A review by linwearcamenel
The Children of Kings by David Stern

4.0

I enjoyed this more than I expected, since a Star Trek book without Kirk is usually not my thing. But I had no trouble picturing Captain Pike or Doctor Boyce, which is impressive since they had so little screentime to work with. Spock was spot-on, though I never did manage to match Number One in this book to her onscreen counterpart. The story was well done and shed some light on the pre-Kirk years. My one little quibble was that everyone kept referring to Klingon ships as Warbirds, which are Romulan ships. Klingon ships are Birds of Prey. But that's a small nitpick for an otherwise strong Trek novel.