This book was ultimately very of the middle of the road. Weyland is obviously a Q (a nicer one surprisingly) and was kinda justified in wanting the Enterprise and the Klingons to leave Cragon alone. Both brought violence and they have the right to be left alone. The time travel aspect of the book was fun but Scotty basically discarding the Prime Directive and telling the Scottish rebels what the future is. I was most interested in the Chekov part because he’s dealing with an ancestor of Kirk at Stalingrad which was a fun tie in. He also got to meet Stalin which was funny. Sulu getting to live out his life as a samurai was fun and makes me wish we got more stories about him. Overall this was a slightly above average novel.

6/10