Mindshadow (Star Trek, No 27) (Mass Market Paperback)

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The tranquil planet of Aritani has suddenly come under attack by a vivious and unknown enemy. The U.S.S. Enterprise™ rallies to the scene, only to plunge into a deadly nightmare: Spock is found mysteriously injured, his mental powers crippled and weak, and Kirk uncovers an evil Romulan plot -- with a cunning double agent in the middle. As Spock begins to regain his memory, Kirk strives to expose the agent. But only Spock's knowledge can stop the Romulans...from controliing the universe!

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The tranquil planet of Aritani has suddenly come under attack by a vicious and unknown enemy. The U.S.S. Enterprise^TM rallies to the scene, only to plunge into a deadly nightmare: Spock is found mysteriously injured, his mental powers crippled and weak, and Kirk uncovers an evil Romulan plot -- with a cunning double agent in the middle. Kirk strives to expose the agent, but only Spock's knowledge can stop the Romulans.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 252 pages
• Publisher: Star Trek (November 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671704206
• ISBN-13: 978-0671704209
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,330,534 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Read It & Own It But Don't Dwell On It Too Often, January 20, 2001

By A Customer

I did not really like Mindshadow. I didn't hate it, I merely found it to be an annoying piece of work. Allowing McCoy's relationship with the double-agent to interfere with his friendship was not impossible, merely inappropriate to an old-fashioned Trekkie purist such as myself. The Vulcan-Human hybrid living with Spock's parents, as the flip side of the coin which is Spock's personality, was also quite unthinkable. Sarek would never take such a person into his confidence. Read it for the novelty, but not for a real Trek-experience.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The ending ALMOST made up for a host of flaws., June 1, 2001

By	James Yanni (Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo. USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I thought I saw where this book was going long before the ending, and was severely unsatisfied with what I thought I saw coming. Dillard managed to put a surprise twist on the events of the story at the end that cleared up MOST of my objections, and was actually plausible as an explanation. What I'm left with as an objection is that I still can't accept that Kirk and McCoy were so dumb as not to suspect the newest addition to the crew when there was sabotage and espionage taking place; surely, that would have been the obvious response, even if said new crewmember WAS a very attractive and apparently pleasant person. Nor can I accept the concept that a medical doctor could become lovers with someone whose body temperature was significantly higher than normal without noticing that something ODD was involved. Or that scanners didn't detect anything odd when searching the ship for a missing Romulan, and there was a disguised Romulan aboard. Granted, the visual disguise was perfect, and her blood pressure was artificially normalized, but her body temperature was not, and I have real trouble believing that that wouldn't have showed up in a scan.

All in all, the book is well written, stylistically, but the characters, while mostly behaving believably, in a few very key areas are simply mishandled, and there are too many holes left in the plot for a high rating. But the story is too enjoyable for a low rating, either, so a middling three stars seems the only solution. Far from the best Star trek novel I've read, but certainly at LEAST as far from the worst.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This is just Dreams of the Raven with Spock, October 15, 1997

By A Customer

This book is good, because, Spock is going insane and can barely remember anything after fall off a cliff. He takes a new experimental drug, given by a so called 'doctor' working for the Romulans. So he loses it and gets sent home to Vulcan. He later recovers and helps to destroy the Romulan base. This book is good if you like the predictable, or just Spock.