each star trek book author has their own voice, and their own interpretation of the characters, and how to write them, especially since you get access to the character's thoughts in a novelization like this. this author's voice took some time to get used to, specifically kirk. i understand he's a bit hot headed in the tv series, but having access to his thoughts makes him feel way more emotionally immature than i think the character is. i like how the stories are linked together, and happen chronologically, and this novelization saves the animated series from being a total dud. unfortunately it suffers from the same poor pacing issues the show has where so much exposition is cramed into the first 2/3 of the story that you only have 10 pages to resolve the plot at that point. i was happy to read this, and will read the others in the series if i come across them. hopefully the pacing issues can be fixed by then.