{4.5\/5} “But helmsman… steering the ship… looking straight ahead and seeing the stars clustered in front of you… that’s what I was really going out there for, Ling. For the stars. To go out there and lose myself in them.”<\/p>\n
Star Trek: The Captain’s Daughter<\/strong> by Peter David, published in 1995<\/span><\/p>\n Captain John Harriman aboard the Enterprise-B responds to a distress call and leads a landing party on an unknown planet. Ensign Demora Sulu volunteers to join the landing party. But when she’s out of sight for a few seconds she’s somehow transformed into a human-looking beast who growls and scratches and withstands a phaser on stun. Harriman is forced to increase the power on his phaser to get her to stop — and she dies. Harriman gives the order to return to Earth — he must explain himself to Captain Hikaru Sulu personally.<\/p>\n If you’re a fan of Captain Sulu, this is the book for you.<\/p>\n Chekov, Uhura, Rand, and other people you know make appearances here and there. Kirk is gone by the time of the main storyline but he’s very much a presence in the story.<\/p>\n Although much of it is serious there are some funny parts, particularly when Sulu and Chekov are together. The way the events of Star Trek III<\/strong> are described is very funny.<\/p>\n It’s about risking it all for family, and figuring out what your own personal sense of honour is.<\/p>\n This is the 2nd time I’ve read it.<\/p>\n