Reviews

Line of Fire by Peter David

lleullawgyffes's review

adventurous tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

snazel's review

5.0

I managed to order this through inter-library loan despite not knowing how to type and mostly just willing the book to materialize through the screen. It ends on a cliffhanger I have never had resolved.

djwudi's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

3.0

A short, YA story following Worf at Starfleet Academy. It feels like the first three books (of which this is the middle book) were written as a full-length (~300 page) book and then split into thirds; it references events from its predecessor, and ends with a “To be continued…”. This is the first of this series of Trek books I’d come across, and while not being a full story, it’s fine for what it is.

Really, the weirdest part is that the primary Starfleet Academy instructor is a Professor Trump. Rather unfortunate choice of character name, that one.

frakalot's review

4.0

To be continued... I'm looking forward to the next installment. This super quick read was great. Zak's misplaced overconfidence and Mark's quirky attributes are highlights of the series so far.

I admit that I have to keep reminding myself that Worf is still a cadet in these stories. Much of his personality is already well formed at this age apparently.

There is a parallel between the situations that lead to both Worf's adoption by humans and this first mission.

The introduction of K'Ehleyr was an unexpected surprise!

octavia_cade's review

2.0

The second volume in this trilogy sees the cadets of Worf's First Adventure on an arbitration mission to a human/Klingon colony world where everything has gone pear-shaped. On the bright side, the story continues to zip along and on the very bright side, Worf meets K'Ehleyr for the first time and I always enjoyed the pair of them, so points for that. It's a shame, however, that the plot relies on adults being idiots. The colony is struggling, mostly with race relations, and the best solution Starfleet can come up with is to send first year cadets to arbitrate (admittedly under the supervision of an experienced officer) - as if a high-tension population that values its independence is going to appreciate being told what to do by a bunch of kids. But of course it all works out, because the adults are brain-dead until teenagers are there to fix their lives for them - the engineering student, Tania, solves the ongoing power problems by realising that some power couplings are defective, for example. Which, great, but this seems like basic stuff the colony's scientists could have checked for themselves, had they had the two brain cells necessary to run a simple diagnostic...

capeltheartist's review

3.0

These old trek books for teens are like comfort food for me. I was in my teens when I began watching trek, and I would go out and buy the novels and the magazines and the comic books all the time. It just feels like home when I pick one up.

I liked seeing a young Worf tackle his new starfleet identity and his klingon identity. It's not one of the best trek books I've ever read (I believe that would be Q Squared or A Stitch in Time) but it kept me amused.