Harm's Way

Excellent, though quite shocking. This is surprisingly violent and even gory, especially for a Trek story, as the crew of the Enterprise faces the demon like Shedai metagenome (introduced in the Vanguard series) and does bloody battle with (nay massacre) hordes of natives that have fallen under their......more

I've waited a few days after finishing to collect my thoughts and to be honest, I'm not sure that I have them all collected yet. However, if I sit on it too long I'll end up not saying anything. So here goes. David Mack is certainly one of the best Trek writers, and having read at least a dozen of h......more

A deadly game of cat and mouse begins when Captain Kirk is ordered back into the Neutral Zone near the Taurus Reach to retrieve survivors of a survey team with knowledge of the Shedai meta genome. This is a great addition to the 'Star Trek: Vanguard' series, which follows up on the fallout from the S......more

This is a surprisingly dark exploration of the Original Series universe, with a great deal of moral angst evident in many characters. It does help to be a bit familiar with the story of "Operation Vanguard" but there's enough here to keep a newcomer going. One of those unexpected surprises that keep......more

Star Trek: Harm’s Way is the newest novel set in the Original Series era by David Mack. It was released by Simon and Schuster’s Gallery Books imprint in December of 2022. David Mack has a long and storied career with Star Trek books. He has written over 30 in his tenure there, making him one of the......more