Shadow Lord

· Star Trek: The Original Series Book 22 · Simon and Schuster
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Angira is a primitive, violent planet -- and young Prince Vikram returns from Earth filled with new ideas. When Sulu and Spock accompany Vikram home, they walk into a bloodbath: reactionary forces, afraid of any modernization, have seized Vikram's rightful throne. Suddenly the men from the Enterprise are on an underground journey with a Prince who is coming of age. The future of Angira is at stake, and each man's survival depends on his skill -- and daring -- with a sword!

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4.0
3 reviews
etienne lawrence
September 3, 2022
Not the best Trek story. First off, this is a Sulu and Spock story, taking place entirely on the planet of Angiran. The main character is in fact prince Vikram, making this story read not quite as a Trek novel. This is not really a problem in and of itself, except that the story is simply not that engaging. My main beef with this book though is the atrocious dialogue. It either comes off as forced, meaningless, cringe, or (mostly with Spock) out of character. But even more importantly, the premise of the main plot, which revolves around a civil war taking place on a planet with flint-lock level technology, simply makes no sense. When the Federation is involved with pre-warp cultures, it's never by choice, due the prime directive. In this novel, we see massive Federation interference on the world of Angira. In fact, the perceived influence of the Federation on the reforms enacted by the prince's father is the reason for the civil war. The whole plot goes against established Trek cannon.
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Laurence Yep is the author of Newbery Honor books Dragon Wings and Dragon's Gate. He lives in Pacific Grove, California.

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