by Josepha Sherman & Susan Schwartz “You will not, I fear, escape the consequences of that fear. Some of them fear contagion.” Ambassador Spock, his wife Captain Saavik, Commander Data, Captain Scott, and Starfleet Intelligence Chief Admiral Uhura are now joined by Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his Enterprise crew in trying to prevent war between the Romulans and the Watraii. They must discover the secret of the Watraii and recover the stolen Romulan artifact. Meanwhile in the past, Remus has become a prison planet, mutating […]
“Vulcan’s Soul: Exiles”: Star Trek Novelization Vangie13 cbr #39
by Josepha Sherman & Susan Schwartz “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” Two months after the events in “Exodus,” the attacks by the Watraii continue. Starfleet Intelligence Chief Admiral Uhura discovers Admiral Chekov is alive and a prisoner of the Watraii. The Watraii and the Federation have no treaty, so Chekov’s rescue must be a covert operation. Again. Uhura sends Ambassador Spock, his wife Captain Saavik, Commander Data, and Captain Scott to retrieve Chekov. The two renegade Klingon captains come […]
“Vulcan’s Soul: Exodus”: Star Trek Novelization Vangie13 cbr #38
by Josepha Sherman & Susan Schwartz “If one can wage war, how much more logical is it to wage peace?” After the Dominion War a mysterious alien species, the Watraii, begins attacking the Romulan Star Empire and vows to destroy it. The war-depleted resources of the Federation and its allies prevent them from helping. Ambassador Spock, his wife Captain Saavik, Starfleet Intelligence Chief Admiral Uhura, Admiral Chekov, two Klingon renegades, and several others defy orders to give aid to the Romulans. The identity of the […]
There Are No Monsters Here
“From 2000 to 2004, five Black young men I grew up with died, all violently, in seemingly unrelated deaths. The first was my brother, Joshua…” Jesmyn Ward’s Men We Reaped is beautiful and heartbreaking in a way that only stories about family and home can be. This book made me weep in the prologue. I want to be clear: this was no mere tearing up. Sobs were heard. Ward’s words don’t require a book-long, slow build-up to a crescendo of emotion and tragedy. The tragedy […]