Bringing plot threads from various Star Trek book series and television shows, readers are provided a thrilling treat as they discover that Sulu's eventual captaincy of the Federation starship Excelsior was not an easy to achieve.

Advertised as a Captain Sulu adventure, that might be a bit misleading. But then again, it’d also be hard to fit on the cover all the nods and continuities from all the Trek shows this one ably and deftly weaves together. And on some level, it does focus on the circumstances that led to Sulu’s becoming captain of the Excelsoir. But that’s just the first hundred or so pages. It expands from there.

It’s got Dax, it’s got Kor, Kang and Koloth, it’s got a tying together of a lot of plot threads in the Trek universe. And it’s got a good story that will keep the pages turning. It does loose a bit of focus in the middle as our heroes pursue the villian of the story and the framing device to tell the story as a flashback seems a little too tacked on. But these are minor flaws in what is, otherwise, one of the better Trek tie-in novels to come along in a while. ( )

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Thsi was a book i have been waiting for and i was not in anyway disappointed . It features Captain Sulu and how he got his command after Star trek: the search for spock. and also the legendary Curzon Dax. In no way am i going to tell the plot of the book .But i will tell you that you wont be be able to put it down. I really like the ending wasnt the way most star trek books end. i finished this book in 1 and a half days A absolutely great novel ( )