Book review

Battlestations! by Diane Carey

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This is one of the odder Classic Trek books, or at least it was when it was first published--it's in first person, and the main characters aren't canon. Piper is a Command candidate who finds herself scrambling to deal with dangerous situations, only some of which are her own fault, accompanied by her own nascent team of officers. It's good fun, mostly lighthearted, and while I would say it sometimes veers too close to the edge of silly, I still enjoy the story and the banter.

Also, Kirk's response to the damage to the Enterprise is still one of the funniest things I've ever read in Trek.