A review by taaya
Das Echsenvolk by Michael Jan Friedman

4.0

Why is it that book Trek is only trek-ish in the YA books? Instead of the always dark, often conspiracy-driven adult novels, this here is a little low stakes, just like most better episodes before DS9 and the darker period came along. It's more about interpersonal relationships and how some people struggle to be as evolved as Trek wants to picture humans.

Also, Data is once again a very good example of how it feels to be neurodiverse.

I wish there had been more novels like the academy series (just maybe a little longer). Trek at it's best.