective species' capacity for honor. "Home Is The Hunter" is outstanding among Trek novels for its characterizations, particularly those of Scotty, Chekhov, and Sulu, who are too often overlooked in favor of the "Big Three". Unfortunately, Uhura is almost completely ignored in this story. Personally, I wish she had also been sent time-traveling. She probably would have found herself among the Dahomeyan Amazons facing the French Foreign Legion!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great fun!, August 28, 1998
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This review is from: Home is the Hunter (Star Trek, No 52) (Mass Market Paperback)
I loved it. A new approach to time travel that kept me thinking for days. A Must read for all Star Trek fans.
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