Great Historical Background on Khan

I was called and selected to serve on a jury this past week (hardly one of my favorite activities :)

However, the courthouse is right next to the Main Public Library and I've spent a lot of time browsing through the avaiable Star Trek and Star Wars books to read.

Among them was Greg Cox's third volume on Khan: "To Reign in Hell". I had seen the book online but was going to wait until the paperback version came out to pick it up. However, with some time ocassionally when the court is not in session, I borrowed the book at the library.

As hard is it to believe, I read the book in about TWO FULL days. The book is quite engrossing to read and ultimately tragic (in the case of Khan and his followers).

Without giving away too much, Kirk and his team return to Ceti Alpha V to look for more information on Khan and his followers. Ultimately, they stumble upon some information that details what occured in the time between Space Seed and Star Trek II. What began with so much promise ultimately ended in tradgedy.

The ending was a surprise and even I shed a tear. :D If you're a star trek fan, it's well worth picking up.

A fitting end to a great saga

This was a book I had been anticipating for some time. I knew from the special documentary on the "Star Trek II" DVD that Greg Cox had said that this is how he would end the story, and he does not disappoint.
Not being a fan of "Star Trek" novels in general, I found this book extremely enjoyable. Cox takes the time to answer some questions that the movie left open, such as why Khan wears the glove on his one hand & how Chekov mistook Ceti Alpha V for Ceti Alpha VI.
As ruthless a character as Khan is, Cox makes the reader sympathize with him, and how he strives to continue on in the face of such adversity and tragedy.

Magnificent! Thoroughly entertaining!

This book was every bit as wonderful as the first two; perhaps moreso!

Words can't begin to describe the depth and magnitude of this book, which chronicles what happened to Khan and the rest of his followers with such astonishing detail, it's as if it actually happened and that these are the diaries of one of the survivors of the disaster of Ceti Alpha V rather than documented accounts by Khan and his wife, Marla McGivers Singh.

You will be riveted from start to finish, with more twists and turns than you can count; it'll leave your head spinning, your fingers eager to turn every page as soon as you're finished with the last and your heart deeply saddened in many instances regarding Khan's agony and the depth of his madenss to follow.

Even more saddened you will be when the book comes to an end!