i decided to start off this year with my longest star trek pocket book, and a good start it was. i'm obsessed with the original series' concept of the "five-year mission", and i'm always happy to expand on it. the novels do a good job of showing off more graphic action they never could have shown off in the television series. i love the novel's characterizations of all the characters, and especially mccoy. the story is a bit slow to start, and doesn't tie in together until around the halfway mark, but it's still enjoyable the whole way through.