{4.5\/5} “Peace, tolerance, openness to exchange with other species: These ideas create more opportunities, allow individuals more chances to survive and more options to succeed. Therefore, they have an evolutionary advantage over violence, intolerance, oppression — ideas that tend to destroy lives or restrain their opportunities.”<\/p>\n
Star Trek: Enterprise — Rise of the Federation: Uncertain Logic<\/strong> by Christopher L. Bennett, published in 2015<\/p>\n Captain Reed on the Pioneer runs into another automated station that had kidnapped many beings. They were able to destroy it but they weren’t able to rescue anyone. He needs a new chief engineer and there’s only one man he wants for the job — Trip. Meanwhile, on Vulcan, Skon discovers that the Kir’Shara has been replaced by a fake. Captain T’Pol on the Endeavor heads to Vulcan to investigate.<\/p>\n Trip runs into the immortal man who goes by the name of Flint when Captain Kirk encounters him later.<\/p>\n Travis finds out that Trip is still alive.<\/p>\n There are lessons for real life. It almost seems like the book is presciently commenting on today’s politics. (If Donald Trump supporters had read more Star Trek<\/strong> books, they probably wouldn’t have supported him.)<\/p>\n It’s very satisfying.<\/p>\n