Home Is the Hunter

"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.

I am an avid Star Trek reader. This book is an excellent choice for someone looking for a book with the support characters featured. I Liked the time travel theme, but with a new twist. The story line sticks in the readers mind long after you put the book down. This is a must title to add to your collection.

I loved it. A new approach to time travel that kept me thinking for days. A Must read for all Star Trek fans.