The Disinherited

An excellent Star Trek novel. First and foremost a really good plot and storyline but what makes this novel special is its all encompassing sweep. Unfortunate but true, a lot of Star Trek novels tend to focus on a few characters with the remainder of the cast serving largely as "window dressing" for the duration of the tale. While this novel tends to focus on Chekov all of the remaining members of the cast (Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Sulu, Scotty, and Uhura) as well as many other "irregular" members of the crew (Martine, Giotto, Kyle, Palmer) are well represented as well. Three great authors worked on this novel and it shows. It is literally steeped in Star Trek lore and references that had even a die-hard fan going back to "check the tape." The inclusion of Commodore Wesley & Co. and the Lexington was also a great addition. I would add that the humor and interplay between characters was some of the best I've ever encountered. My only complaint was the lingering unsolved mystery involving Security Chief Giotto's uncanny resemblance to Commodore Wesley...

Star Trek: The Disinherited by Peter David with Michael Jan Friedman and Robert Greenberger is a TREK tale told well. The collaboration of the three authors gives the story a full body of adventure as the characters are fleshed out. You get the feeling while reading this book that someone has spend some time writing this story.As Kirk and crew, minus Uhura, speed off to save another Federation world suffering from an unknown space attack, only to find the worlds completely devastated. Ready adventure is apparent when the attacking fleet severly damages the Enterprise and make their escape.But, Spock finds something of great interest that could make a difference in the fate of the Federation, let alone the Enterprise. Uhura is on a mission of her own... making this a two story adventure... working the plots of these stories together, the readers get a better picture of the adventure.This is solid classic TREK told well and written to keep your interest with an ending only found in the TREK universe.

I have read well over 100 Star Trek books and this one was the best I've read in a very long time. A number of different elements that all tie together nicely in the end make for a good story. One thing that I really enjoyed the most was that this book did one of the better jobs of capturing some of the nature of the relationships amongst the crew that holds true to the original show. The only thing that I didnt enjoy fully was the view this book tried to give into the psyche of a young Ensign Chekov. This was a very good and enjoyable read.

Some Star Trek novels just don't feel authentic. Often, the ship and the characters are static figures working in a vacuume. (not the outer space kind...) This book gets it right. It feels like it is a true part of the Star Trek universe. Many tiny little details from the three seasons of the original series are woven together into a fabric of Trek "reality." There is one in joke concerning a dual role that I really got a kick out of. This is a quick, fun read and I reccoment it to original series fans of every stripe.

What a great book! This was the first star trek novel I had read in years, and I was enthralled with it! I took it on the train to New York, and was expecting to be disapointed (all because of Peter David,who usually fills his star trek books with bad language and explicit material, esp. "Q-Squared" ) but Rob Greenberger and Michael Jan Friedman seem to be a good influence (I suspect that most of the good stuff was their ideas). Incidentally, parts of this book, in fact the main theme, bear a striking resemblance to the mvie "Star Trek IX:Insurrection".The two seperate storylines converge near the end, and during them, I was on the edge of my seat, wondering what was going to happen next. Also a good book for Uhura fans, because she plays a major role, after all, the chapters having to do with her make up half the book......This book will keep you guessing till the final chapters,it will...did I mention that this was a great book?